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ACDA conference performances of a major work
Hi all, I am working on my blog covering the recent ACDA national conference and am starting to work on my review of the final day, in which we gold trackers heard a great performance of Elijah. I was asked by someone whether a professional choral/orchestral performance of a major work is what […]
Gareth Malone’s ‘The Choir’ recommissioned
By Kate Goodacre Gareth Malone will work with military families on a new series of The Choir. BBC Two has confirmed that the choirmaster will return with a further three episodes of his BAFTA and RTS award-winning show this autumn. He will spend six months at the Chivenor barracks in Devon, home to Royal Marines, […]
Palo Alto-based choral group helping Japan through music
by Sue Dremann PALO ALTO — A local Japanese choral group that practices at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Palo Alto has made a YouTube video to muster aid, raise awareness and bring comfort to the tragedy-stricken people of Japan. The Choral Cosmos’s roughly 4.5-minute video features the group performing “We Are the World.” The […]
Do you use the Gordon Learning Sequence Activities in your MS/HS choir?
What resources do you use? How do you use it in your classroom? Do you use any technology or the Audiation Ass’t Software? How has it benefited your singers?
need upbeat closer
4 choirs: two intermediate and two beginning (SATB, SSA, SATB, SA) Kids and parents leave early after their own group performs, but I’ve solved the problem for last couple years by having a COMBINED couple pieces at the end of the concert. Past choices included Homeland, Rhythm of Life, slow closers at Christmas. […]
Selecting a guest conductor..how do you do it?
Greetings, I hope everyone was able to enjoy ACDA 2011 in Chicago!! As you prefer for the upcoming Spring/Summer concert season I do have a question to ask of you. For those of you who select guest conductors for elementary, middle, and high school honor choirs at the county, district and state levels: […]
Michael Haydn “Te Deum in D”, Klafsky V/4
I have a question about the two violin parts for the Michael Haydn “Te Deum in D”, Klafsky V/4 or Sherman MH800 (August 21, 1801). There is another Te Deum by Haydn in the same key, Klafsky V/5 or Sherman MH829 (September 20, 1803). My question concerns the former. If anyone has an orchestral score, […]
9/11 Concert Repertoire for Men’s Chorus
I direct an adult male chorus and have a concert to commemorate 9/11/2001. I am looking for selections appropriate for the occasion including honoring our firefighters and police, our country, and (most of all) healing in our troubled world. I have found some beautiful selections from David N. Childs but would like to create an […]
LCC’s new vocal instructor set to direct first concert
By Tom Paulu LONGVIEW, WA — Three years ago, Lower Columbia College raised the curtain on a new music performance hall with terrific acoustics. Now, the college has taken a step towards improving the mix of concerts that might fill the Wollenberg Auditorium with terrific voices. LCC has hired Gina Osborn as its first full-time […]
PLEADING FOR WORDS
PLEADING FOR WORDS slovenian spiritual creativityhttp://www.youtube.com/user/CarminaSlovenica#p/a/u/1/Lyf5sSHx3OA Karmina Šilec, conductor Performing: Carmina Slovenica Jožef Ropoša, Interpreter of the poetry Author of the project and conductor: Karmina Šilec Since time immemorial, music, especially singing, and the word have served to create a connection with the gods, with spiritual worlds. Pleading for Words […]