News and Notices

We’ve had another busy month of planning – and it only gets busier from here! After months and months of preparation, the progress being made is really making the event begin to feel real. After hiring Carey Rennekamp, Director of Sponsorship Sales and Fulfillment, the 2012 World Choir Games team is fully staffed and ready […]

The American Choral Directors Association announces that the winner of the 2010 Julius Herford Prize is Dr. Michael Craig McGaghie.  His dissertation, “Macaronic Things: Thornton Wilder and the Late Choral Music of Dominick Argento,” was accepted at Boston University in fulfillment of a Doctoral Degree in Choral Conducting under the direction of Professors Ann Howard Jones, […]

In conjuction with a reception to kick-off the new honorary advisory board for the Indianapolis Cihldren’s Choir, the Indiana Pacers head coach Frank Vogel appeared as a guest conductor.     Conseco Fieldhouse, in downtown Indianapolis, was host to the event.  President of Pacers Sports & Entertainment  Jim Morris is the chaiman, and he gathered […]

Please join me for a volume of anthems and motets this Sunday on Great Sacred Music. Three hours of sacred choral music airs from 8-11 a.m. eastern on 89.7 FM in central North Carolina and online at http://theclassicalstation.org.   Rob Kennedy ——————————————————————————————– 08:00:20 W.A. Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, […]

The liturgical year comes to an end this week, with the celebration of the Feast of Christ the King, in anticipation of the coming of the Kingdom of God.  On the next With Heart and Voice, we’ll listen to stirring choral music and hymns for this festival, even as we look forward to our national […]

It is with sadness that I share the passing of Hampton University Director of Choral Activities, Royzell Dillard:   http://www.examiner.com/performing-arts-in-washington-dc/music-community-mourns-the-death-of-beloved-hampton-university-choir-director