Chor Leoni has a new youth Initiative: MYVoice (Mobilizing Young Men’s Voices). This is a short-term, cost-free choral opportunity in the spring that might be of interest to some of your choristers and students. Here are the bullet points: – for young men, ages: 12-18 – January to April – cost: FREE – no vocal/choral experience necessary […]
CARMINA SLOVENICA new cd MUSICA INAUDITA 2
Carmina Slovenica released new CD Musica Inaudita (red) with works by medeival authors which were written or performed in female monasteries. It includes music by Kassia, Hildegard von Bingen and music from Codex Las Huelgas. Musica Inaudita is part of larger project which started several years ago, then with baroque music written by nun composers. […]
THE SOREL MEDALLION CHORAL COMPOSITION CONTEST
THE SOREL MEDALLION CHORAL COMPOSITION CONTEST will take place in New York City in May 2011. The winning compositions will be performed by the world famous Voices of Ascension, conducted by Dennis Keene, as part of their 2010-2011 subscription series. The entry deadline is Jan. 15, 2011. Applications and composition details are available in the […]
Open Enrollment: Fine and Performing Arts Academy, Rapid City, South Dakota
WEDNESDAY Adult 11:30-12:30 PM – Lunch with the Arts 6:00-6:55 PM – Adult Handbells 7:00-8:30 PM – Chancel Choir Children 4yrs-Kindergarten 4:30-5:00 PM – Art 5:00-5:30 PM – Vocal Music Children 1st-2nd Grade 4:30-5:00 PM – Art 5:00-5:30 PM – Vocal Music Children 3rd –5th Grades 4:00-4:30 PM – Vocal Music 4:30-5:00 PM […]
Choir attempts record with cow-calling song
A choir of 2,000 attempted to set a world record on Saturday by singing one of Switzerland’s best-loved traditional songs, a herdsman’s melody from canton Fribourg. Saturday’s performance at Villars-sur-Glâne was recorded on camera, and a legal attestation will be sent to the Guinness Book of Records for approval. The coordinator of the event, Véronique […]
English choir infuses early music with emotional punch
Sunday, October 03, 2010 By Andrew Druckenbrod, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Anyone who has ever sung in a choir, from school to church to professional, knows the tinge of fear and bubbling of excitement that comes when the conductor first raises those hands for the entrance cue. Will everyone come in at the same time? Now imagine […]