By Stuart Derdeyn VANCOUVER — Back in the early 1970s, future conservative squares were dropping tabs of purple microdot, tuning into laughable tracks such as “Almost Cut My Hair,” turning on to their own self interest and dropping out of whatever it was that wasn’t “cool” according to Madison Avenue advertising companies selling them over-the-counter […]
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Shelter House, U of Iowa collaborate to form choir
BY SARAH BULMER The sound of music floated through the halls of the Shelter House. Ten choir members, including several residents, sat in a small room singing “Prayer, Love, Light, and Peace.” The sound drifted into the lobby, where fellow residents slowly trickled in to listen. “When we were singing, some residents stopped by, and […]
Gareth Malone’s ‘The Choir’ recommissioned
By Kate Goodacre Gareth Malone will work with military families on a new series of The Choir. BBC Two has confirmed that the choirmaster will return with a further three episodes of his BAFTA and RTS award-winning show this autumn. He will spend six months at the Chivenor barracks in Devon, home to Royal Marines, […]
Palo Alto-based choral group helping Japan through music
by Sue Dremann PALO ALTO — A local Japanese choral group that practices at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Palo Alto has made a YouTube video to muster aid, raise awareness and bring comfort to the tragedy-stricken people of Japan. The Choral Cosmos’s roughly 4.5-minute video features the group performing “We Are the World.” The […]
LCC’s new vocal instructor set to direct first concert
By Tom Paulu LONGVIEW, WA — Three years ago, Lower Columbia College raised the curtain on a new music performance hall with terrific acoustics. Now, the college has taken a step towards improving the mix of concerts that might fill the Wollenberg Auditorium with terrific voices. LCC has hired Gina Osborn as its first full-time […]
Lost choral masterpiece finally finds a home… in the pop charts
By Rob Sharp Alessandro Striggio’s 1566 mass, performed by 40 choristers, sees voices, strings and brass meld into a jaw-dropping harmony. The mass was first performed in the 16th century, touring Europe, before being lost in the mists of time. Several years ago, the work, Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno, was rediscovered in the […]