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Colleagues:  I’ve just been listening to the Saturday opera broadcast from the Met (Tchaikovsky’s “Queen of Spades”), and I really have to bring up a pet peeve.  Is it just me, or are opera choruses the last refuge for opera-star wannabes who aren’t good enough (or don’t have the right connections) to actually become stars, […]

The title is “Hey, Look Me Over”, from the musical Wildcat, arranged SSA by Clay Warnick and currently P.O.P. I have pages 1 through 10 and am searching to find the remaining pages. Anyone have this choral score and would be willing to send me the last few pages (mail or scan/email)?

Ahh… Crowdsourcing. My new best friend.   I have a Music Appreciation class (high school) that is struggling with the concept of Subjective vs. Objective. Can’t blame them– in today’s environment, he who yells loudest must be right, no? I use Moodle for all of our tests, which means that if I create a question […]

I’m trying to remember the name and composer of a piece for Christmas that I’d like to program next season, but my middle-aged brain can’t come up with it. It’s a 20th-century composition, maybe written by a British composer(?).  It’s a very brisk, rhythmic piece which begins with the text “Nowell, Nowell” either in 3/8 […]

I’m spent! I’ve tried everything in my own arsenal, I need some fresh approaches.   My problem? Middle School kids not singing out. Projection.   Lemme have it!   Carl J Ferrara EWMMS – Amityville SCC SUMC

If you have performed any of the compositions of Haitian composer Emile Desamours – “Noel ayisyin,” “Alelouya,” “Papa nou,” or “Ce gran matin,” (all published by Mark Foster/Shawnee Press) – would you take three minutes and respond to my personal e-mail address letting me know which piece or pieces you have performed and the name […]

By Richard Duckett WORCESTER, MA — When Graeme McCullough became interim music director of All Saints Church on Pleasant and Irving streets in November, he noticed that “All Saints has a perfect acoustic for choirs.” One of Mr. McCullough's first services was the kind where you hope that everything will go perfectly. The occasion was […]

By Anna Sudar NEWARK– The first time Bob Ewing heard Anthony Brown sing, he knew he was listening to something special. Ewing was a music teacher at Central Christian High School in Kidron, working with dozens of students every day, when Brown auditioned for his choir in 1965. Something about the 16-year-old’s voice made him […]

I am looking for a workbook that will teach my choir students about sight-singing, music theory, and choral musicianship.  I have looked through the book Essential Musicianship for Choir: a comprehensive method.  It looks good, but I am wondering if anyone could comment on their experience with it or if you’ve found anything else that […]

Can you help me figure the best way to say the j in Elijah? I currently have the choir singing djah – but without the hard ‘d.’ Any other suggestions? We are singing Elijah Rock by Jester Hairston for Large Group contest.   Thanks!