RANCHO SANTA FE, CA –“Do Re Me Fa So La Ti Do.” Children will be singing throughout San Diego County with the help of a Rancho Santa Fe Women’s Fund grant. Singing changed the lives of the Von Trapp family in the Sound of Music; and the San Diego Children’s Choir is changing the lives […]
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Choral director ends career on a high note
By Pat Muir Yakima, WA — Students keep saying hello, or waving or stopping to chat — you know, just to say how much they appreciate him. Scott Peterson is hanging out between classes on Friday, his last day as a Yakima Valley Community College music professor, and some of the affection revolves around his […]
Rock star honors Vt. teacher with surprise concert
By Jack Thurston DUXBURY, VT — Vermont-raised musician Grace Potter, the lead singer of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, returned to her high school in Duxbury Wednesday to thank educator Di Phillips. “She’s had such an impact on not just me but so many students,” Potter said. Phillips is retiring from Harwood Union High School […]
UNT Collegium Singers on YouTube performing Victoria Requiem at the Berkelely Early Music Festival
The University of North Texas Collegium Singers (Richard Sparks, conductor) on June 7 performed Tomas Luis de Victoria’s Officium defunctorum (Requiem) at the Berkeley Early Music Festival, under the auspices of Early Music America. The performance is now available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUBIxg6ZpKE&feature=youtube_gdata_player The Collegium Singers are a part of both the outstanding choral […]
Robyn Gangi retires
By Bill Bittar MONROE, CT — Dr. Robyn Gangi led the Masuk Choir in the show Carmina Burana inside the packed high school auditorium last Thursday night. During the program, he played the piano for outgoing seniors in a show that ended with the song “O’Fortuna”. Then Gangi took a final bow to thunderous applause. Masuk’s “Maestro” […]
London Fanshawe Symphonic Chorus Organization names new Conductor and General Manager
David Holler has been named the new Conductor and Artistic Director of the London Fanshawe Symphonic Chorus organization, London, Ontario, Canada. Board Chair John Comiskey recently announced Mr. Holler’s acceptance of the post after an extensive international search which began in November 2011. Mr. Holler will conduct the one hundred member Fanshawe Chorus London and […]