News and Notices

Dainava, a Chicago-based Lithuanian chorale, has prepared a special musical program featuring an authentic Lithuanian instrument, a reed pipe called a “birbyne,” in a unique program combining folk instrument and choral music traditions.   The performance will be held on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. at the Lemont High School Performing Arts Center, 800 […]

Geraint Llyr Owen, 13, a member of Llandaff Cathedral Choir, Cardiff, performed a solo in Pie Jesu at the Celebrating Karl Jenkins concert at the Wales Millennium Centre in November. The concert was broadcast on the Welsh language channel S4C and the clip was posted on the internet.   Distinguished Concerts International New York saw […]

  There are now more choirs in the UK than fish and chip shops, and a spate of television programmes about choral singing – including Last Choir Standing and the two award-winning series by choirmaster Gareth Malone – suggest that, as Wyatt puts it, "singing together is so much more than making a noise with […]

Performance Today on Jan 8, in its weekly feature of 21st century composers, included excerpts from the “Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ,” an Orthodox Christmas choral concerto, along with comments from its composer Richard Toensing. The “Kontakion” was performed by Cappella Romana, with conductor Alexander Lingas, St. Agatha’s Catholic Church, Portland, Oregon.   The program is archived and can […]

On January 18, 2010, the New Tradition Chorus (past international champions of the Barbershop Harmony Society) will host an open house during our regular rehearsal time–7:30-10:30 p.m.–designed to introduce our new Music Director, Bryan Harden, to the community. All are welcome to attend. Location is our regular meeting hall, St. Peter Community Church, 2700 Willow Road […]

The American Choral Directors Association is pleased to announce Dr. Terre Johnson’s appointment to the position of ACDA’s National Chair for Music in Worship leadership. ACDA’s structure focuses on specific areas of choral concentration and administration, repertoire, and standards, and Music in Worship is one of these important areas. ACDA’s Executive Committee reviewed a large […]