News and Notices

Sandra Chapman’s funeral will take place this Thursday at 10:30 at Union Presbyterian Church, 719 Avenue F, Fort Madision, Iowa. An obituary may be found here:    http://www.kinglynk.com/obituaries.aspx?turl=http://hosting-3269.tributes.com/show/sandra-chapman-93600436    

By Christie Wilhite   DOWNERS GROVE, IL — Mimi Brile could tell you how the Downers Grove Choral Socieety has been her second home — the way her husband and children pitched in on her fundraising efforts, how the music sustained her when she lost her husband and son, that the friendships built on music revitalized her […]

By Aarik Danielsen   COLUMBIA, MO — One of choral music's leading lights will visit Columbia this week,  offering students and listeners an unprecedented opportunity to engage with a figure who has brought centuries-old musical forms into our current context with incredible relevance.  Peter Phillips (pictured) is director of The Tallis Scholars, a well-regarded British ensemble […]

By Dominic Poli HINSDALE, N.H. — This Mr. E was certainly no enigma.  It was obvious to everyone that Jerome “Jake” Ebbighausen Sr. was a man devoted to his duties as a husband, father, citizen and music educator.  But the organ tunes heard in the North Hinsdale Community Church for more than 50 years have […]

Friends and Colleagues, it is with sadness that I report the death yesterday of my dear friend Sandra Chapman of Fort Madison, Iowa.  Sandra was the editor of the ACDA Journal for many years.  (As a high schooler, I remember mock-ups spread all over the Chapman’s dining room when deadlines approached.)  Sandra was a force […]

ACCC Student Chapter is looking for submissions for their RESEARCH FORUM, held during the Podium National Conference 2012.   When: Sunday, May 20, 2012; 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Where: Lord Elgin Hotel; Ottawa, ON   This is a chance for students researching choral music to deliver informal presentations of their projects’ abstracts. Research may be on-going […]