News and Notices

By Tim Cheung   HONG KONG — Founded in 1498, the Vienna Boys Choir has worked with some of the most well-known classical composers and musicians of our time, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biberis and Antonio Salieri in the past. On that note, we are thrilled to learn about the Choir’s rare visit […]

We continue our survey of major choral works with Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Kodaly’s Psalmus Hungaricus on the playlist this Sunday. Please share these playlists with your students. If you have a work which you’d like me to air, don’t hesitate to contact me. The email is   The show airs each […]

By Katie Lovett   NEWBURYPORT, MA — It's a party that's been 25 years in the making. The Newburyport Choral Society will mark its silver anniversary under the direction of Dr. Gerald Weale with two concert performances May 5 and 6 at Belleville Congregational Church in Newburyport. Weale, 75, a New Hampshire resident, was contacted […]

By Jessi Pierce   Sarah Aamot grew up around music. Trying her hand at a variety of instruments beginning in second grade and born into a family of musical talents in Willmar, she knew that music needed to be a part of her life. What she didn’t know was how far that love of music […]

By Carol Lindsay   CLEARFIELD, UT — Music has always been a part of Don Wood’s life.  As a child, he sang and played piano, and even learned to play pipe organ at the Tabernacle in Temple Square.   Wood kept his love of music as he became a father of seven, but while he saw […]

MANSFIELD, PA— Samuel Adler, award-winning professor of composition at Julliard School of Music, will be in residence at Mansfield University April 12-14 to help the Festival Chorus prepare to perform this spring’s major choral works.   While at MU, Adler will also be working with student groups, giving composition lessons, and giving lectures about his […]