News and Notices

By Ashley Hall   RIVER FALLS, WS — For River Falls and for UW-River Falls, Elliot Wold seems to be both an inspiration and local icon for the community and UWRF alumni.  Wold came to UWRF in 1963 and was the choir director there until 1998 when he retired at age 68. Since 1991 Elliot has […]

London, UK — Choirmaster Gareth Malone, is to take his skills to America for a US version of hit reality series The Choir.  USA Network has commissioned 10 episodes of the BBC show, which are due to air in February 2013. As with the BBC Two series, The Choir US will see Malone develop the skills […]

By John Dodge   UNION, WA — Anna’s Bay Center for Music founder Matthew Blegen recalled the first time he put out the call to form a community choir consisting of residents around Union, a rural Mason County burg situated near the Great Bend in Hood Canal.  “I had 18 people show up,” the classically trained […]

MOSCOW — The Professor at Moscow Conservatory, head of the faculty of choral conducting and art director of the Autumn Choral Festival of Moscow Conservatory passed away on July 2 at the age of 81.  Boris Tevlin was born on July 12, 1931. He began his career as a teacher at Moscow Conservatory in 1959 and […]

By Michele Gualano   SAN ANTONIO, TX — For John Donohue, music was a constant throughout his life. His musical endeavors began as a tenor performing in his high school choir and peaked as a choir director who traveled the world. Donohue served as choir director with Beethoven Maennerchor, Chorgemeinschaft Texas and Southern district of the North American […]

Vancouver’s Chor Leoni Men’s Choir, Artistic Director, Diane Loomer, C.M., and Associate Conductor Erick Lichte ended an 18 day tour of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Italy with stellar performances at the 51st Seghizzi Concorso Internationale Di Canto Corale in Gorizia, Italy, where they received a dozen prizes including second place in the Grand Prix, and won a total […]