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Hello everyone! Today I have the pleasure of sharing with you four exciting proposals for choral consortia. I love the idea of a consortium because it represents the essence of community at its best. The possibility of creating music together, of uniting our voices and talents in unique projects, is a truly special experience. If […]

Comment from user: On a separate note, I know people who use Finale. To my eye, the scores they produce are quite poor— the default staff lines are thin, only 3 dots of a 600 dpi score; the default vertical bars are the same thickness as the staff lines, the staff spacing is quite rigid, […]

Great choral concerts need optimal preparation, and Carus-Verlag is dedicated to providing the best support and services to choirs. They keep important choral works of the last 500 years available and relevant for today’s singers. They research and publish quality editions of sheet music which ensure successful repertoire selections, rehearsals, and performances. They also facilitate […]

Emptying Finale Dear Directors, Friends:  I continue this Summer to empty my Finale Files of music before someone has to do it after me.  I hope there may be something there for someone to use or maybe only just something to listen to.  But first to celebrate this Juneteenth, I want to share a recording […]

Chorus Austin is proud to be holding our 11th annual Composers Competition this year!  To celebrate Chorus Austin’s 60th season, pieces should have a celebratory theme. Pieces may be any voicing of SATB (up to SSAATTBB) or any subset thereof (including SA-SSAA or TB-TTBB), no longer than six minutes in duration, and may be a […]

Excelcia Music Publishing is elated to announce the new full-time status of Choral Music Editor Jamey Ray. A beloved composer of Choral music as well as an accomplished singer, arranger, teacher, producer, and founder of the a cappella group Voctave, Jamey has served Excelcia Music Publishing in a part-time capacity as Choral Music Editor since […]