Some may say Smith is losing its identity as a female college when such groups emerge. This isn’t true. Being a woman is still a requirement for admission. Estrogen is in the very air.
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After surprise resignation, guest conductor for University of Utah choral studies program announced
SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah has named a guest conductor to lead its choral studies program after last week’s unexpected resignation of Brady Allred. The university had been using graduate students to fill in for Allred after he took a month’s personal leave and then resigned for “unexpected personal and family circumstances.” […]
Choir Member’s Russian Family Helps With Repertoire
The universal language of music notes written on paper are easy for the Hemet West Valley chamber choir to understand. It’s the words that coincide with them — written in a language that almost none of them could begin to read or pronounce — that is the hard part. This year, in gearing up for […]
New Fundraising Method for Choirs in Suburban Detroit
Local church, synagogue and school choirs will get a chance to perform holiday favorites and raise money Dec. 4 at Hiller’s Markets. Choirs will reserve a 30-minute time slot from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. to perform at a Hiller’s store in Plymouth, Northville, Ann Arbor, Commerce Township or Union Lake. Shoppers will be able to make […]
Composer Stephen Chatman Wins Western Canadian Music Award
“October 25, 2010 (Kelowna, BC) Canadian Music Centre associate composer Stephen Chatman was awarded the Western Canadian Music Award for Classical Composition of the Year for his work Earth Songs, recorded on CMC’s Centrediscs label. Earth Songs, appearing on the disc by the same name, was recorded last year by the University of British Columbia […]
Singing in the Schools: Putting Education in Chorus DNA
Winner of Chorus America’s 2010 Education Outreach Award, Chanticleer demonstrates how to grow an education program that touches the lives of the next generation of singers by Kelsey Menehan When Chanticleer started its Singing in the Schools program in 1986 it was a modest affair. The organization was just eight years old, and though it […]