The audiences at the recent world premiere performances of This Big Moroccan Sea in the San Francisco Bay Area were moved by fine singing and the poignant text at the heart of this work. It also received a very favourable critical response: “….In constant movement, with ceaseless, practically subliminal activity, the voices all around the soloist […]
Rochester show choir takes indirect route to Greek tour
Greece Athena High School’s Show Choir will be able to cruise the Greek Isles after all, after ash from volcanic eruptions in Iceland disrupted travel plans here and around the world in the past few days. Thousands of flights were canceled as a vast cloud of grit drifted over Europe. The Greece Athena students […]
New Haven choir stuck in Europe, darn
New Haven, Connecticut (WTNH) – It may not sound like much of a problem to be stuck in Milan until the skies clear, but parents of the Branford High Concert Choir are beginning to get a little anxious. It’s a trip of a lifetime that has turned into a wait of a lifetime on both […]
Choral Setting of Song by Christina Rossetti (SATB)
I have done a choral setting of the poem “Song,” by Christina Rossetti. It is for SATB voices, a cappella. If you like it or wish to perform it, please feel free to contact me: Brandon J. Spencer (313) 461-8421 Thanks, Brandon J. Spencer file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner.SPENCER/My%20Documents/Song.pdf
Wisconsin choir sings only to benefit homeless
“This group is first about people, and we use music as a vehicle,” said Zahn. “We go out and help people.” “Not to say that we don’t want to put on the best performances possible, but this is about raising funds to help others, and we happen to have fun doing it.” The […]
Choir Academy of Harlem slated for closing again
Two weeks after a judge said the city’s Department of Education could not close 19 schools as planned, one of the schools is back on the city’s agenda to be shuttered. The new plan to close the school — which is actually not a school per se, but the high school grades of the Choir Academy of Harlem — is […]