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By James Bash BADEN BADEN, GER — Helmuth Rilling, artistic director of the Oregon Bach Festival, has another feather in his cap, the Herbert von Karajan Music Prize. Helmuth Rilling, artistic director of the Oregon Bach Festival at the University of Oregon, has been awarded the Herbert von Karajan Music Prize. The annual award is […]

by Kathryn Williams A ONE-day trip to Wales for a South African choir has become the subject of a critically acclaimed documentary film. The Fezeka High School Choir appear in the film Fezeka’s Voice, which has its Welsh premiere at the Chapter Arts Centre tonight. The choir are from the South African Township Gugulethu, are […]

LEWES, W SUSSEX, UK — A NEW choral experience is on offer with the launch in Ripe Church, near Lewes, of the Ripe Chorus, conducted by Ignacio Jarquin. Jarquin comes from Mexico. He has conducted the Orchestra and Choir of Radio Netherlands, Paris Symphonic Orchestra, Spanish National Symphony Orchestra, Cairo Opera Orchestra and Choir and […]

Dear Colleagues,   My high school women’s choir, an auditioned group, is currently working on “Suscepit Israel” from Bach’s Magnificat. We are, however, having difficulty relating as a group to the religious text and Baroque style. Any suggestions as to how to grip these girls to singing this music expressively and carrying this understanding through […]

I have a somewhat bizarre topic for discussion.  I personally love little sayings that mean a lot with an economy of words.  Memorable quips can be incredible teaching tools, and I would like to expand my bag of tricks.  So here is my proposal…   Post your favorite music teaching quip.  I don’t mean something flowery […]

Hi Folks,   Just curious – how do you have your singers pronounce “our”?   I can’t stand it being sung as a homonym to “are,” which is how my singers treat it by default.  I have them sing it as a triphthong- AH-(oo-uh).  But for slow passages when it occurs, I find I have […]

Hello folks–   Looking for a translation of Schoenberg’s first Satire, Am Scheideweg (At the Crossroads).  I’m having trouble translating it myself and would love any insights you have.  Thanks much!   Justin Montigne Clerestory   Am Scheideweg Nun sagt einmal in welchem Stall in diesem Fall die grössre Zahl, dass man sich halten kann […]

I am a co-director of an adult choir at a medium size church with a great tradition of singing.  Within the past 15 years, the size of the choir has dwindled, and the average age has gone up, as any “younger” people invovled have opted to either discontinue singing in choir or sing with the […]

Good afternoon, I’m hoping for a bit of wisdom from the choralnet community.   In September, I started a position as Director of Music at a Lutheran church in NJ just east of Philadelphia.  Since I have arrived, many of my ensembles have been more active than in the past several years and from what […]

Friends:  I need translations (for the audience; not necessarily singing translations) for two pieces:  Adriano Banchieri:  Capriciata a tre voci (No. 11 in “Festino”), and Claudio Monteverdi:  Zefiro torna (the 2-voice version, text by Rinucinni).   I’ve struck out on both ChoralNet and CPDL.  CPDL has the original Italian, but no English translations.  And I’ve […]