The theme for the Sunday in Siouxland broadcast on October 7, 2012 at 10 a.m. CST is “MYSTIC MEANING.” Catch the show online at www.kwit-koji.org if you are outside of the local area. The selections are as follows (composer: title, ensemble/conductor, album title, and label): Anonymous: Alleluia, Cambridge Singers/John Rutter, Brother Sun, Sister […]
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Profile: Joel Snider, Battle Creek Boychoir and Girls Chorus
By Koty Neelis BATTLE CREEK, MI — Making music has always been a part of Joel Snyder’s life. The Detroit native spent his childhood singing with his family in the church. His father, a Baptist minister, played the classical guitar and trombone while his mother played the piano. “We would put on concerts of a cappella […]
Moscow’s Sretensky Monastery Choir tours USA
By Kathy Lally WASHONGTON, DC — The Sretensky Monastery was founded more than 600 years ago in honor of Moscow’s miraculous deliverance from invasion by Tamerlane. The Bolsheviks closed it in 1925, and the secret police used its grounds as an execution yard during the years of Stalinist terror. Little wonder that its choir sings […]
Profile: Rick Kvam, Choral Arts Ensemble (MN)
By Christina Killion Valdez ROCHESTER, MN — It's no surprise to Choral Arts Ensemble fans that, after a nine-year hiatus, founder Rick Kvam is back as artistic director. What's surprising is how smoothly the transition has gone. Kvam founded Choral Arts Ensemble in 1985 and Honors Choirs of Southeast Minnesota in 1992. Leading the two nationally […]
Spring Lake Park teacher to conduct singers for royals of Sweden
By Elyse Kaner MINNEAPOLIS — Music director Jeffrey Wressell will lead the American Swedish Institute (ASI) Male Chorus in performance when King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden stop by the institute for a visit this week. “I feel privileged, honored and humbled,” Wressell said about his directorial debut performing before royalty. “I only wish […]
Norwegian choir visits Grand Forks schools
By Jennifer Johnson GRAND FORKS, ND — “Fjells.” “Place.” “Fjells.” “Feeyace.” Pronunciation of the Norwegian word for “mountains” stumped a group of first-graders at Century Elementary School on Tuesday, but it didn’t keep them from singing along. A community choir from Sarpsborg, Grand Forks’ sister city in Norway, is celebrating its 40th anniversary by singing at […]