Jay Greenberg, also known as Bluejay, is a musical prodigy. He is compared to Mozart, Mendelssohn, and others. Tell me, have you ever been compared to Mozart by a professor from Juliard? We need to get young Jay into a choir so he can discover the glories of text and music. […]
Anúna @ Fukushima
In December, Anúna paid a visit to Onahama 1st Elementary School, Iwaki, Fukushima to give a very special performance. A word from Michael McGlynn about the trip and video: I thought that this video might interest Choralnet users – two of our members for this tour were from the USA. I have to […]
Songs for the Season
First, a Hanukkah piece from our own Paul Carey – so beautiful: Next, the airport security guys have formed a choir! Although it seems a bit questionable to me, I can't ever complain about a group of people bonding together to sing. This article from the LA Times gives a few more […]
Ouch! The truth hurts
This from an article titled the Choral Dirge – complaints about choir concerts. I agree with most of them: 1. Composers like to write tediously slow, earnest music. Most of the contemporary repertoire sounds like a dirge, with the same superficially complex harmonies borrowed from the Lauridsen and Whitacre cannons. There’s little rhythmicality and joy […]
Sicut Cervus – chant online
I first shared these chant videos on the ChoralBlog on July 22, 2011. Take a moment to enjoy this Sicut Cervus and work towards performing more chant in the coming year!
Blogs that enrage (or inspire) us, part 1
It is that time of the year when we take stock of our efforts. I don’t think we’ve ever done that with the blog here, so I did this year. I was interested in the blogs that inspired ChoralNet members to respond. This is what I found. As of December 13, 2011 there were […]