We are blessed at Graphite to have such a deep pool of talented composers. It’s not always easy to keep up with all the great new music they produce—which is why we have a newsletter. To spotlight some of the pieces we’re most excited about. Our next couple January newsletters will focus on some different […]
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Follow the Drinking Gourd
Dear Directors as we enter February and Black History Month, I have just discovered a newer recording of my arrangement of Follow The Drinking Gourd. This one follows the edited score at Colla Voce Music. https://www.collavoce.com/zoo/item/follow-the-drinking-gourd-15-95940?highlight=WyJ0b20iLCJjb3VuY2lsIiwidG9tIGNvdW5jaWwiXQ== This version is sung by The Texas Voices, Alan Dyer, Director. It may be too late for this […]
Christian Virtual Hymnal 20K Update
MusicEase Software’s Christian Virtual Hymnal 20K has been updated to now include full scores of Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat, Christ lag in Todesbanden, and Mass in B Minor, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli and Mozart’s Requiem in addition to 20,000 public domain hymns. No CCLI license required. All music is transposable […]
Mendelssohn Glee Club of NYC singing
The Mendelssohn Glee Club of NYC is looking for TTBB men in preparation for its May 13, 2025 concert in the Upper West Side (UWS) of Manhattan. The Club, the oldest independent men’s chorus in the USA, founded in 1866, rehearses Monday evenings in the UWS of Manhattan. Our concert in Manhattan is free and […]
New Website
Kirke Mechem — New Website: kirkemechem.com New website includes audio clips and details of many Mechem works.
Call for Singers: Illuminare Concert March 30
Music on the Hill invites experienced adult and teen singers to join the Festival Chorus for Illuminare, Sunday March 30. Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings 7 – 9 p.m. in Redding (Georgetown), CT, starting Tuesday, February 11. The program includes Illuminare by Elaine Hagenberg, Toward the Unknown Region by Vaughan Williams, and Triptych by Connecticut composer […]