Best choral performance Bach Cantata (Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt) Baltic Runes (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Paul Hillier) Haydn: The Creation (RIAS Kammerchoir; René Jacobs) Martin: Golgotha (Cappella Amsterdam & Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Daniel Reuss) Verdi Requiem (Chicago Symphony Chorus; Riccardo Muti) Best Small Ensemble Performance Ceremony and Devotion (The Sixteen; Harry Christophers) La […]
News and Notices
Canadian high school concert choir to perform with Kenny Rogers
ST CATHERINE’S, ON — His music may not be on their iPod playlists, but excitement about Kenny Rogers may just reach fever pitch at Laura Secord Secondary School. That’s because, in a matter of weeks, members of the school’s concert choir will share the stage with the world-renowned country music legend. Conducted by their music […]
Royal Marine’s war diary inspires choral tribute
By Ian YoungsArts reporter, BBC News Lt John Thornton was described as a popular and formidable soldier When Lieutenant John Thornton wrote about “the numbers game” in his diary while serving in Afghanistan, he was expressing his fears about the chances of becoming a victim of a roadside bomb. Four months later, the Royal Marine […]
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Announces Joshua Habermann as Chorus Director
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Announces Joshua Habermann as Chorus Director DALLAS (December 1, 2010) – The Dallas Symphony Orchestra today announces the appointment of Joshua Habermann as Dallas Symphony Chorus Director, beginning in the summer of 2011. The 200-voice Dallas Symphony Chorus is the official vocal ensemble of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Habermann, 42, the sixth […]
RIP: James C. Dearing, Director of IUP Choirs
I am sad to announce to the ChoralNet community that James Dearing, director of choral studies at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, passed away on November 26, 2010. He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Music where he studied with Otto-Werner Mueller and Robert Fountain. Before coming to IUP, Dearing was assistant director of […]
Pro Bono lawyers’ choir do justice to songs
Move over the singing Priests… it’s time for the singing lawyers. A choir of 50 solicitors and barristers from across Northern Ireland are hoping to do justice to a host of Christmas songs. Singing is no trial for this band. Strong on conviction, they have swapped the scales of justice for the Doh-Re-Mi of musical […]