Applications are open for Berkshire Choral International’s two free educational programs for undergraduate and graduate level music students. BCI’s Frank Nemhauser Apprentice Program is a free program designed for career-track singers and choral conductors enrolled in undergraduate or advanced degree programs. Apprentice opportunities in Summer 2025 include Amherst MA (Rob Istad conducting Haydn, Brahms, Runestad); […]
Musica International – Favorite Piece of November 2024
The Favorite Piece of Musica for November 2024 is “Shine, little light” by David Massong (Germany) published by Helbling Musikverlag KG in 2023.A soft piece for four voices, ideal to give a light of hope to those who doubt. Find all the details about this piece at https://www.musicanet.org/fr/cdc/202411/ Video illustration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZT5AuuLVXw Musica International is a […]
Melissa Dunphy in St. Louis
Philadelphia-based composer, Melissa Dunphy, travels to St. Louis (MO) for the first performance of her arrangement of “Hurt” by Trent Reznor. This exploration of drug addiction and psychological despair was a powerful song of its time (1994) and best known through interpretations by both Nine Inch Nails and Johnny Cash. The new version is scored […]
Wyandot’s Realm (Huron Carol) – by Andrew Balfour
The “Huron Carol” is Canada’s oldest Christmas song, written probably in 1642 by Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Huron Tribe in Canada. Brébeuf wrote the lyrics in the native language of the Huron/Wyandat people; the song’s original Huron title is “Jesous Ahatonhia” (“Jesus, he is born”). The beloved carol has […]
Endless Time – SSA with piano by Ivo Antognini
Hello conductors! my new piece “ENDLESS TIME” is now available for direct download. ENDLESS TIME (SSA & piano) by IVO ANTOGNINI It’s a setting of this wonderful Rabindranath Tagore poem: Time is endless in thy hands, my lord. There is none to count thy minutes. Days and nights pass and ages bloom and fade like […]
Musica Viva NY Chamber Choir Sings Hindustani-Western Classical Music by Reena Esmail and J.S. Bach, Sunday, Dec 8th
“Musica Viva NY: sounds of the city…with a commitment to new music and diverse composers, New York City choir Musica Viva NY is paving the way for daring collaborations” – Choir & Organ New York, NY (For Release 10.21.24) — New York City’s leading chamber choir, Musica Viva NY, kickstarts the holiday season with THIS LOVE […]