Plainfield, NJ — An award-winning city youth choir and Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs are thinking big when it comes to addressing the issue of local violence. Really, really big. H.E.R.I.T.A.G.E. (Helping to Enhance Resources by Incorporating The Arts to Gain Education) choir leaders and the mayor said they hope to draw as many as 10,000 people […]
Gloria – a touch of Indonesia in a liturgical text
Gloria – from Indonesian Mass I would like to announce the publication of my composition by Porfiri and Horváth Publishers: http://www.edition-musiccontact.com/product_info.php?products_id=670 Gloria is part of the project of combining Indonesian music elements with classical music writing. Yelling, rhythmical patterns and imitation of traditional Papua nose-flute are inserted in the composition. -Ivan-
Your moment in choirs: Scala & Kolacny Brothers and the LA Ladies Choir
Have you found yourself wondering lately what’s going on in the world of choirs? Yes, you were just saying that the other day? Wonderful, we have two to tell you about. First, there is Scala & Kolacny Brothers, a 60-person Belgian girls’ choir getting some traction on the Internet, thanks to the trailer for “The […]
Wausau Barbershop Guest Nights CORRECTED DATES
In the first announcement, the dates were wrong. The announcement below reflects the correct dates. The River Valley Harmonizers invite all men who like to sing and harmonize to join us in song at our Guest Night – Open House. Join us on Tuesday, September 14th and/or 21st. Plan to attend one or both […]
Alabama kids’ choir kicks off first season
Hannah Bradford saw a need and filled it. “Growing up in Huntsville, we had all kinds of opportunities to participate in choir,” the University of North Alabama senior said. “When I came here, there weren’t any.” After doing a little legwork — hanging fliers around town and campus as well as talking to […]
New SATB Arrangement of BEAU SOIR by Claude Debussy
A new arrangement I made of the art song BEAU SOIR by Claude Debussy is now available from ECS Publishing for pre-publication sales. It is scored for SATB chorus and piano. The lyrics are in both French and English; the translation is new. The ECS Publishing catalog number is 7689. The edition is only four pages long; the […]