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 […]
Ryan Turner Appointed Second Artistic Director of Emmanuel Music and Music Director of Emmanuel Church
Emmanuel Music in the News For Immediate Release March 2, 2010 Ryan Turner Appointed Second Artistic Director of Emmanuel Music and Music Director of Emmanuel Church March 2, 2010 – Boston, Massachusetts Emmanuel Music and Emmanuel Church announced today the appointment of Ryan Turner as the new Artistic Director of Emmanuel Music and Music Director […]
Southern Arizona Women’s Chorus: 25th Anniversary
The Southern Arizona Women’s Chorus, under the direction of Terrie Ashbaugh, MM, is proud to share with our colleagues the celebration of our 25th anniversary season. To commemorate this occasion, we have commissioned a new work by David Childs, with beautiful text by poet, philosopher, and theologist John O’Donahue (an excerpt from Beannacht). This work will be premiered in […]
Choral Composition Competition – North Greenville University (NGU)
NGU is calling for original, sacred choral (SATB – some divisi) scores to compete in this contest. A cappella or piano accompaniment., duration 3-5 minutes. Deadline for submission is July 15, 2010, by postmark. Submission fee is $25. for the first and $10. for the second. Submitted works may have been premiered but never published. Six […]
Chinese Folk Song, Arr. Wayland Rogers
Mo Li Hua, (Jasmine Flower) probably the most well-known of Chinese Folk Songs, has just been released in an arrangement by Wayland Rogers for SATB, flute and plucked string instrument. The dual-language text, in Mandarin and English, extols the beauty of the Jasmine Flower. The haunting melody, used intensively by Puccini in Turandot, in this version […]
New Releases from Lighthouse Music Publications
Lighthouse Music Publications is pleased to announce the March 2010 release of the following choral scores: Sweet Child (SSA, piano) – Alice Hietala My 2nd Favourite Blues (SB, piano) – Tony Dunn The Power Within (SAB, Descant, piano, percussion) – Tony Dunn A la Nanita Nana (SATB) – Jeff Smallman Dors, Dors, Dors (SATB) […]