By Dona S. Dreeland ROSS TOWNSHIP, PA — The requiem Mass that Doug Starr, adjunct instructor in music at the Penn State New Kensington campus, will compose will be a work of the soul as he honors his deceased parents. His father died 20 years ago; his mother, almost 10 years ago. The Rev. Halton […]
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MO Vocal music instructor earns Teacher of the Month award
By Lisa Schlichtman PURDY, MO — Lauren Lee is a third generation teacher who followed the model of her mother and grandparents and eventually became a vocal music instructor. In September, Lee, who teaches vocal music to Purdy high school and middle school students, was honored as the first Teacher of the Month for the 2012-13 school […]
Silver Platter Awards Announced
Announcing the Silver Platter Award Recipients for September 2012 David Avshalomov I Bend the Knee of My Heart SATB Divisi https://choralnet.org/306016#ibendthe Brian Holmes Orpheus With His Lute SSA https://choralnet.org/306143#orpheuswithhislute6135 Janet Lanier Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep TTBB https://choralnet.org/306145#donotstand Congratulations!!! These pieces were featured in the Composition Spotlight series on ChoralNet’s home page in the month […]
Workshop teacher sparks choir diversity
By Lana Sweeten-Shults WICHITA FALLS, TX — Singing a song is more than singing a song. You have to feel the song. You have to know it. Andre J. Thomas, choral clinician and pedagogue, wanted the 80 or so choir members in an all-day workshop Saturday at First Presbyterian Church to really get to know the […]
Choir to tackle ‘Alzheimer’s Stories’
By Marylynne Pitz Pittsburgh — Composer Robert S. Cohen has tackled plenty of difficult themes, including eternity, homeland security and the biblical story of creation. Still, when an Eastern Pennsylvania arts group commissioned him to write a choral work about Alzheimer’s patients, the task felt daunting, even though Mr. Cohen had watched his stepmother suffer with […]
The choir that’s putting Welsh cancer patients on TV
By Kristie McCrum CARDIFF, WALES — Creating a choir for cancer patients might sound depressing. After all, whether they’re newly diagnosed, undergoing treatment, or in remission, they are people whose lives have been changed dramatically by a disease which affects almost 20,000 new people in Wales each year. But The Big C Choir is not only […]