News and Notices

The theme for the initial KWIT-KOJI FM 90 Sunday in Siouxland broadcast on Sept. 9, 2012 at 10 a.m. CST is “TRANSCENDENCE.”  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, album label): 1. James MacMillan: A New Song, Westminster […]

By Joe Belanger   LONDON, ONT — There’s a new man holding the baton in front of the London Fanshawe Symphonic Choral orchestra and choirs. David Holler, of St. Catharines and currently the conductor of the University of Toronto’s Men’s Chorus and assistant conductor of the faculty’s elite choir, MacMillan Singers, is the new artistic director […]

By Kevin Bry   OAK PARK, IL — They are coming. They are returning to these villages from all over the country. They are coming from local communities, too, to join current Oak Parkers and River Foresters. Some are professional musicians and music educators, while some are church or community choir members. Some have not sung […]

By Cindy Atoji Keene   BOSTON — Conductor Anthony Trecek-King never intended to study music, let alone become the director of a children’s choir. Born into an Air Force family from the South, he had wanted to be an engineer since he was 10 years old. When he received a scholarship to study music, he considered it […]

SIOUX CITY, IA — Heath Weber, who led the award-winning choir program at Sioux City East High School, has come to Morningside College to lead the music and theatre departments as associate dean for the performing arts. Weber led the choir program at East from 2001 to 2011. Previously he taught in Sioux Falls and Bloomington, Minn. […]

Joanne Crawford-Dunér has been elected Chair of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC), one of the world’s foremost children’s choirs.  The Covina Hills resident, whose term began on August 1, has served on LACC’s Board of Directors since 2008 and is the first non-LACC parent to serve in LACC’s key […]