News and Notices

RED OAK, TX — WFAA’s Good Morning Texas crew and sponsors from City Credit Union surprised Red Oak High School Choir Teacher Mechelle Foster during her second period class on September 25 with the announcement that she has been selected as the Teacher of the Month for a new segment. Mrs. Foster’s student Xavier Simpson […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Adolescence can be nerve-jarring for any youngster, and maybe more so for the middle school boy singing in the choir and having his voice crack. “The middle school male changing voice is tricky,” said Jeff Rone, director of choirs at Westland High School, who works with Norton Middle School boys twice a […]

Hour 1 of Great Sacred Music features settings of the familiar Ave Maria prayer. Several will be familiar, but I have included one or two which I trust will be unfamiliar. All are beautiful pieces of music quite worthy of the ancient text.   If you have not listened to Sir Edward Elgar’s The Kingdom […]

ST JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND — Choral director Susan Knight says she’s thrilled to be appointed as the chancellor of Memorial University, the first woman named to the job.  “It took my breath away,” Knight said of the phone call from Premier Kathy Dunderdale. Knight has been well known for her work in music and for founding the […]

By James Bash PORTLAND, OR — Erick Lichte, who directs the Chancel Choir at First United Methodist Church in Portland as well as the Portland State University Man Choir and University Choir, and serves as Associate Conductor of the Oregon Repertory Singers, has been named the Artistic Director designate of the Chor Leoni, is an acclaimed […]

BRISTOL, UK — Bristol postmen have become the latest workers to show their singing talent on TV.  Joining a choir drawn from Royal Mail sorting offices around the South West, they completed months of singing practice with celebrated choirmaster Gareth Malone. The results were broadcast last night on BBC2 series The Choir: Sing While You Work. The group […]