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BY JAY LEVIN RIDGEWOOD, NJ — Manfred Knoop, who led a robust music ministry at the Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Wyckoff and who promoted the choral heritage of his German homeland, died Monday at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. He was 62 and lived in River Edge. He had stomach cancer, his […]

By Sarah Freishtat EVANSTON, IL — In 2002 the Evanston Children’s Choir consisted of founder Gary Geiger sitting in a room with three kids who could not sing the same note at the same time. Today it has more than 100 members and performs with groups such as the Apollo Chorus of Chicago and Barry […]

I am interested in thoughts and opinions from choral conductors regarding the Amen in Levin edition of Mozart’s Requiem.  Thank you.

I am wondering if anyone has ever performed Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with the optional orchestration for Strings and Piano.  If so, did it work?  DId it severely lack the pop of the brass?  Is the piano part different from the choral/vocal score or is it a piano part for this version? etc.  Any […]

The arrangement I made of the art song BEAU SOIR by Claude Debussy is no longer a pre-publication edition. (See my Choralnet posting of September 8, 2010.) It is now available in-print from ECS Publishing. It is scored for SATB chorus and piano. The lyrics are in both French and English; the translation is new. The ECS […]

I am hoping that somebody will be able to point me in the right direction.  I plan to program Vivaldi’s “Magnificat” for next December, and want to do the RV611 version.  I have the choral-organ score from Barenreiter that will work beautifully, but I am unable to find the orchestra parts to go with RV611. […]

I’m looking for a good a cappella arrangement of the hymn ‘It is well with my soul’ for TTB or TTBB.  I have a small group of 9 high school guys who will be singing it.   Any suggestions would be very much appreciated!   Thanks so much,   Leia

To all my music friends:   I received a request from a VFW member looking for a published VFW Memorial Song entitled Sleep, Soldier Boy.  I believe it is a choir arrangement as he sent me a note with lyrics on it.  We do not have it in our choir library, but I told him […]

ST. LOUIS — The We Are One Community Choir has made its mission raising money to help vocal music programs at area schools. On Jan. 10, Cheyenne Huffman, a freshman and member of two choirs at Fox High School, as well as a charter member of the We Are One choir, presented Fox choral director […]

By Gale Fiege, Herald Writer STANWOOD — Female singing voices wanted. Big hearts a plus. The Stanwood Threshold Choir, which was formed in November, continues to look for more members. The women are training to sing in small groups at the bedsides of people who are dying or are seriously ill. When the choir’s directors […]