What happens when a black church losing its older congregation needs to recruit new members? “Sanctified,” a new gospel musical comedy by Javon Johnson with original music by Rollo A. Dilworth, tells about the happy merger of a traditional choir and young recruits steeped in R&B and hip-hop. The show sets Lincoln Theatre afire through […]
A Gloria Overture
“A Gloria Overture” is a recent work created for the Christmas repertoire in mind. The idea was to create a work that can be used as an introduction for the Christmas concert and to be performed as a processional. Listen to the midi demo:http://hillmusic.net/Choral.htm and thank you for your support, David Nino
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 […]
VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR RELEASES R. MURRAY SCHAFER CD
VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR RELEASES SCHAFER CD VANCOUVER, CANADA –The Vancouver Chamber Choir and Grouse Records (its publishing arm) announce the release of their latest compact disc in the Canadian Composers Series: Imagining Incense The Choral Music of R. Murray Schafer, Vol. 3 (Grouse Records #106) Vancouver Chamber Choir Jon Washburn, conductor […]
Beaver choir to raise voices for female WWII prisoners
BEAVER, PA — Ripped away from loved ones, isolated by language barriers, subjected to the horrors of a World War II prison camp, a group of women clung to hope by singing. The 30 female prisoners — mainly Dutch, English and Australian nuns, nurses, teachers and wives of military men — surprised fellow prisoners with […]
Tributes to former Birmingham Bach Choir conductor Richard Butt
BIRMINGHAM, UK — Moving tributes have been paid to a long-serving conductor of the Birmingham Bach Choir, who has died. Richard Butt, aged 82, was in charge of the organisation between 1966 and 1992 while also working as a producer for BBC Radio 3 at the former Pebble Mill site. The much-loved figure was a […]