News and Notices

David Gindler has been named Chairman of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC), one of the world’s preeminent choirs and the resident chorus of the Walt Disney Concert Hall.  The Hancock Park resident, whose three-year term began May 21, has served on the Chorale’s Board of Directors since 2008.  He is a partner at the […]

By John Schaefer   NEW YORK — Last night, passersby at Times Square were treated to the sight of close to 200 people standing in the middle of the plaza singing classical choral music. (Soundcheck’s technical director Irene Trudel was one of the sopranos.) Our friends at NPR Music had asked Philip Glass to turn his song “New […]

CINCINNATI — About 15,000 participants from 64 countries and 22 U.S. states will travel to Cincinnati July 4-14 for the 7th World Choir Games.  More than 200 public events are highlighted by a performance from Grammy-winning gospel star Marvin Winans and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra during the Closing Ceremony at U.S. Bank Arena. The Games will […]

NEW YORK — Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute recently announced the four choruses selected for its 2013 National High School Choral Festival (NHSCF), a one-of-a-kind program culminating in a performance of Mozart’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and world-renowned conductor John Nelson on Saturday, April 20, 2013.  Below, conductor Kevin Coker of Blue Valley […]

By Christina Lane   GLADEWATER, TX — Gladewater’s Brent Hetherington is one of 18 student conductors chosen for the annual Texas Choral Director’s Association Convention to be held in July.   “This caught me by surprise because I thought my chance of being chosen had long since passed,” Hetherington said. “Receiving the notification that I had […]

By Marianne Combs   MINNEAPOLIS — The Artistic Director of the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus, Dr. Stan Hill, is getting ready to retire.Tonight and tomorrow mark the last performances he’ll direct here in the Twin Cities; he’ll direct the chorus for the last time at theGALA Festival in Denver, Colorado.  In advance of his departure Dr. […]