News and Notices

By Malika Rao   NEW YORK — This year marks the 75th birthday of Philip Glass, the greatest composer ever to inspire a knock-knock joke. As someone whoheard Glass speak this spring, I can assure anyone who hasn’t glimpsed him during this blitz-y 12 month period that age is just a number. Glass doesn’t ever seem to want to just stay […]

by Tom McKee   CINCINNATI — Members of the Atlanta Young Singers boarded a Queen City Metro shuttle Tuesday and immediately broke into songs like “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” “Bicycle” and “Yellow Submarine.”  The lunchtime crowd on Fountain Square was thoroughly entertained by the voices and choreography of the Tygerberg Children’s Choir from Capetown, South […]

CINCINNATI (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) – On Saturday, July 7, 2012, the Cincinnati Children’s Choir won a Gold Medal in the Champions Category of Youth Choirs of Equal Voices in the World Choir Games with a total score of 84.13 points.  They were the top US choir in this category and placed 5th in the world. […]

CINCINNATI — Congratulations are in order for the Winton Woods High School varsity ensemble.  The group is one of a few local groups competing at the World Choir Games. The group won a gold medal in the mixed youth choirs category. The choir is directed by David Bell and Elizabeth Barth.  The group performed in Beijing […]

CINCINNATI — Fort Wayne’s Voices of Unity choir has taken a gold medal in the Popular Choral Music category in Cincinnati as part of the 2012 World Choir Games. The choir competed Sunday evening, and the award ceremony took place Monday morning. The competition is based upon points. The choir with the most points in a […]

By Susan Logue   ST MARY’S CITY, MD — A decade ago, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency which supports artists, began studying creativity and aging with three choral groups.  The agency’s research ended years ago but the choral groups kept on singing and, led by a professional director, have flourished.  There are […]