NASHVILLE — Christian singer Brandon Heath doesn't need to win a Grammy on Sunday to thank his biggest supporter publicly. She's going with him to the show. The 33-year old Heath is taking his former high school choir teacher, Bobby Jean Frost. Heath is up for three awards, including best contemporary Christian album for "Leaving Eden" […]
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Embedded Journalist Explores Mormon Tabernacle Choir
By Terry Horne TEMPE, AZ — The Tabernacle Choir and 110 members of the Orchestra at Temple Square are getting ready to perform at US Airways Center in a signature event of the Arizona Centennial Celebration. But right now is my highlight. I get to be Dan Rather. He invented the idea of a journalist […]
What’s On Great Sacred Music, Sunday, February 5, 2012
Great Sacred Music airs from 8-11 eastern every Sunday morning. The program can be heard on 89.7 fm in central North Carolina and online at http://theclassicalstation.org 08:00:20 Thomas Tallis: If ye love me The King’s Singers 08:04:07 John Rutter: Come Down, O Love Divine Cambridge Singers, John Rutter Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano 08:11:28 William […]
Mitch Albom Interviews Detroit School of the Arts’ Cheryl Valentine
By Mitch Albom DETROIT — For the last 30 years, the Detroit Public school kids have been lucky enough to have Cheryl Valentine. “I like to see the metamorphosis of the students. When they come in knowing a little and leave knowing a lot, that’s why I do it,” Valentine says. Currently the choral director […]
Canadian Symposium Aims to Foster Choral Conductors
By David Gordon Duke VANCOUVER — One of the things that animates our choral environment is that Vancouver’s many impressive choirs take their community responsibilities seriously. In outreach and thinking over the long term, the record of the Vancouver Chamber Choir is particularly strong. Leaving aside full seasons of concerts, plus national and international touring, […]
Lutheran Youth Choir Festival of Global Music in Chicago This Summer
Following its inaugural Festival of American Vocal Music in Mansfeld, Germany last summer, the Lutheran Youth Choir of North America, formed in 2006, has several openings remaining for its new 2012 Festival of Global Vocal Music in Chicago, July 29- August 6. Experienced high-school-age singers from across the US and Canada are invited to […]