News and Notices

  Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation Award for 2012 -$12,000 Choral Conducting – Selection of Finalists   The Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation is pleased to announce three finalists for its $12,000 Award in Choral Conducting, as chosen by a jury of 5 prominent choral conductors from across Canada. The finals will take place during […]

The Horizon Music Group is proud to annouce its first ever Kickstarter Project.   The Project With your generous support, the Horizon Music Group will record and perform cantatas for choir and orchestra by J.S. Bach. The young professionals in the Horizon Music Group are the next generation of classical musicians. We rely on your generosity […]

National Endowment for the Arts to Webcast National Council on the Arts Meeting Friday, March 30, 2012 at 9:00 a.m.   Washington, DC —The 175th meeting of the National Council on the Arts, the advisory body to the National Endowment for the Arts, will take place on Friday, March 30, 2012 from 9:00–11:30 a.m. EDT […]

By Joe O’Connor   TORONTO — Samantha and Samara, and Rachel and Reut, and some of the other girls in the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy high school choir swear to me that the Passover music they will be performing later that night at the Richmond Hill Centre for Performing Arts is “cool,” “awesome,” […]

By Emily Ford   SALISBURY, NC — After an epiphany in a grocery store, Dr. Phillip Burgess created a diverse community choir in 2001 to reflect what he calls “the real Salisbury.”  Black, white, Hispanic, even homeless, the members of the Salisbury Ecumenical Choir are a true reflection of the city, Burgess said. In 11 years, […]

by Katya Lezin   CHARLOTTE, NC — Bob Ballentine, 79, is a retired Duke University psychology professor.  Bill Williams, 89, moved to Charlotte from Savannah, Ga. after a career in the Navy.  Doris Morgan, 86, used to be the organist for the Charlotte Coliseum and also played the piano at Nordstrom’s at Southpark Mall.  All three […]