News and Notices

For his admirers and friends in the choral community, the passing of Stephen Paulus (Sunday, October 19) will be both a sadness and a blessing – that his struggles are at an end. Stephen enjoyed a rich and long relationship with various musical institutions in St. Louis, from the Opera Theater of St. Louis, to […]

Hello, dear ChoralNet users,   the wonderful ECU Chamber Singers, conducted by Dr. Andrew Crane will give a concert on Friday, October 24 at 9:00PM in the Peace Presbyterian Church, Winterville, NC. During this concert there will be the World Premiere of my piece “B E A T I  O M N E S“, for […]

the British Composer Awards shortlists (3 works for each of several categories) have been announced   in the ‘Choral’ and ‘Liturgical’ categories, the composers are:   Paul Ayres Harrison Birtwistle Samuel Bordoli Jonathan Dove Ed Hughes Cecilia McDowall     online link:   http://www.britishcomposerawards.com/shortlist.php      

I know that many of us have been regularly checking Stephen Paulus’s web page and Facebook page for updates, since learning of his stroke last year. The following sad news came from Minnesota Public Radio this afternoon:   Twin Cities composer Stephen Paulus dies at 65 Arts & CultureMatt Sepic · Minneapolis · Oct 19, 2014 […]

In case you cannot hear the show live, the playlist is on Spotify for you to enjoy: GSM – October 19, 2014 Don’t forget that we have more choral and organ music programmed on Sunday evenings beginning at 10 p.m. eastern.   Rob Rob Kennedy Great Sacred Music The Classical Stationhttp://theclassicalstation.org ……………………………   08:01:30 George Frideric […]

Thirteen New England choruses receive grants totaling $15,500 and a Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to Dr. Gerald R. Mack, former Conductor of the Worcester Chorus, founder of the Great Waters Music Festival, and Professor Emeritus at the Hartt School of Music, at the 30th annual Alfred Nash Patterson awards ceremony on October 19, 2014, […]