AFTER launching its name on a high note with a collaboration with American singer Robert Kelly, international invitations are pouring in for a Soweto choir. By Patience Bambalele SOWETO, S AFRICA — The Soweto Spiritual Singers performed their Sign Of A Victory at the Fifa World Cup Concert and wooed many local and international promoters. […]
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Tears for choir’s farewell note
BY KIRSTEN LEIMINGER 22 Nov, 2010 01:00 AM DANDENONG, AUSTRALIA — YESTERDAY marked a sad day in local history as the Dandenong Choral Society held its final concert. The society, which held its first concert in 1896, has been forced to wind up because of declining membership and increasing costs. President Glenys Cecil, who has […]
Patriotic choral music movement launched in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – The Gatpuno Andres Bonifacio Music and Policy Research Foundation Inc. was formed recently to promote unity, love of country, patriotism and active volunteerism by building and maintaining choirs at the barangay level all over the land, starting with Quezon City. Using music and song and other cultural elements and events, the movement […]
New Community Choir in MT Kicks Off
New community choir to present concert Dec. 12 By Bill Vander Weele SIDNEY, MT — As the holiday season approached her for the first time in Sidney, Pastor Vicki Waddington felt something was missing. While in Forsyth, the way to kick off the holiday season was a community choir concert. It’s a tradition of 35 […]
Tom Hassig awarded MN Choral DIrector of the Year
By Meryn Fluker, Staff Writer Tom Hassig’s Prior Lake High School office wall is covered in plaques. Awards, all hanging at perfect right angles, celebrate Hassig’s successes as both an educator and an advisor: PLHS Teacher of the Year in 1992 and 2006; Prior Lake-Savage Area School District Teacher of Excellence 1992-93; and PLHS Advisor […]
Nickels-Hircock named NM Music Educator of the Year
FARMINGTON, NM — Virginia Nickels-Hircock, director of choral activities for Piedra Vista High School, was named the 2010 Music Educator of the Year by t4he New Mexico Music Educators Association. “I was stunned, elated and humbled to find out I had won this award,” Nickels-Hircock said. “I know many of the past recipients of this […]