News and Notices

by Steve Bagnallt A CHOIR with a history stretching back more than 50 years is in desperate need of a new musical director. If Brymbo Male Choir don’t get one soon, they fear for their existence. The latest conductor Glyn Hughes has retired after 45 years in the post. Yesterday the Brymbo choristers put an […]

FYSHWICK, AUSTRALIA — Sing Australia, the national choral group with more than 60 choir groups across the nation, has been chosen to sing at the Anzac Day commemoration in Gallipoli. The group will take up to 35 people to Turkey for the April 25 services. They were chosen following a selection process which sought interest […]

Written by Jay Harvey Ruth Dwyer, who is in her 24th year as associate director of the Indianapolis Children’s Choir, was honored recently with the Outstanding Hoosier Musician Award at the Indiana Music Educators Association conference meeting in Fort Wayne. Given annually in recognition of contributions to the advancement of music education in Indiana, the […]

More than 100 children have taken part in choral workshop in Lichfield. Hosted by Lichfield Cathedral and Lichfield Cathedral School, the Be A Chorsiter For A Day for event on January 22 saw youngsters aged between seven and 13 prepare to sing alongside the Cathedral Choir. Ben Lamb, joint director of music at the Cathedral […]

VISALIA, CA — When Charles Parker started the annual choir concert 20 years ago, he never imagined the concert would be around two decades later. “I didn’t look at this as something I’d do for this long, but now I can’t imagine not doing the performance every year,” said Parker, an English instructor at the […]

By Amy Ryan WAUSAU, WI — Karen Haines, former choral director for D.C. Everest Senior High School, received the Morris D. Hayes Lifetime Achievement Award on Jan. 21 at the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association state convention in Green Bay. The Morris D. Hayes Award is given to Wisconsin residents who show a commitment to choral […]