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A new You Tube channel timknightmusic has been set up to spread the music of the UK based Composer Tim Knight, it includes some extracts from the new Requiem aeternam recently premiered in Dubuque Iowa, stop by and have a listen to some relaxing choral and Orchestral music!

All,   I am in the process of revamping how we recognize our students in music ensembles at my HS. We do some fundraising, but I don’t believe in spending significant amounts of money on “goodies”. Pins are very important to the students, so I am going to continue the tradition that we currently use, […]

I wanted to let everyone know of a wonderful experience I had using choralnet.  In January, I posted a request asking if anyone knew of Easter anthems with limited instrumentation ( I specifically have trumpet, trombone, English horn/oboe available for my service).  I received a reply from a fellow musician and composer who offered to […]

BUNDABERG, AUS — ERIC Elvery has always enjoyed singing, but knows it will be an interesting experience when he joins a choir of more than 500 other men this weekend. The 79-year-old will be taking part in Pemulwuy! National Male Voice Festival in Brisbane from tomorrow to Monday which will see boys and men from […]

New Delhi —  Joyful music heralding the spring and summer seasons after a biting cold European winter forms part of the repertoire that the elite Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir brings on its first visit to India this May.The visiting choir in cooperation with the Danish Embassy is set to perform here on May 10.   […]

I have a student who will be transferring to a different school next year due to some personal issues at her current school.  She is a member of my select ensemble and has been for 2 years now.  This group is very tight-knit and close.  How should I best let the choir know of her […]

My 20-voice adult women’s ensemble is building a program for December around the “the promise of ages” as in I Wonder as I Wander.  (I already have my soloist for that folk song, along with dulcimer accompaniment.)  We sing in three and four parts and are a rather capable volunteer community group.  What recommendations do you […]

By Patrick McCoy WASHINGTON, DC — The life of a conductor is sometimes perceived to be uneventful, conservative and perhaps by some even boring. For Julian Wachner, life is anything but boring. Between conducting The Washington Chorus, teaching at McGill University in Montreal and directing the Trinity Church Wall Street Choir and Baroque Orchestra, Wachner […]

Hi everyone,   I’m going to be moving shortly to New York State, and I’d like to be in touch with ACDA members in the Hudson Valley area.  I was looking on the website and it looks like there is a lot of coordination with NYSSMA (I’m assuming this is the music ed assocation), including […]

Take a glimpse into the life of the brilliant young conductor, Julian Wachner (b. 1969) music director of The Washington Chorus and Director of Music and the Arts at Trinity Church-Wall Street in New York City.  Recently, I had the opportunity to travel to NYC, documenting 29hrs in the life of Wachner, as he was […]