The American Choral Directors Association recently announced its 2015 biennial conference will be coming to Salt Lake City. The conference is expected to bring 10,000 attendees to Salt Lake and will utilize downtown venues that include the Salt Palace, Abravanel Hall, the Capitol Theater, the Cathedral of Madeleine, the First Presbyterian Church, Assembly Hall and […]
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Marty Burnett Earns Choir Director Award
Dr. Marty Wheeler Burnett earned the 2011 Nebraska Choral Directors Association (NCDA) Outstanding Choral Director Award on Friday, Nov. 18. Dr. Burnett is an Associate Professor of Music and Director of Fine Arts at College of Saint Mary. She is also the Director of Music at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. The NCDA Outstanding Choral Director Award is given annually since […]
A behind-the-scenes look at a choral rehearsal
By Rick Rogers Anyone who has ever been a member of a choral ensemble knows that a conductor must be adept at multitasking. He’ll frequently need to glance at his score (which typically has four parts happening simultaneously) while conducting a beat pattern for the singers to follow. Add to […]
Working in the midst of music
There’s rarely a quiet moment in Eric Stark’s office at Butler University. Stark, the artistic director for the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and professor of music and director of graduate studies at Butler University, is situated between two other professors who teach voice. In the halls, students are playing instruments or singing. Inside the office is framed […]
Play List for Great Sacred Music, Sunday, November 27, 2011
Music for the First Sunday of Advent and Thanksgiving on the play list this week. Great Sacred Music begins at 8 a.m. eastern on 89.7 fm in Central North Carolina and online at http://theclassicalstation.org. Rob Kennedy ————————————————————————————————– 08:00:20 Anton Bruckner: Virga Jesse Bavarian Radio Choir, Eugen Jochum 08:06:05 Adapted from Giovanni […]
Spontaneous singing on Canadian buses
Passengers on Ottawa buses were breaking into song Friday to show their support for OC Transpo’s silenced singing bus driver. The transit sing-song was organized by passengers who were upset when driver Yves Roy was told earlier this month to stop belting out songs along his route. OC Transpo told him the singing had provoked […]