The award-winning William Baker Festival Singers, a semi-professional chorale based in Kansas City, announces mid-season auditions for openings in the Bass II and Alto II sections. Highlights of the Winter/Spring 2025 season include Bach: MASS IN B MINOR with orchestra and soloists, and a series of performances to include works of Johannes Brahms, Sergei Rachmaninoff, […]
Choral Foundation Launches “The Choral Director’s Toolbox”
The William Baker Choral Foundation Center announces the launch of a new weekly podcast program called “The Choral Director’s Toolbox.” Each 15-minute episode will include Today’s Topic, a commentary from Dr. William Baker or the Choral Foundation staff on issues facing choral leaders; Today’s Question, submitted by listeners and answered by Choral Foundation staff; and Today’s […]
Looking for a new Mahler song to sing this spring?
There aren’t many Mahler songs available for choirs to sing. Perhaps a college choir might like to tackle this one, a world premiere and a really good challenge awaits: “Ging heut’ morgen über’s Feld”. “Ging heut’ morgen über’s Feld” is one of the happiest tunes that Mahler ever wrote, and he used it again […]
8 New Choral Compositions Added to the PROJECT : ENCORE Contemporary Choral Catalog!
We are so proud to announce this quarter’s choral compositions accepted into the PROJECT : ENCORE Catalog of Contemporary Choral Music: Bright Light – Michael Bussewitz-Quarm Lux Aeterna Domine – Patti Drennan Non Si Levava (After Monteverdi) – John Muehleisen Lift My Soul (Drewes) – Joan Johnson Drewes E Pluribus Unum (Hope Like Gold) – […]
Auditions for Valley Concert Chorale January 6 and 13
Livermore, Calif. – The Valley Concert Chorale, the Tri-Valley’s premier chorus, is seeking new singers for its upcoming March and May 2025 concerts. Auditions are available by appointment in January. Details are as follows: Auditions by appointment Monday, January 6 and 13, 2025 Call (925) 866-4003 Rehearsals and audition location: First Presbyterian Church […]
Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students – Due Jan. 31
The Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge, presented by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), is a unique educational and professional development opportunity for high school students to write and showcase a song that could be in a musical. A submission is one song. The Songwriting […]