News and Notices

Robert Shafer, Artistic Director of The City Choir of Washington, was honored by The Choralis Foundation Board of Directors and Artistic Director Gretchen Kuhrmann as the winner of the 2nd Annual Greater Washington DC Area Choral Excellence Award, given to a person or organization that has made significant lifetime contributions to the art of choral […]

Dear ChoralNet Friends,   I would like to invite you to visit my newly redesigned website.  I hope the new, clean look and organization will encourage people to visit and stay a while. You may find it at: www.franklarocca.com.   Best wishes to all, Frank La Rocca Composer

Spiritful Voices Community Choir of Oklahoma City has appointed Tom Nix its new artistic director and general manager.   In addition to supervising many of the daily activities of the charitable organization, Nix will be responsible for directing the group’s weekly rehearsals and about 16 performances each year throughout central Oklahoma.   The 50-voice independent […]

By Amos Ngaira NAIROBI, KENYA — To the critics of the Moi regime, the sort of music that made Boniface Mganga, who died in a road accident last week, was sycophancy in its rawest form. Quick on praise and short on criticism for the regime’s corruption and tribalism, the genre was bound to attract criticism […]

By Robert Kennard EPPING, NSW, AUSTRALIA — A NEW choir group starting in West Epping this month promises to shake, rattle and roll the vocal chords to 1960s rock, classic soul and pop. SingUp! is a network of modern vocal ensembles across Sydney established by choir director and arranger, Stuart Davis. Unlike a traditional choir, […]

By Caitlin Nobes | HAWKES BAY, NZ — Young and old from throughout the region came to sing for their chance to perform for an international crowd at the Rugby World Cup. Locally formed choirs will perform the anthems at cup games this year and 30 Bay residents will be selected for the honour. They […]