Choral legend Alice Parker agreed the only time people seem to sing together is during the holidays. "Even at sporting events, it's one person singing 'The Star-Spangled Banner,'" she said in a phone interview from her Massachusetts home. "Then it's usually one voice that isn't suited to it." That's why, for the past 30 years, […]
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Choir members who escaped roof collapse grateful
EDMONTON, AB — Dozens of seniors have a better idea of just how lucky they were to escape a roof collapse in north Edmonton on Tuesday. It was just before 1:00 on Tuesday afternoon when a large portion of the roof at the Northgate Lions Seniors Recreation Centre came crashing to the ground. Nearly forty […]
Kienzle wins Excellence in Music Education award
By Angel Carpenter EUGENE, OR – Louise Kienzle, music teacher at Humbolt Elementary School in Canyon City, has won a state 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 State Conference in Eugene. Kienzle teaches music to grades […]
René Clausen interviewed on Blog Talk Radio!
Rene Clausen, celebrated composer and conductor of the famed Concordia Choir recently dropped in on “The African-American Voice of Classical Music” host Patrick D. McCoy on Blog Talk Radio in February 9th to discuss the choir’s upcoming concert tour, beginning in Washington, D. C. on February 19th with a concert at the National Presbyterian Church. Repertoire […]
UVM conductor, music professor Chapman dies
By Mike Donoghue James G. Chapman, retired University of Vermont Choral Union conductor and longtime music professor, has died. He was 83. Chapman of Underhill had been in failing health and died Tuesday morning at the Vermont Respite House in Williston, UVM music professor David Neiweem said. In 1968, Chapman was the founder and director […]
And the Oscar goes to . . . PS 22!
By SABRINA FORD and IKIMULISA LIVINGSTON Members of a Staten Island fifth-grade chorus that has earned widespread acclaim for its heartfelt renditions of popular hits are getting the reward of a lifetime — they’ll be singing at the Oscars this winter. The kids of the PS 22 Chorus got the stunning news Thursday night from […]