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Choral Arts New England announces   Choral Arts 2011: Identity, Inspiration, Innovation A Panel Discussion and Cocktail Reception   April 9, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. Wellesley College Club, Wellesley, Mass.   with   Richard Coffey, Founder and Artistic Director of CONCORA, Music Director of the Hartford Chorale Nick Page, Founder and Artistic Director of the Mystic Chorale Jody Hill Simpson, Founder […]

Has anyone out there heard or performed this new edition? It’s arranged for strings and winds – with no brass parts. I’d love to find a recording of it…. Thanks.

For Immediate Release Contact: Robin L. Perry 202.331.7577 x243   Chorus America’s New Advocacy Guide Makes the Case for School Choirs   March 7, 2011, Washington, DC— Chorus America has released a comprehensive advocacy guide that makes a compelling case for the value of participating in school choir programs. Making the Case for Your […]

Hi,   I am looking for one more piece to complete my program for the spring concert. I have a small high school women’s choir (15 students) who would like to do a “pop” piece (something they “know”) for the final number in the concert. I have them doing an arrangement of Sting’s/Eva Cassidy’s “Fields […]

I teach high school choir and I have started ear training with 9-12 choir. Recently, I gave them an assignment where I play short passages on the piano and they had to say whether or not the note went up, down or stayed the same. The second portion of the assignment asked them to write […]

HANOI — By the end of February, 37 choirs from eight countries have registered for the festival, including seven choirs from Vietnam. The remaining 30 choirs are from Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong (China), Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Estonia. The seven Vietnamese choirs consist of the Sol Art children’s choir, the choir of Hanoian […]

By Chris Dupuis The Complaints Choir does more than give us a forum for griping—it encourages love and understanding. Togetherness, 21st century style. An increasing number of artists are using flash mobs as vehicles for dissecting social interaction—a kind of art-fuelled science experiment. In 2005, the Helsinki-based couple Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen and Tellervo Kalleinen began a […]

Hi all-   In order to take care of last details related to the eminent announcement of a cash-awarded choral composition contest I need to finish creating adjudication sheets.   Do any of you have documents you’re willing to share that I might adapt to our needs? An Internet search brings up many links to […]

Dear Colleagues,   https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FemaleVoiceTeacher    My name is Jaclyn Johnson and I am currently completing my Master’s Degree in Choral Conducting with Dr. Jonathan Talberg at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach. My thesis topic is entitled “Does the High School Female Vocal Teacher Adequately Address the Vocal Needs […]

Our district is getting started on revamping our music curriculum. Looking for a really good method/materials for teaching basic music theory in a large H.S. ensemble. Ideally we would like something that is sequential so that we could start in the middle school and then move up each grade level with more advanced subjects.   […]