News and Notices

Many of us in the choral community have conducted and performed David Fanshawe's unique African Sanctus since it's creation in 1977. To say that David was an original is understated. He was a spirited and bold man who possessed contagious enthusiasm for preserving the vanishing musical cultures of people from small African villages to Southeast […]

Press Release to the Choral World: North Carolina Governor’s School East Haiti School Service Project submitted by Paul Carey   The 32 gifted choral students at the North Carolina Governor’s School East ( www.ncgse.org  ) led by composer/conductor Paul Carey and the French class of NC Governor’s School East directed by Lesley Curtis are raising […]

Seattle’s Choral Arts, directed by Robert Bode, has won the 2010 American Prize in Choral Performance and Choral Conducting (community division). And Seattle Pro Musica, directed by Karen P. Thomas, tied for second place in the same category. The American Prize, created last year and awarded for the first time this year, is judged through […]

Omaha, NE — The Nebraska Choral Arts Society, umbrella organization of the Nebraska Children’s Chorus, Masterworks Adult Chorus and Choral Arts Society Teens, is closing its doors after more than 30 years of distinguished music-making.    Read more here:  http://choirmusic.org/ 

PLUtonic a capella choir from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, has hit the national stage as finalists in the You Tube competition put on by “America’s Got Talent.”   Of the thousands of video submissions, PLUtonic’s rendition of ‘N Sync’s “Here We Go” was selected as one of 40 finalists. Choir members were notified […]