2010 Chorus America Award Winners Announced We are delighted to announce the recipients of the 2010 Chorus America Awards! Please join us in congratulating these outstanding choruses and choral leaders. We invite you to celebrate with the entire Chorus America family at the Awards Banquet & Auction on June 18th at the Conference, where we’ll present […]
News and Notices
A cappella opera
It’s not often that you get to hear "a concert-length a cappella opera that recounts the creation story of the ancient Zoroastrians" — while you watch the sun set over the Olympics. "Haptadâmã: The Seven Creations of Ancient Persia" by Seattle composer Eric Banks was premiered in the pavilion at Olympic Sculpture Park Friday evening, and […]
Vox Humana – NEW choral ensemble
Vox Humana, a new 24-voice chamber choir based in Nashville, Tennessee, is currently raising money for its upcoming concert and recording on June 20th. Please check out the Vox Humana website at: www.voxhumanaensemble.com for details about donating, participating in the on-line auction (two choral composition commissions are included), or attending the VH concert/dinner on Sunday, […]
Shoreline Chorale – CT Choral Composition Competition
Shoreline Community Chorale is excited to announce our Choral Composition Competition. In an effort to promote and celebrate CT composers of all ages and levels of ability, The Shoreline Community Chorale is hosting a contest, in which five (5) pieces will be selected to be performed and recorded at our fall 2010 concert – “Celebrating Connecticut Composers”. The composer of […]
Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir to be formed
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and City Council Member Letitia James will announce the formation of the Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir, co-founded by Francisco (Frank) A. Haye, Jr. (pictured) at Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street (between Court and Adam Streets), Brooklyn, New York on Thursday, June 10. The Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir is an ensemble committed […]
Stranded singers from Mt. View High doing benefit concerts to pay for overtime stay in Paris
Getting stranded in Paris last month, by the volcanic eruption that grounded cross-Atlantic air traffic, was a mixed blessing for the Mountain View High School Madrigal Singers. They’d already been on the road for two grueling weeks, performing at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and Notre Dame in Paris, and were travel-weary. Back home in […]