News and Notices

By John Maybury   Loma Prieta, CA —  “Singing can be joyful, especially around the holidays. It may also provide health benefits, some research suggests. • Singing and asthma: Studies have found that singing helps people with asthma and bronchitis because of the deep breathing, and because a variety of muscles, such as the diaphragm, […]

From 2012 I will be moving on from The King’s Singers to give myself more time for composing and arranging. If you would like to discuss commissioning a piece from me or organising a choral workshop or arranging seminar please contact me direct at or my US publicist Heather Wilcox at . Hope to […]

By Karen Pearlman   SAN DIEGO, CA — The long and winding road that led Tony Mostardo from his birthplace in Rome to his childhood and young adult life in Chicago and eventual retirement in Spring Valley has been filled with the sound of music. The longtime educator, band director and choral conductor, a 12-year resident […]

BRISTOL, UK — Acclaimed tenor Mark Padmore has been announced as a new president of Bristol Choral Society, alongside the Lord Mayor of Bristol, and is the first appointment since the passing of the choir’s much-missed late president Sir Charles Mackerras. Mark has established an enviable worldwide reputation, particularly in the field of Baroque music and […]

By Anne Woodman   CARY, NC – Violin One, you can bring out that part more,” said Cary High School Choral Director Edward Yasick as he lifted his baton to rehearse “O, Inexpressible As Sweet” again. As the strings swelled and voices joined in, composer Victor Rosenbaum left the stage to take in the sound from […]

The musical spotlight in Latvia’s capital city shines on Halifax composer, pianist and organist Peter Togni this week. On Thursday evening in Riga’s St. Saviour’s Anglican Church, the Latvian Youth Choir Balsis will premiere his latest choral composition, Missa Liberationis. Togni is the only non-Latvian composer to be tagged for the international touring choir’s ambitious […]