C4: the Choral Composer/Conductor Collective is launching its first commissioning competition. The group will give five finalists the opportunity to compose new works for C4: the Choral Composer/Conductor Collective, and to participate in the rehearsal process. All five new works will be premiered on March 3 and 5, 2011, in New York City. First prize […]
Winter Solstice for women’s choir
Roger Dean has recently released my piece “Winter Solstice” for women’ choir (mostly SSA) and harp or piano (catalog #15/2715R). The piece is in two movements and lasts about nine minutes. The piece was commissioned and premiered by the Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble and sets gorgeous nature texts by two New Mexico poets.. The music […]
New music by Rudi Tas
The Miserere for cello and choir by the Belgian composer Rudi Tas is a proven winner! His Salve Regina for Violin, Soprano, 3 choir soloists and SSAATTBB-choir is the successor! Of course you want to know more about this Salve Regina and other recent works by Rudi Tas. For free specimen pages please […]
70-year veteran of a single choir
England — A man who joined a choir in 1940 in Somerset when he was eight years old has celebrated 70 years of singing with the same church group. Mervyn Salmon, 78, became part of St Cuthbert’s Church choir in Wells when Winston Churchill was prime minister and King George VI was on the […]
Kids Sing Portal Still Alive
Dedicated to all of us Geek-Directors, here is my choir singing “Still Alive” from the video game Portal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m5TuxdkfkE
Mississippi: Choir performance disrupted by impromptu sermon
Folks attending the Saenger Theater to hear some traditional Mississippi music Saturday night received an unexpected earful of some fire-and-brimstone preaching by an audience member who took aim at the sinful behavior of homosexuals, adulterers and divorced people. The incident began approximately one hour and 45 minutes into the concert, when a young white […]