Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal presented to Jon Washburn The Vancouver Chamber Choir is pleased that its founder and Artistic Director Jon Washburn has received one of the highest honours in Canada for his lifetime contribution to the choral art. The Honourable Steven Point, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia will present the Queen Elizabeth II […]
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Final call: Apply for Bard Conservatory’s Choral Conducting M.M. Program
Bard Conservatory is accepting late applications for the M.M. program in Choral Conducting. The Graduate Conducting Program at Bard is a two-year Master of Music program offering two concentrations or tracks: orchestral conducting and choral conducting. The program is designed and directed by Harold Farberman, founder and director of the Conductors Institute at Bard; […]
Profile of a homegrown teacher: Jane Matson, Newtown HS, CT
Jane Matson performed in Camelot and My Fair Lady on the stage of Newtown High School as a student in the early 1980s before enjoying a career as a professional singer in national tours and stage productions. Matson has given up a life on stage to play a role that’s tailor made for her. Matson […]
New director for Australia’s Hot Ginger Chorus
By Janine Hill MALENY, AU — THEY thought the best man for the job would be a woman, but that was not necessarily so. A vacancy for a musical director with the Hot Ginger Chorus, a 45-strong female a capella group, has been filled by a man. In a move that some might consider brave, […]
Profile: Boston Boy Choir School
By Judy Valente BOSTON, MA — These boys, grades six through eight, are having fun examining mollusks and worms in a typical science class. The school they attend is anything but typical, however. There are only 40 students here—all boys—and though they study the usual subjects, these boys are here for something more. This is […]
Gain a Global Perspective – Join Lynn Brinckmeyer in China
People to People Announces Music Education Delegation to China Dr. Lynn Brinckmeyer, Ph.D., a past president of The National Association for Music Education (formerly MENC) and an associate professor of music and Director of Choral Music Education at Texas State University, invites you on a unique overseas cultural and professional exchange opportunity. People […]