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No, I’m not talking about flying reindeer. I mean going to the airport on December 25 to catch a flight to visit relatives. This will be about the tenth year I’ve done it, and it’s really a good choice for choral musicians with responsibilities on Christmas Eve.   When you fly on Dec. 23 or […]

  If you’re unfamiliar with the original song, it might be helpful to view it first.   Performers: the Gifford Children’s Choir, directed by Jack Senzig.

Composer Robert Kyr will soon premier a work with Conspirare.   Here is what he says about it: Each of four programs focuses on a major choral composer: Josquin Des Prez (early Renaissance), Orlande de Lassus (Renaissance), Tomás Luis de Victoria (late Renaissance), and J.S. Bach (Baroque). “Songs of the Soul is one of most […]

This is too funny:       But you won't get it unless you are aware of the YouTube phenomenon that started with this young man:       And that story spawned this song:       Antoine has become quite a star:  

I found this today via a twitter search on choral music.  Read the whole post here.   Choral singing also has something to teach us about the joy of work. We speak glibly of this all the time, of course, and it’s not that there aren’t other places we experience it. But I think there […]

I grew up as television grew up, so I feel confident in saying that as we enter 2011, choral and vocal music have never before experienced the brightness of the current popular media spotlight. We witness choral flash mobs springing up as the new choral rave party with purposed "spontaneous" performances of Handel at Walmart […]