The American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) has sold its building and former National Headquarters in Lawton, Oklahoma, to the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. After moving to its new National Headquarters in Oklahoma City in 2004, the American Choral Directors Association used its former building located in Lawton, Oklahoma, as the […]
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Work of alumni, students continues
By Anne Cloonan NORTH HUNTINGDON, PA — A new foundation, Expressions in Harmony, continues the efforts of Norwin High School students and alumni to provide for child victims of domestic violence. Cheryl Walter, who worked for 19 years as director of choirs and music department chairwoman at the high school, said she was at a […]
The Best Composer You’ve Never Heard Of
Wall Street Journal: It’s been a long time since an American classical composer became famous, much less popular. Philip Glass was probably the last one whose name would be passably well known to the public at large, and even Mr. Glass isn’t nearly as famous as, say, Aaron Copland. That says a lot about the […]
Eph Ehly Housefire
Dear ChoralNet, The house of Dr. Eph Ehly, one of our most passionate, talented and enthusiastic Choral icons, burned to the ground on Sunday morning, January 22, 2012. The house was a complete loss. Eph and his wife, Jan, escaped injury, but ran out of their house with "flames licking at our hair"—Eph's words. […]
Hampshire Choral Society presents American premiere of new RVW work
Until recently, though, one major symphonic work by [Vaughan] Williams had gone missing. Though the work was pivotal to his career, it had only ever been seen by a handful of people, experts had never heard of it, and, since it was never performed, no one—including the composer—had ever heard it played. The piece is […]
Gerre Hancock, 1934-2012, organist/choirmaster of St Thomas NYC
Dr. Hancock was a member of its National Council of the American Guild of Organists, and was a founder and past president of the Association of Anglican Musicians. He was assistant organist at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in New York, organist-choirmaster at Cincinnati’s Christ Church Cathedral, and, most notably organist-choir director at St. Thomas Episcopal […]