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Hello All,   I am a Choral Music Education major at Indiana State University and I am wanting to get some ideas for repertoire in a ‘Holiday’ concert.  In an effort to create a very diverse and culturally accepting Holiday concert, I am looking for pieces that showcase all different religions, cultures, and different holiday […]

I’m thinking about starting a small SATB ensemble with 12-16 trained singers.  Any suggestions for repertoire?  I’d like to program music from all periods.  Thank you for your suggestions!

Hello everyone!   I am a choral education major at Indiana State University, and I am looking into themed concerts for an intermediate high school choir.  Can anyone share with me ideas of themed concerts you have done in the past?  I have looked at ChoralNet’s concert theme listings, but I’m looking for more ideas.  […]

Hello Friends in Music,   What would be good choral music to teach classical traditions/ form, or basic theory etc.     I am working on creating a choral music rep folder for a class I am in.  At the University of Illinois, I have one of the best music libraries at my feet, however, […]

8-11 a.m. eastern. Hosted by Rob Kennedy. On 89.7 fm in central North Carolina and online at http://wcpe.org. Please join me!   08:00:20 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Agnus dei II ~ Missa Papae Marcelli Josquin Despres: Agnus dei ~ Missa L’homme arme super voces musicales Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips   08:15:33 Franz Schubert: Agnus dei […]

Greetings Everyone, Looking for reccommendations for selections for an afternoon Christmas Concert.  I would welcome any programs that folks might have from past or upcoming concerts.  Last year’s concert was well attended but many folks suggested that I add some secular standards.   Gratefully, John Rondeau, Dir. Of Music, The First Congregational Church of Dudley […]

Dear academicians and conductors, I am attempting to come up with a topic for a dissertation for my DMA in Conducting. Does anyone know of areas within the conducting field which are as of yet unexplored and worthy of research on a dissertation level that I might consider?

Hi everybody!   Sometimes choirs do sing Rachmaninoffs setting of “Bogoroditse Devo” to the latin text “Ave Maria”. I heard at least two substantially different versions.   Does anybody know if there is an “official” latin version  authorized by Rachmaninoff?   Thanks,   Knut

Hello,   I am currently preparing a performance of Part 1 of the Messiah and will be performing it with a String Quartet and an Organ.   I need some advice on what will sound the best: Should the organ play the continuo part, or the accompaniment from the vocal/choral score.   I have picked up […]

In the most recent post to ChoralBuzz (ChoralBuzz is found on ChoralNet’s Home page, or here: https://choralnet.org/list/choralbuzz), Scott Dorsey encourages us to take a “leap of faith to support the choral art on film” by donating whatever we can to the “KickStarter” fund-raiser for a new documentary titled “Big Voice.” I just watched the trailer […]