By Erin Murphy INDIANAPOLIS — Along with the Indianapolis Children’s Choir, which joined Kelly Clarkson in for the national anthem before the big game Sunday, local performers were also featured prominently during the elaborate halftime show. Drummers from four local marching bands and singers from the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir took the stage with Madonna. For the […]
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New ChoralNet Composition Showcase/Market Ready for Beta Testing
The ChoralNet Composers of Choral Music Community has gone to great lengths to create a new interface between composers and conductors. We recognize the difficulties in searching through individual composers’ websites, trudging through so many listings to find the one piece that fits your needs. We also understand that many of you have […]
Elektra Women’s Choir Turns to Crowd Funding for New CD: Pure Elektra
Vancouver’s renowned Elektra Women’s Choir stepped into the new world of “crowd funding” at the beginning of February to raise the money necessary to complete their eleventh CD, Pure Elektra, in this the ensemble’s Silver Anniversary season. Choral recordings hold a particular place in the choir’s mandate, explains Morna Edmundson, the choir’s Artistic Director. […]
Preparing a Concert with Chorus of Over 800
By David Ng LOS ANGELES — How many performers does it take to pull off Gustav Mahler‘s Symphony No. 8, popularly and dauntingly known as the “Symphony of a Thousand”? The answer isn’t as obvious as it appears. For the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which performs the gargantuan symphony Saturday at the Shrine Auditorium, the tally […]
PS22 Inspires Canadian Grassroots Choirs
By Robert Rowat TORONTO — A viral video featuring PS22, a children’s choir at a New York public school, may be behind the latest phenomena to hit Canada’s vibrant choral music community: the grassroots choir. A grassroots choir is a group of like-minded people who get together in a casual setting to sing simple arrangements […]
Profile: Dr. Jason Bishop
By Cyndie Zahner ERIE, PA — ‘Never underestimate young people,” Jason Bishop, Ph.D., often advises. “If we expect great things from them, they begin to expect great things of themselves.” Bishop said it is the greatest lesson he has learned while working as the artistic director for the Young People’s Chorus of Erie and as […]