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A WORD FROM YOUR ACCOMPANIST by Benjamin Amenta          As an adolescent in high school who enjoyed playing solo piano, I was somewhat of a star. Pianists sometimes get to be stars too, you know.  In world class solo piano, some of the brightest were Franz Liszt and Clara Wieck Schumann in the nineteenth […]

FIVE FROM THE FOLDER: MS/JH TENOR-BASS CHOIRS by Nathan Dame   1.  “Courage Lives.”  Mark Patterson.  Heritage/Lorenz 15/2089H. TTB, with piano.  One of my guys’ all-time favorites.  High tessitura and moderately difficult, but the singers “man up” for this one.   2.  “Come Travel with Me.”  Scott Farthing.  Walton/Hal Leonard  HL08501432. TTB, with piano.  A […]

Much to our delight, the Choral Music Baseball Card series has been – pun intended – a big hit!   As a result, we plan to spend some time during the summer developing a couple dozen more cards, and we’d like a little input from the stands.   If there is a significant composer that […]

There are those who despise our military, but the fact remains that the sacrifices of those who have fallen in service to our country provided the freedoms we enjoy.    

Whether it’s a student, a parent, or an administrator, we all have that individual in our sphere who acts as though the world revolves around them; they have probably been making you crazy all year.  As you head out the door for a well-deserved summer break, watch this.  You’ll feel really small, but it will […]