TROY, NY — A choral parade combining four university choirs, accompaniment broadcast via WRPI, and a route leading from the Hudson River to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus will be a first-of-its-kind experience for Rensselaer and the city of Troy next month. The “Troy Paradio” performance is the opening piece of a larger concert presented as […]
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More than 300 voices will come together in choral event Singing for Peace
By GUY D’ASTOLFO YOUNGSTOWN — Hae-Jong Lee is plunking keys on a piano in his office at Youngstown State University. The choral music professor is demonstrating how disparate notes blend together to make a perfect-sounding chord. It’s lesson, he says, that applies not only to music, but to society. To turn his analogy into reality, […]
Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir will be unveiled Thursday
By Marcia Adair LOS ANGELES — Orchestral musicians had their date with Internet destiny a few weeks ago with the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. Now the spotlight moves to choral singers with Thursday’s release of the Virtual Choir. Los Angeles-based choral composer Eric Whitacre created a choir that allows lone choristers from Lebanon, Kazakhstan and Madagascar […]
Swazi bank supports choral music in Swaziland
By Howard Mavuso YET again, Standard Bank has sponsored E210 000 towards the 2011 Standard Bank Choral Music Championship [ed. note: about US$31,700] As part of the competition, soloist eliminations started over the weekend, where 24 made it for the finals to be held on April 9 at Esibayeni Lodge (Esangweni). Last year’s sponsorship was […]
Budget cuts can’t stifle the choir at Detroit Southeastern High
By Eric T. Campbell and Zenobia Jeffries DETROIT — Students at Detroit Southeastern High School have staged three walk-outs and a sit-in after DPS budget cuts left them with no music programs. In a final show of protest, the Voices of Southeastern chorale singers gained entry to the March 11 Michigan State Vocal Music Association […]
Unbelievable Deals on Unique Choral Items and Experiences
You want Ann Howard Jones to do a workshop with your chorus? The bidding starts at $200. Love one of Eric Whitacre’s pieces? Have him handwrite and autograph the first page for you. A private lesson with Dale Warland can help you put the finishing touches on your next big concert. Chorus America’s online […]