The Choral Art Society of New Jersey is celebrating its 50th year as an organization dedicated to learning and singing great choral music. During this Golden Anniversary year it will be performing Felix Mendelssohn’s Oratorio, Paulus (St. Paul), Op. 36. This is a magnificent composition which was first performed in Dusseldorf, Germany, on May 22, […]
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Community Choir returns to TV
By Rachel Bishop LONDON, UK — Members of the South Oxhey Community Choir will return to television screens across the country later this year, when viewers will be updated on their remarkable progress. Founded during 2008 for the BBC’s Choir: Unsung Town documentary, it has gone from strength-to-strength and remains at the very centre of […]
The Washington Chorus represents the District in New York City 9/11 Tribute
On September 9, The Washington Chorus will represent Washington, D. C. in a special day of choral music at Trinity Church Wall Street (New York City) culminating in an evening concert featuring choirs from New York City, Boston and Pennsylvania. Under the direction of Julian Wachner, The Washington Chorus will perform the Rachmaninoff Vespers, The […]
San Antonio Choral Society names new director
By Deborah Martin SAN ANTONIO — Back in May, Jennifer Seighman attended her first San Antonio Choral Society concert. She liked what she heard. “It was an exciting, energetic performance,” she said of the choir’s concert of Robert Ray’s “Gospel Mass.” “It looked like they were excited to be there, and they were really getting […]
Roger MacNeill Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
By: Chad Franzen CHADRON, NE — A retired Chadron State College music professor has been awarded the Nebraska Choral Directors Association’s top honor. Dr. Roger MacNeill received the Cornell Runestad Lifetime Achievement Award during the NCDA summer conference in Crete on July 12. The honor is annually presented to professionals who create a legacy of […]
Summer Camp Campaign: Santiago Burgos finds inspiration to sing
The teenager came back from UCLA Unicamp confident enough to form a show choir at his school. By Sophia Lee LOS ANGELES — Santiago Burgos has many fond memories of summer camp, but he most distinctly remembers the campfires. Every night over the crackle of the fire, all the campers would burst out in songs […]