Keith Scott Reas has been appointed as the new artistic director for the 2010-2011 season for Choral Arts Of Chattanooga. Choral Arts is a chorus of experienced, professionally minded singers whose mission is to offer the Chattanooga community the finest in classical and contemporary choral literature at the highest level of performance. The organization recently […]
New Sacred Pieces for Choir/Orchestra or Choir/Brass
Southeastern Music presents several new titles from Terre Johnson: O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing – SATB, Organ, Handbells, Congregation, Brass (4 horns, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Tuba) Timpani. An elegant festival setting, with an original verse of text, recently commissioned and now available. Sing We Now of Christmas – SATB, Organ, Handbells, […]
Looking for a cappella works for the Christmas/holiday season?
Go here to listen to Clare Shore’s Three a cappella Carolshttp://www.clareshore.com/LRoom.htm Suitable for small or large choruses, Clare Shore’s Three a cappella Carols utilize traditional English texts in new musical settings. Performed as a set, the three songs offer contrast in style and length, beginning with two brief carols – a jubilant Joy to the […]
KSU Salem gets new choir chief
Salem, Ohio — Melissa Fucci has been named choir director and music instructor at Kent State University Salem Campus. Fucci comes to Kent State Salem from the Kent main campus where she is an instructor of musical theatre at the Kent State University School of Theatre and Dance. She is also the education coordinator […]
The Glee Effect
It was precisely a century ago that the Yale Whiffenpoofs first banded together to sing of poor little lambs who had lost their way. Since that fateful night at Mory’s Temple Bar, choral groups, a cappella or otherwise, have grown to become nationwide high school and college staples, their allure ebbing and flowing, as dictated […]
Roger Sherman Begins Leadership of Orcas Choral Society, Olympia, WA
Roger Sherman will pick up the conductor’s baton for the first time in many years next Tuesday, when he begins rehearsals as the new director of the Orcas Choral Society. However, he brings a lifelong practice of making music with him. In spite of his busy schedule, he says he welcomes the chance to direct […]