Emptying The Finale Folder: When The Morning Comes This is the second piece I wrote for the concert “This Day We Sing” for The Texas Voices, Alan Dyer, Director. It marked the first “in person” concert held November 14, 2021.Many folks might recognize the text from their hymnals but under the title of “We’ll Understand […]
2022 Edwin Fissinger Choral Composition Competition
2022 Edwin Fissinger Choral Composition Prizes NDSU Challey School of Music honors the legacy and traditions of noted choral composer and long-time NDSU choral conductor Edwin Fissinger with its annual choral composition competition. Guidelines Entries should be: • for mixed choir (SATB), divisi is acceptable • unaccompanied, or with keyboard accompaniment, obbligato instruments ok • […]
Holidaychoirmusic.com: 2022 New Releases
Hello friends! As you are no doubt starting to think about music for next year I am happy to announce that the new Christmas and Holiday catalog at holidaychoirmusic.com is now available! Our full catalog includes sacred, secular, a cappella, and Hanukkah titles available in multiple voicings and are priced according to choir size, making […]
Gloriæ Dei Cantores Concert: God & Country—Livestreamed & In-Person
July 2, 2022 7:30 PM Join us in person or via livestream for “God & Country”, a concert with Gloriæ Dei Cantores at the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans featuring works by Copland, Thompson, Sowerby, Adler, and Ives. Celebrate the sacred sounds of America with music that has lofted through rafters across the country […]
San Francisco Bay Area Choristers Needed on June 19, 2022!
The Amateur Music Network is in search of choristers willing to join a hybrid (online and in-person) amateur chorus in a Juneteenth celebration featuring the new choral work by Roland Carter, “Make Some Noise, Get in Trouble” and conducted by Dr. Candace Y. Johnson. The workshop is filling out online, but AMN is in need […]
Just Right: Songs for Middle Level Choirs
By Shekela Wanyama for Graphite Publishing Working with middle-level choirs is a bit like “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” only we’re looking for music that is not too challenging and not too simple. We used to have to wade through pages and pages of music to find something that was just right. Fortunately, this is […]