News and Notices

The choir, comprised of special-needs men and women from ages 21 to 50, sat before director J.D. Allen as he led them in a rendition of an original song titled “Little Flowers,” about how children and special-needs people are precious and fragile. J.D. strummed his guitar and guided the choir through the song, one of […]

Wayland Rogers has won the Illinois ACDA Choral Composition Competition with WHEN DAISIES PIED, a work for a cappella mixed chorus, with a text by William Shakespeare. It is to be premiered at the Illinois ACDA ReTreat on July 7th at Illinois State Universtiy in Normal Illinois, sung by The Directors’ Chorus conducted by Dr. David Rayl of Michigan State University.

By Matthew Burns   HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Orange County Schools on Tuesday named Cedar Ridge High School choral director Christopher Hansen as the school district’s 2011-12 Teacher of the Year.   “There are so many outstanding teachers at Cedar Ridge and throughout the district. I truly humbled and honored,” Hansen said in a statement. “We […]

STOCKHOLM — Quick action by the head of a Canadian choir touring Sweden narrowly averted an accident when the driver of their tour bus suffered a heart attack at full speed, Swedish media reported Monday. About five minutes into the University of Manitoba choir’s journey from Stockholm’s Arlanda airport towards the town of Sundsvall, about […]

SASKATOON — Phoebe Voigts, the artistic director of the Saskatoon Children’s Choir, has been named Children’s Champion of the Year by Child & Youth Friendly Saskatoon.   Each year, the organization honours a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the lives of children in the community.   Voigts founded the SCC in 1996. […]

By Bill Nutt TRENTON, NJ — As a child growing up in Italy, Marco Frisina knew he wanted to be a musician. As a young man, he realized he had another vocation: the priesthood. Frisina realized he could reconcile his two callings. “I realized I could be a servant of God and serve Him through […]