DURANT – Oklahoma claimed bragging rights at the second-annual Red River Sing-Off held Tuesday on the campus of Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Eight high school choirs from Oklahoma and Texas faced off in head-to-head competition in four divisions. The choirs, invited based on histories of outstanding performances at state and UIL events, impressed judges and […]
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Two Gustavus Adolphus Alumni Honored by Minnesota ACDA
Gustavus alumni Thomas Hassig ’76 and Brian Ohnsorg ’97 will both be honored by the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota in November. Hassig has been selected as Minnesota Choral Director of the Year, while Ohnsorg was named Outstanding Young Choral Director of the Year. Hassig and Ohnsort will receive their awards on Nov. 20 […]
St. John’s Announces Arianne Abela as New Director of Choristers
WATERBURY, MA — Arianne Abela, an award-winning Yale University-trained conductor, has been named director of the Chorister Academy at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Waterbury. She succeeds Maria Coffin, founder of the six-year-old youth music program, based at the church, located at 16 Church St. Ms. Abela graduated in May from the Yale University School of […]
Amersham A Capella named Good Housekeeping Choir of the Year
LONDON, UK — AN all-female choir from Amersham has taken the title of Good Housekeeping Choir of the Year 2010. Amersham A Cappella outshone three other finalists in the prestigious annual competition with renditions of ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’’, ‘Joint is Jumpin’’ and ‘Somebody to Love’ at the Grosvenor Chapel in Mayfair, London earlier this month. The […]
Women’s choir serves community for Breast Cancer Awareness
Every college student wants to be a part of a class that really does not seem like a class at all. Over the course of four years very few students are able to say that one of their classes feels like another home. However, for the students of the University of Kentucky Women’s Choir that […]
Rock Band Gigs to Raise Funds, Exposure for Community Chorus
MELROSE, MA — Memorial Hall in Melrose isn’t exactly the Stone Pony, and the Polymnia Choral Society, a 57-year-old volunteer chorus headquartered in Melrose, doesn’t usually engender fist pumping at its concerts. The group’s next performance on Dec. 3, for example, titled “A Victorian Christmas,” will feature excerpts from Handel’s “Messiah” and other seasonal favorites, […]