By Lexi Bainas COWICHAN VALLEY, BC — Jim Johnson, who, with wife Sheila, had been a stalwart of the Valley's choral music scene for decades, died Friday, Sept. 14. He was 89. Although he was born in St. Louis, MO on Nov. 26, 1922, he's been part of the fibre of the Cowichan scene since arriving […]
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Breast Cancer Survivors Form Choir
By Sara Story DENTON, TX — A North Texas choir made up of breast cancer survivors is warming up for its debut performance at the Denton Race for the Cure on Saturday. "Our first performance is Saturday. I can't believe it!" said breast cancer survivor Jan Marshall. As the women practice, their routine is more than […]
Zimbabwe: Choral Convention a Success
By Edgar Moyana BELVEDERE, ZIMBABWE — The Methodist Church in Zimbabwe’s Harare Central District held its annual choral music convention at the Belvedere Teachers’ College last Saturday. The music convention, which was hosted by the church’s Budiriro circuit, attracted close to 40 choirs drawn from different circuits from Harare Central District. These choirs competed for honours […]
Choirs in harmony
DUMFRIES, SCOTLAND, UK — Twenty-three members of the Dumfries and Galloway Regional Youth Choir (DGRYC), with students from schools throughout the area, have been part of an amazing experience meeting other young musicians from Germany, thanks to Dumfries’ links with twin-town Gifhorn, writes Robert Guthrie. Over three days during September, members of the choir met singers from the […]
What’s on Great Sacred Music, Sunday, September 23, 2012
Our first hour is devoted to settings of the familiar Our Father prayer. I selected 9 choral settings from the hundreds written and 2 settings for organ. Felix Mendelssohn used the hymn tune Vater unser himmelreich (Our Father in Heaven) in his 6th organ sonata, and, of course, Johann Sebastian Bach’s setting is simplicity itself. […]
BLUE HERON TO SING FOR DALAI LAMA AT MIT, NEW AFFILIATION WITH BOSTON UNIVERSITY, AND OPENS 2012-13 SEASON WITH PREMIERES
BLUE HERON TO PERFORM FOR DALAI LAMA AT M.I.T., LAUNCHES NEW AFFILIATION WITH BOSTON UNIVERSITY, AND OPENS 2012-13 SEASON WITH PREMIERES “passionate expression and dramatic attention to text…nuanced dynamic shadings and emotive conviction” The New York Times “one of the most successful advocates for Renaissance music in the country” The Boston […]