News and Notices

By Marci Seither COLFAX, CA — When Alta resident Janine Dexter looks into faces of Colla Voce choir members she sees more than medical professionals, teachers, wine makers and stay-at-home moms. She sees people who are passionate about music. “It is more than just singing – It is about giving something back to the world […]

David Van Biema, former chief religion writer for Time Magazine, is looking for a chorus planning to perform Allegri’s Miserere this spring with a boy soprano soloist, as the subject of a possible feature article for a national magazine. You can reach him at

Since the theme of our upcoming concert is Eat, Drink, & Be Merry we thought it would be fun to hold a recipe contest among our choir members AND our fans. All they had to do was submit their favorite holiday recipe via our website. We then will choose winners and pair each song in […]

ORANGEBURG, SC — Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School and Claflin University worked together to provide O-W choral students a day of activities focused on team building, vocal technique and music literacy last month at Claflin. Theme for the choral retreat was “Building a World Class Chorus.” “It was a day of renewal and recommitment to the chorus,” […]

CHARLOTTE, NC — A local choir made up mostly of homeless people just released its first CD.   They connected through the Urban Ministry Center. Before each rehearsal, members of the Voices of Love choir pray. Many of them, like William Pumphrey, say it’s like therapy. “It’s about adding structure to often painful, painful broken lives,” […]

DELAND, FL — Dr. Timothy Peter, professor of music at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, will become Stetson University’s new director of choral activities and professor of music, effective August 2012. “Dr. Peter brings dynamic leadership, artistry and magnetism to our vibrant School of Music, whose choral tradition and strengths are highly regarded nationwide,” said Dr. […]