News and Notices

By Sasha Abraham BOWLING GREEN, OH — Andrew Edward Housholder, Huntington High School’s choral director from 1965 to 1988 whose passion for music helped shape the lives of generations of students, died Sept. 8 in Bowling Green, Ohio. He was 78. “When I am asked about teachers that shaped my life; only a handful come […]

By Karen Price CARDIFF, WALES — ALL the drama, emotion and excitement of the Fron Choir’s debut visit to New York will be relived this week in a television documentary – including the moments they were caught up in a hurricane. Members of the North Wales-based choir have had a memorable few years since signing […]

By Jo Carlowe LONDON, UK — Once the domain of the blue-rinse brigade, choirs are certainly on-trend. The Choir of the Year competition, the UK’s largest amateur choral contest, last year saw entries increase by a third, while the TV show Glee (series 3 starts next week) has even made singing cool for teens. There […]

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) – Choir students at Walsingham Academy have been honored to perform at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. The Madrigals, a select group of choral singers in tenth through twelfth grade, were invited to perform four times in seven days during the trip, a news release from Walsingham Academy’s Upper School […]

BATH, UK — Bath Choral Society has announced the appointment of Will Dawes as its new musical director from September, following the retirement of Matthew Bale in July. Based in Oxford, Will Dawes graduated with a degree in choral conducting from the Royal Academy of Music in 2006, being awarded the Thomas Armstrong Prize for […]

By Barbara Kaplan   LOS ANGELES, CA — Larissa Donnelly has been appointed director of the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) Apprentice Choir. Donnelly will oversee all aspects of the Apprentice Choir, geared for young singers with little or no previous vocal training, including selecting appropriate repertoire to match the singers’ skill level and conducting […]