CHARLESTON, SC — A Georgetown County choir is helping Mississippi flood victims. The kids helping are part of the Georgetown High School gospel choir. The joyful sounds of gospel music rang through the halls of Georgetown High as the school’s gospel choir wraps up last minute practice before heading out to help heal the hearts […]
News and Notices
Copeland joins Choral Journal editors
Dr. Philip L. Copeland has been named to the Editorial Board of the Choral Journal, the official publication of the American Choral Directors Association. Founded in 1959, ACDA is the largest association of choral directors in the world, whose membership consists of choral directors who represent more than one million singers across the United States. Its central purpose is […]
Feiszli appointed ACDA Tech chair
Dr. James D. Feiszli, Director of Music and and Professor of Humanities at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT), has been named Chair of the national committee for technology by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in a unanimous vote by the ACDA Executive Committee. Founded in 1959, ACDA is the largest […]
Robert Porco receives Chorus America award
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Robert Porco, adjunct professor of choral conducting and senior advisor to the Choral Department chair at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, is the recipient of the Michael Korn Founders Award for Development of the Professional Choral Art from Chorus America. This award from the advocacy, research and leadership development organization […]
Deadline Extended-National ACDA High School R&S Chair
The National High School Chair for the American Choral Directors Association leadership position on the Repertoire and Standards Committee is vacant, and the deadline for submitting an application has been extended to June 27, 2011. Former High School Chair Amy Blosser was elected to the position of overall R&S Committee Chair earlier this year, creating […]
Rant around the clock: Ottawa musician launches Complaints Choir
By Alex Weber OTTAWA — While most people hate listening to other people’s complaints, Glenn Nuotio is asking for them. The Ottawa musician is organizing the city’s first Complaints Choir, and is on a mission to transform the daily rantings of Ottawa residents into song. “Ottawa is seen as this polite and sleepy city, but […]