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Trimester effects on choirs
I know this subject has been touched upon previously, but I would like to hear from teachers who are currently teaching in a trimester system. I am in my first year of teaching in a trimester system at the high school level. This year has been extremely difficult on the choir program, especially dealing with […]
CD Copyright Info – What’s required?
Hello, All. A question on Copyright info: We’re getting ready to release our first CD, and due to technical issues (databasing problems) on a Copyright Holder/Publishers end, we *JUST* got the Copyright info they’d like on the CD after several weeks of phone calls, and emails. The problem is: The Copyright Info for this -1- […]
Sarah Morrison receives 2010 Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting
Toronto, December 2, 2010 – The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) and Choirs Ontario today announced Sarah Morrison, Music Director of the Oakville Children’s Choir as this year’s recipient of the Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting. The Leslie Bell Prize will be presented to Ms. Morrison at the Choir’s The Frosty Weather concert on December […]
Recommended versions of “Were You There”
I’m looking for recommendations for the spiritual, “Were You There”, for an SATB liturgically-based community choir. It could be either a cappella or accompanied. Just looking for people’s favorites. I’m programming a concert of music of Holy Week in April. Thanks.
P-S-F-S Live-in-Concert tracks now online
Live-in-concert tracks of P-S-F-S (Prince SF Singers)’s performances of two weekends ago (Dec 3-4-5) are now available for listening on www.kenmalucelli.com. That the 16-voice chorus and piano-4-hands team were able to put this complex program together in just three rehearsals is fairly amazing. To hear the selectons on the site listed above, click on the […]
Various choral groups stage flash mob at Daphne Walmart
DAPHNE, Ala.—Shoppers at the Walmart were surprised Saturday at 1 p.m. by approximately 100 voices of a “flash mob” choral group belting out the hymn “Hallelujah Chorus” by Handel Messiah. About 100 people stunned Walmart shoppers Saturday as they simultaneously burst into a Christmas song. (Photo submitted by Tomasina Werner) Shoppers stopped everything they were […]
Has your ChoralNet email stopped recently?
If your ChoralNet email has stopped flowing recently, you're not alone. ChoralNet, along with many other legitimate sites (including Amazon and Yahoo) were recently incorrectly added to a "real-time email blacklist" of supposed dynamic IPs called the SORBS DUHL. This blacklist is intended to provide a point of data that your email server uses […]
Coaching different vocal styles
As a vocal coach in an international high school in Europe, I am faced with trying to address different vocal styles in private classes. My background is “bel canto”, but I have to help high school students learn to sing in the musical or jazz ensemble with appropriate, healthy vocal production, while adopting a sound […]
O Come Emmanuel and O Clap Your Hands by Gordon Giles
O Come Emmanuel by Gordon Giles Review: “If you’ve ever wondered about the origins of a favorite Christmas carol, you’ll enjoy this book, subtitled “A Musical Tour of Daily Readings for Advent and Christmas.” Like most devotionals, the book offers daily readings and meditations. It goes from the beginning of December to the Feast […]