The general assembly of the Philippine Choral Directors Association elected members of its board of directors and coordinators of its regional sectors last November at the First PCDA National Convention held in Davao City. Serving as board members from November 2010 until the next national convention in 2013 are: Jonathan M. Velasco, president Ma. […]
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Philippine Choral News – February 2011
2011.02.26 Velasco premieres Pamintuan works with Asia Pacific Youth Choir 2011.02.25 Soliman elected to NCCA national music committee2011.02.24 Velasco attends Asia Pacific Choral Summit in Macau 2011.02.23 NCCA Ani ng Dangal honors 2010 victories of 3 choirs 2011.02.20 Madz alum represents Philippines in first Asia Pacific Youth Choir2011.02.19 Santos wins Pampanga tilt 2011.02.15 Varna confirms […]
Jewish choirs ease immigrant experience
By: Sharon Chisvin WINNIPEG, ON — Lina Streltsov arrived in Winnipeg in 2007 and has already contributed to a rich musical legacy. It has been 100 years since Cantor Moses Jacob created the Winnipeg Jewish Folk Choir. Composed of as many as 80 community members — both children and adults — the choir performed at […]
Shona Brown creating stir with pupils in prison choir
By Stuart MacDonald WEST LOTHIAN, UK — A CLASSICAL musician is teaching some of the country’s toughest convicts to sing after setting up the UK’s first prison choir. Shona Brown, 27, is working with inmates at Addiewell prison in West Lothian to keep them in tune. The flautist and singer, a finalist in the BBC […]
McElheran estate leaves SUNY Potsdam’s Crane more than $1.6 million
POTSDAM — The Potsdam College Foundation is receiving more than $1.6 million from the estate of late Crane School of Music Professor Brock McElheran and his wife, librarian Jane Munro McElheran. The McElherans’ gifts will ensure funding in perpetuity for the Crane School and programs that were special to them both, said Dean of the […]
Choir captures Tahrir revolution’s Utopian vibe
By Mai El-Wakil Ever since Egyptians took to the streets on 25 January to overthrow the Hosni Mubarak regime, people have tried to document events and capture the dynamics among Tahrir Square’s protesters. Accounts from the square describe a mini “Utopian” community, united by a common cause despite differences in ideology as well as social, […]