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By Stuart Oskenhorn   SNOWMASS VILLAGE, CO — For several years, Paul Dankers, music director of the Snowmass Chapel and a enthusiast for vocal music, had been thinking that what the Roaring Fork Valley needed was a children’s choir. But Dankers was envisioning a serious endeavor, where the students would learn traditional repertoire and classical […]

By David Hardiman   TOTTENHAM, UK — A TOTTENHAM choir has won £6,000 towards musical equipment after winning a public competition. Tottenham Community Choir, which was formed two years ago, is made up of a diverse bunch of people from the borough and regularly performs at charity fucntions and public events such as Tottenham's Christmas lights […]

Dr Debra Cairns, who was awarded the prestigious Richard S. Eaton Award acknowledging exemplary service to choral music in the province of Alberta, said of the recognition “it is an honour to even be nominated ; this award celebrates a great number of talented people in Alberta who are dedicated to maintaining and growing the […]

Adrian, MI – Brian Altevogt knows full well the dynamic that exists when a new leader first works with a group of people, and vice versa. “They’re trying to figure me out, and I’m trying to figure out who they are,” he said with a laugh. Such was the case in September when Altevogt started […]

Helga Anderson was only 15 years old when she was enlisted to teach hymns to the Sunday school children at her church. “It just came instinctively. I guess I was meant to do it,” recalls the influential choral conductor, now 80 years old, who has guided thousands of Winnipeggers through countless hours of music-making over […]

On Friday, the Renaissance Foundation honored Griffin with a Gospel Heritage Legacy award during its Gospel Heritage Festival at Bethel AME Church in Columbia. Griffin was to be presented the award by Dr. Bobby Jones of Black Entertainment Television’s “Bobby Jones Gospel Hour.” “I was just really, really excited. I try not to toot my […]