By now, nobody in Philadelphia should be surprised that conductor Donald Nally is making a hard-to-explain departure: Lyric Opera of Chicago is expected to announce this week that chorus master Nally is leaving at the end of the 2010-11 season to spend more time with his Philadelphia choir, The Crossing. What wasn’t said: He’s leaving […]
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Wavelyn Hine hired as Artistic Director of Berkshire
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Concert Choir has appointed Wavelyn Hine as artistic director for the 2010-2011 season, following the retirement of John E. Cheney, who has served in the post for 14 years. Hine has been a soloist with choir and other local choral groups as well as a regular vocalist at St. […]
Cloistered nuns sign Gregorian chant recording contract
A group of Benedictine nuns who live in complete seclusion in the South of France are set to become divas of pop after signing a deal with Universal Music, the leading record company behind Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse. After a worldwide search for the finest exponents of the art of the Gregorian chant, the […]
FOUR CHORAL CONDUCTORS receive THE AMERICAN PRIZE EXCELLENCE in MUSIC EDUCATION Citations
FOUR CHORAL CONDUCTORS receive THE AMERICAN PRIZE “EXCELLENCE in MUSIC EDUCATION” Citations Excellence in music education is not confined to the classroom or to the applied music studio. Conductors, whether leading school ensembles, community or professional organizations, have a major role in education, not only of the performers they lead with such diligence, but […]
TRINITY WALL STREET NAMES COMPOSER AND CONDUCTOR JULIAN J. WACHNER DIRECTOR OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS
Julian Wachner to Conduct the Trinity Choir and Set the Artistic Vision for Trinity Church and St. Paul’s Chapel July 19, 2010 – – Composer and conductor Julian Wachner has been named Director of Music and the Arts for Trinity Wall Street, the historic Episcopal parish in Lower Manhattan, it was announced today by the […]
ERIC NELSON wins THE AMERICAN PRIZE
Maestro Eric Nelson, of Atlanta, GA, has won The American Prize in Conducting in the community chorus division. For a full list of winners of the spring competitions of The American Prize, please visit our blog: www.theamericanprize.blogspot.com Eric Nelson: B.M.-Houghton College, M.M.-Westminster Choir College, D.M.-Indiana University. Currently Director of Graduate and Choral Studies at Emory […]