University of Iowa students, faculty and community volunteers are partnering with residents and staff at the Shelter House in Iowa City to share a mutual love of singing. Participants of a newly created Shelter House Choir are gathering from 5 to 6 p.m. Fridays now through the end of April as part of a pilot […]
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Choir master Gareth Malone set challenge of turning top chefs into choral experts for Comic Relief
By Steve Hendry GARETH MALONE is not someone who is used to failure. He has picked up a clutch of awards thanks to his efforts in bringing together people who don’t sing and turning them into first-class choirs. He has brought his particular brand of magic to schools and council estates and picked up two […]
KFC offers eleven $1,000 grants to “struggling choirs”
KFC is opening its restaurant doors to choirs in the hopes of raising the roof – and some funds for financially struggling choirs nationwide – as part of a new national pilot program. To launch its new 10-piece 10 Buck Sunday Bucket deal, Kentucky Fried Chicken is offering 11 struggling choirs across the country $1,000 […]
Choir celebrates a century of song
By Chris Treadaway RICHMOND CA — A gathering of choirs joined voices March 5 in Concord to sing the praises of one of their own groups reaching 100 years. The annual Pacific Sängerbund Kommers choir concert brought together nine ensembles of the San Francisco-based Pacific Singing Society totaling 330 voices to mark the […]
Missouri Choral Directors Association Summer Conference
As the spring arrives the days become even busier. . .encourage yourself and your acquaintenances to participate in the Missouri Choral Directors Association Summer Conference, July 20-23, 2011 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City. “No Singer Left Behind” promises to be a wonderful time of concerts, informative sessions and exhibits. Once […]
Old World dreams in a New World song
By ERIC ADLER KANSAS CITY — Just days before they jet off to Norway, the members of Staley High School’s Falcon Chorale stood on stage to rehearse a choral piece that their director said — without hyperbole — will change his life. “I am just waiting for the days to unfold,” Tracy Resseguie said at […]

