The Jefferson Township Community Chorus is about to launch its new season with exciting music and a creative and enthusiastic new director! It’s a great time to come join the group. With the opening of the Fall 2010 season, the Jefferson Arts Committee is thrilled to present their new director, Cherwyn Ambuter, M.M. from the […]
Kelli Falls to direct Livingston County Chorale
A Howell Public Schools music teacher will set the tempo for the Livingston County Chorale in Brighton, Michigan. The chorale has selected Kelli Falls as its new director. She succeeds Reed Criddle, who directed the group for the past two seasons. Falls teaches vocal music at Three Fires Middle School in Genoa Township. […]
HS Choir creates CD to memorialize classmate
The Covington Catholic High School Chamber Choir stepped into a recording studio in May under stressful circumstances. At a time when many were preparing for final exams and graduation, they began recording an album to memorialize their friend, Maria Schaffstein, the 17-year-old Notre Dame Academy student killed in a car crash in April. Within weeks, […]
Radio City announces choir competition for Christmas Spectacular
This fall, Boston area choirs can compete for a chance to sing at the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Wang Theatre, prior to a performance of America’s favorite holiday show, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, starring the world famous Radio City Rockettes, through the Community Choir Competition. Beginning September 10, videos of the participating choirs can […]
Miami choir hits #3 on iTunes classical chart
With their collaborative CD, the Western Michigan University Chorale and a Miami-based professional choir known as “Seraphic Fire” have hit one of the top spots on the iTunes Top 20 classical music chart. Their performance of Claudio Monteverdi’s “Vespers of the Blessed Virgin,” was at No. 3 on the iTuneschart Tuesday and the album was recently featured on […]
Unqualified Teachers Replace High School Choral Directors in Oregon
Three music teachers, none with experience teaching high school choral music, have been hired to replace choral directors at Grant, Cleveland and Wilson high schools. The teachers’ names haven’t been released. the three had more seniority in the district than the teachers they replaces, said district spokesman Matt Shelby. Facing budget cuts, Portland […]