Randall Giles, composer and ethnomusicologist, died Aug. 27, 2010, in India, following a heart attack. He was 60. In 1999, as a missionary of the Episcopal church, Randy was invited to serve the Church of South India, to do parish-based work in music, and to work towards the founding of a center for Indian […]
Show by first autistic children’s choir
KUALA LUMPUR – For the first time, a choir comprising 27 autistic children performed to a full audience yesterday with their rendition of Heal the world and You raise me up. This feat was recorded in the Malaysia Book of Records as the first autistic choir in the country. The children, aged between seven and […]
White Eagle (Poland) for Stefan Stuligrosz
Poland’s most prominent choral conductor, Stefan Stuligrosz, founder and music director of the Poznan Nightingales (Slowiki) Boys’ and Men’s Choir, has been decorated with the Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest state distinction. Stuligrosz received the decoration from President Bronislaw Komorowski at a gala concert in Pozna?, which was also a celebration of […]
Choir’s 60 years of song
ABERSTWYTH, WALES, UK — IT has long been a tradition for university students to join clubs and societies, taking part in extra-curricular activities such as sport and singing. With so much competition, societies often come and go, but one which has remained a regular feature at Aberystwyth University is the Elizabethan Madrigal Singers, affectionately knows […]
Mobilizing male voices
Chor Leoni’s MYVoice program aims to introduce teenage boys to the world of choral singing By Julie MacLellan, The Record October 13, 2010 VANCOUVER, BC — Whatever you do, just don’t tell Kevin Zakresky that you can’t carry a tune in a bucket – or any other combination of words that might imply you can’t […]
East Salinas church choir wins regional Gospel Choir competition
By MELISSAE FELLET • mfellet(a)thecalifornian.com • October 12, 2010 Last year, Salinas’s Apostolic Community Life Center choir “A.C.L.C” was named best small choir in Northern California. This year, it went even further. In the Verizon Wireless “How Sweet the Sound” regional contest held last Saturday in Oakland, Salinas again won the top small-choir spot. The […]