Applications for the 2012 American Choral Directors Association International Conductors Exchange Program are now beiung accepted. Interested parties may access the online application by joining the ACDA International Conductors Exchange Program community on ChoralNet (https://choralnet.org/view/280632). The ICEP, under the overall direction of James Feiszli, will provide the auspices under which U.S. conductors will interact […]
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Six hundred men find their voices
Katherine Feeney BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA — What could be so special about 'male voice' that warrants three days of celebration and over $25,000 in public funding? Plenty, according to organisers of the Pemulwuy Male Voice Festival, which is set to launch 600 Australian voices from 16 choirs into song across three days this month. Because, […]
Choral Journal to be Added to Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM)
The American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) has entered into an agreement with Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) for the abstracting and indexing of Choral Journal for the RILM database of scholarly literature on music. Choral Journal entries should be available through RILM by the Fall of 2011. In a statement released by Tim Sharp, […]
One week left: Bargain prices on wonderful gifts and services for choral music lovers, CDs, art, vacations and more!
Some of the great items available at Chorus America’s auction: Workshops with Anton Armstrong and Rollo Dilworth – these renowned conductors will rehearse with your chorus for a day and then perform with them in-concert. Gift certificates for music publishers, including Hal Leonard, earthsongs, Caldwell & Ivory. 20 deluxe “loaded” versions of The Black Folder […]
Video: Kids Find Their Voices in “High-Five Choir”
By Kevin Tibbles They may have many voices, but they’re united in just one goal: to teach themselves and those who will listen to their music that children who are different in some ways can be alike in other ways that matter. At New Trier High School in suburban Winnetka, developmentally disabled students sing alongside […]
Facebook reunites another choir
By THERESA GOFFREDO The power of the social network can kick-start a revolution, inspire an Academy-Award winning movie and ignite old flames. In Marysville, Facebook created a choir. It all started with Lakey Malan, a 1997 graduate of Marysville-Pilchuck High School, who was talking to a friend one day, trying to remember some details about […]