The universal language of music notes written on paper are easy for the Hemet West Valley chamber choir to understand. It’s the words that coincide with them — written in a language that almost none of them could begin to read or pronounce — that is the hard part. This year, in gearing up for […]
New Fundraising Method for Choirs in Suburban Detroit
Local church, synagogue and school choirs will get a chance to perform holiday favorites and raise money Dec. 4 at Hiller’s Markets. Choirs will reserve a 30-minute time slot from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. to perform at a Hiller’s store in Plymouth, Northville, Ann Arbor, Commerce Township or Union Lake. Shoppers will be able to make […]
New piece by award-winning young composer, Jake Runestad
“I Will Lift Mine Eyes,” by award-winning young composer Jake Runestad, has just been published by Boosey & Hawkes as a part of their Choral Music Experience Conductor’s Choice series. This a cappella setting of Psalm 121 captures the beauty and serenity of nature and the promise of guidance and support from a higher […]
Two new publications from Bricthmark Music, Inc.
Lassus, edited Jameson Marvin: Two Short Motets (SSA unaccompanied). (1) Agimus tibi (We give you thanks); (2) In pace (In peace I will sleep). Extensive biographical, historical, and performance notes. (BRM-23) $2.00. Jeffrey Bishop: ‘Tis Ivan, on a Visit (2 equal voices accompanied by keyboard or instruments). Text: words games – palindromes, tongue-twisters, anagrams, […]
Composer Stephen Chatman Wins Western Canadian Music Award
“October 25, 2010 (Kelowna, BC) Canadian Music Centre associate composer Stephen Chatman was awarded the Western Canadian Music Award for Classical Composition of the Year for his work Earth Songs, recorded on CMC’s Centrediscs label. Earth Songs, appearing on the disc by the same name, was recorded last year by the University of British Columbia […]
Singing in the Schools: Putting Education in Chorus DNA
Winner of Chorus America’s 2010 Education Outreach Award, Chanticleer demonstrates how to grow an education program that touches the lives of the next generation of singers by Kelsey Menehan When Chanticleer started its Singing in the Schools program in 1986 it was a modest affair. The organization was just eight years old, and though it […]