By Hiroko Yamaguchi NARA, JAPAN — For 20 years, Atsuko Arai has been traveling around the countryside of Nara Prefecture rescuing traditional children’s songs. With falling populations in rural areas and changes in the way children interact with each other killing off many of the songs, it is a race against time for the 58-year-old. […]
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IU Jacobs School of Music appoints Walter Huff to choral faculty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 7, 2012 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce that renowned opera chorus master Walter Huff will join its faculty as adjunct associate professor of music (choral conducting) this fall, pending approval of the Trustees of Indiana University. Walter Huff Print-Quality Photo “The Choral […]
Choir leader gets vocal for international water cause
By Miles O’Leary PORTSMOUTH, UK — Community-minded Janet Ayers is this week’s worthy We Can Do It T-shirt winner because she is leading a sing-a-thon in aid of a worthy cause. Janet, who runs Southsea Community Choir, will perform seven songs with her members at The Porter’s Garden in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard on Sunday, September […]
Ohio prison choir records album
By Corey Gibson LEBANON, OH — The UMO JA Men’s Chorus from Warren Correctional Institution recently released its third album, “Extend a Hand,” a 19-track recording written exclusively by the inmates. The album, which was released a month before the World Choir Games came to Cincinnati, was recorded within the walls of the correctional institution, […]
Digital piece plays daily at Olympics
By Laura Groves CUMBERLAND, MD — I’m going to be in the Olympics (virtually)! A number of years ago, my mother told me that there was a website that she wanted me to see. I casually took a look and was amazed. What I saw was a combination of 185 singers around the globe singing […]
MO choral director to throw out first pitch at Cards game
By Crystal Britt JACKSON, MO — A Jackson teacher is beyond excited about an upcoming once in a lifetime experience. She gets to throw out the first pitch at Saturday night’s St. Louis Cardinals game at Busch Stadium. Beth St. John is the choir director at Jackson Junior and Senior High. Her teaching and personality impressed the […]