By: Katrina Styx HASTINGS, MN — We know they’re good. Hastings High School’s top show choir, Riverside Company, already has two Grand Champion wins under its belt this season. Apparently, producers at NBC think they’re pretty good, too. After seeing some of Riverside Company’s performances from previous years on YouTube, they invited the choir to […]
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Butler University Choral Graduate Assistantships available
Choral Conducting Assistantships available for students seeking a Master of Music degree in Conducting at Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana. Study with Professors Henry Leck, Eric Stark, James Mulholland or Tim Brimmer. One of the two assistantships involves considerable accompanying. Deadline for application is February 15, 2011. For information contact Prof. Henry Leck
Curtis Hansen, 1920-2011, founding member of ACDA
Curtis E. Hansen, age 90, of Edina, MN, passed away peacefully on January 31, 2011. As one of seven original founders of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in 1959, he was the only one remaining until his death. After graduation from Amery, WI High School and St. Olaf College (where he studied and sang with F. Melius Christiansen), he […]
Children’s Choir Director Louise Kienzle Gets State Award
By Angel Carpenter EUGENE, OR – Louise Kienzle, the music teacher at Humbolt Elementary School in Canyon City, has been honored with a statewide music education award. She received a plaque for the 2011 Excellence in Elementary Music Education Award on Jan. 15, at the Oregon Music Educators Association conference in Eugene. Kienzle teaches music […]
New choir starts 2011 in perfect harmony
By Sharon Lee Tegler SEVERNA PARK, MD — The lyrics to the song “Sanctuary” are simple, but the group of individuals practicing it Thursday evening beamed with pleasureas they combined four layers of harmony with several different rhythms and counter rhythms. The singers were members of a new choir called LifeSongs, which meets weekly in […]
One Earth Choir – a worldwide cultural Project
PROJECT ÌNIN 2012 ONE EARTH CHOIR © Anna Bacchia 2010 ÌNIN 2012 – ONE EARTH CHOIR ‘on the Path of the Peoples’ – One Choir spread around the whole Globe. Voices in cities all over the World will sing together the same music. […]