By Kevin Riordan CAMDEN, NJ — A high school choir from Camden is rehearsing for a European competition. Although they’ll sing a selection in Latin, language is hardly the biggest barrier for 25 students from Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy who want to attend the Young Prague festival. “We have to raise $45,000, and we’re […]
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Rod Bushey Receives Michigan Honor
By Amanda Whitesell HOWELL, MI — A “whole brigade” of students might not have pursued music careers if it weren’t for Rod Bushey, says a co-worker. The Howell High School choir director was named the Michigan School Vocal Music Association’s 2012 teacher of the year. The award is the most prestigious honor given to vocal music […]
Profile of Therees Hibbard, Univ of Neb-Lincoln
By Kelsey Haugen LINCOLN, NE — Although much of their success comes from their individual talents, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chamber Singers have a director with worlds of experience and passion to teach and lead them. Therees Hibbard, the director of the Chamber Singers, began her schooling in Virginia and then earned another degree in Colorado, […]
Karl Jenkins Releases New Choral Work
By Michael Quinn LONDON. UK — Karl Jenkins is to release The Peacemakers, the follow-up to his highly successful The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, on EMI Classics. The 17-movement work for chorus and orchestra features texts by some of the most famous advocates of peace and compassion in the 20th century, including Mahatma Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, […]
Toronto gets together for a sing-song
by Isabel Teotonia TORONTO — When Nobu Adilman formed a ragtag choir with his buddies to sing at a friend’s birthday party, he didn’t realize what he was tapping into: people really loved singing together. He now runs Choir! Choir! Choir!, which meets every Tuesday night at a College St. bar, attracting 125 people eager to belt […]
Karen Grylis awarded NZ grant to expand choral education
Karen Grylls ONZM, Artistic Director of Choir Aotearoa New Zealand, has been selected as a 2011 NZ-UK Link Foundation Discretionary Award winner. She is Associate Professor of Music at Auckland University and one of New Zealand’s most experienced and distinguished choral educators. She is heading for England next month to study current best practice in […]