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Hi,   I am seeking a musical for my music camp this year. It’s a week long camp in which we mount a musical in its entirety. The kids tend toward the young end (1st -4th grade), so I try to keep it simple, with minimal passages of dialogue. The ones that have worked best […]

By Val Javin HUDDERSFIELD, UK — When a talented young American choir was looking for concert partners in the UK, one Huddersfield group was quick to respond. The result is that early next month, the Kingwood Chorale from Houston will sing in concert with the Huddersfield U3A mixed voice choir. Eric Cooper, co-director of the […]

By Ruth McKee   ENFIELD, UK — A SCHOOL choir has been catapulted into the limelight after performing live on prime time BBC series The Voice.   And its young members are now hoping for chart success after recording a single with one of the reality show’s semi-finalists.  The choir from Oasis Academy Hadley are the protégées […]

By Brad Schmitt   NASHVILLE — David Nail has grabbed a Nashville students choir to help him sing “The Sound of a Million Dreams” Thursday night (June 7) at Nashville’s LP Field as part of this year’s CMA Music Festival. And rehearsals proved to be so powerful that David almost lost it, The Tennessean reports.   “I don’t […]

The Summer Chorus of RI and South Eastern MA has begun its Monday evening rehearsals in Fall River, MA.  New singers are welcome to join through Monday evening June 18th.  For more information visit our web site:   WWW.SUMMERCHORUS.ORG   or email us at

I am beginning a new HS choral position and have been asked to teach a Roots of Rock’n’Roll Class.    The guidance counselor shared that the previous class went back to the very beginnings of music making and once the 9 week course ended,  made it to about the 13th century. He shared that many […]

I’m an emerging composer hoping to interest people in my music. I have midi versions of my pieces, via Finale, but they can’t rival live music. I have recorded readings of my works- but these have many mistakes.  Do I need to invest in hiring professional singers? I want to make a sample CD to […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (Mississauga, Ontario) June 3, 2012 The Mississauga Festival Youth Choir proudly celebrated it’s 15 year anniversary at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga by warmly welcoming in our new Artistic Director, Ms. Ana Alvarez. This past Sunday afternoon, Deborah Bradley officially introduced Ana to our choral community as its new Artistic Director. […]

Hey Gang,  I’m looking for a good prefab Pre Test for High School chorus.  I am not all that great of a visual artist to neatly design my own and I haven’t stumbled across a piece of software contains one.   What’s successful for you?

I am teaching a new course on the History of Jazz and World Music this coming fall and would love textbook suggestions.  2/3 of the course will focus on jazz, with about 1/3 covering world musics.  Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!