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Emptying Finale Dear Directors, Friends:  I continue this Summer to empty my Finale Files of music before someone has to do it after me.  I hope there may be something there for someone to use or maybe only just something to listen to.  But first to celebrate this Juneteenth, I want to share a recording […]

Chorus Austin is proud to be holding our 11th annual Composers Competition this year!  To celebrate Chorus Austin’s 60th season, pieces should have a celebratory theme. Pieces may be any voicing of SATB (up to SSAATTBB) or any subset thereof (including SA-SSAA or TB-TTBB), no longer than six minutes in duration, and may be a […]

Excelcia Music Publishing is elated to announce the new full-time status of Choral Music Editor Jamey Ray. A beloved composer of Choral music as well as an accomplished singer, arranger, teacher, producer, and founder of the a cappella group Voctave, Jamey has served Excelcia Music Publishing in a part-time capacity as Choral Music Editor since […]

Traverse City (MI) Central United Methodist Church has 108 gently-used Almy Choir Albs (in flax) that we would like to donate to a church in need of robes. The robes are in good condition, in a variety of sizes, and also include 89 red scapulars, and 79 purple scapulars. We would just ask that you […]

One month remaining for submissions to the London International Choral Conducting Competition 15 May 2024   Following an initial call for applications in March 2024, the founding committee of the London International Choral Conduction Competition (LICCC) has been delighted at the number of high-quality submissions received so far. Today, we announce a final call for […]

A SEASON TO SING A Season To Sing is a brand new 40-minute work for SATB choir/organ or piano, by British composer Joanna Forbes L’Estrange, inspired by Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. A Season To Sing will be published by the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) in 2025, marking 300 years since the publication of […]