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 […]
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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 […]
Louisville Bach Society To Fold
By Rick Howlett LOUISVILLE — Faced with declining revenues and the retirement of its founders, the 47-year-old Louisville Bach Society will cease operations at the end of its current season. The non-profit choral and orchestral group performs the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and other composers, and conducts outreach programs throughout the region. It was […]
Gary Packwood named new MSU choral director
STARKVILLE, Miss.–An Alabama musician with national and international conducting experience is becoming the new director of choral activities at Mississippi State. Gary D. Packwood, who assumes his new duties this fall, will administer the choral area and conduct all its ensembles, said Michael Brown, head of the university's music department. "We're thrilled to have someone […]