By Ryan Howe MT VERNON, IN — The pressure is on. The Mt. Vernon High School Fine Arts Academy Choir has worked for months on Grammy-winning composer Christopher Tin’s “Calling All Dawns.” Tin will join the audience whenthe students perform his music at 2 p.m. Sunday in the high school auditorium with members of the […]
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Choir rolls back years
By Emma Dunn SWINDON, UK — Singers, musicians and patrons who have hit the high notes with the Kentwood Show Choir over the years are being invited to a reunion. The choir, which started 48 years ago with just five members, will be reuniting past and present members at Wroughton Club, in Devizes Road, Wroughton, in […]
Victory in Verona
By Jessica Leigh Lobos SAVANNAH — They came, they sang, they conquered. After months of practice and fundraising, the Savannah Children’s Choir brought home a gold medal from the Concors Internazionale Di Canto Corale, held in Italy last month. Also known as “The Days of International Song,” the competition takes place every April in the […]
The Summer Chorus of RI and SE MA – List of Pieces to be Performed
The Summer Chorus of RI and SE MA has just posted on its web site (WWW.SUMMERCHORUS.ORG) a listing of the pieces which will be studied and performed in 2012.
Zipcar/Ford Grants $25K to UCLA Choral Outreach Program
LOS ANGELES — Last week, Zipcar and Ford Motor Company announced the conclusion of the first year of their grant programme – Students with Drive. The companies donated a total $300,000 to student organisations at universities across the US. Choral Activities at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) was recognised last Monday as the grand […]
At Carnegie Hall, Setting the Stage for Bright Futures
By Spencer Lloyd NEW YORK — My students’ faces lit up as we rounded the corner into Times Square. The ManualAires, an auditioned choir from Emmerich Manual High School in Indianapolis, had come to New York City to sing at Carnegie Hall. If the reality had not yet sunk in for these Midwestern high school […]