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By James McCarthy   CARDIFF, WALES — HE had a kidney transplant that saved his life more than three decades ago – but spent years thinking it had come from the victim of a plane crash. But after finding out it came from a 12-year-old boy who died tragically in a bike accident, Paul Silcox has […]

ACCRA, GHANA — The Ghana Tourist Authority (GTA) is collaborating with the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture to revive choral music, which is said to be declining steadily in the Ghanaian society. Choral music had over the years helped to engender good moral values, social cohesion and preserve the cultural norms and identity of the people. […]

By Matt Pearl   LAWRENCEVILLE, GA — Last week, a Carroll County woman who wrote a big check for a student who needed it.   Anthony battled autism to become an All-State choral singer. But he is being raised by his grandparents who don’t have much money, and he learned the hard way that very few […]

Temple University music Alumni Breakfast At the ACDA Eastern Division 2012 Conference Providence – The Westin Registration on line is now open on Temple’s web site. www.temple.edu Click on Alumni and Friends. Click on Events. Scroll down to February 18. Register.

It is nothing short of spectacular: 400 student singers, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, a trio of esteemed vocalists, three world premieres, newly commissioned projections, and Carl Orff’s seminal Carmina Burana—all in one concert. The scope of The Carmina Burana Choral Project is equally ambitious: to nurture and showcase exemplary musicianship, elevating student performance to […]

The two-year M.M. program is designed and directed by HAROLD FARBERMAN (founder and director of the Conductors Institute at Bard; JAMES BAGWELL (director of Bard’s undergraduate Music Program, music director of the Collegiate Chorale and principal guest conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra) and LEON BOTSTEIN, president of Bard College, music director of the American […]