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Wondering if anyone has travelled with Incantato Tours? If so, how the tour went, and how you found the company? Any thoughts/insights would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

By Stephanie Guerilus Compassion in Action New Jersey, a community choir of more than 50, will be singing at a March 3 benefit for the children of Haiti and Africa. It will take place at the Enterprise Center, 3331 Route 38, Mt. Laurel, N.J. The Rev. M.K. Baxter, pastor of the Cathedral of Love Community […]

Dear All,   I know this is asking a bit much, but if our community cannot provide an answer, perhaps no-one can.   In 1972 the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts held the Second International Choral Festival. Along with a number of choirs, a few conductors were invited as “observer-conductors”. The conductor from Thessaloniki, […]

By Fiona Ellis and Mark Folens   AN Irish choir is still trying to learn a new song just days before they sing for US President Barack Obama.   The National Chamber Choir of Ireland will perform the song for Mr Obama on St Patrick’s Day, but received it only on Friday. The song, entitled […]

I should know the answer to this question, having already begun the rehearsal of this piece… but I don’t.   Who can tell me the language of Ne Sedi Djemo, as arranged by Steven Sametz?   Thanks,   Ethan

By Karla Wennerstrom “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” So begin the Eight Beatitudes of Christ, from Matthew 5:3-12a, the basis for the new choral anthem by Dr. Karle Erickson, St. Andrew Lutheran Church choral conductor and composer. […]

  Gloriae Dei Cantores re-releases its 1994 recording of Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: one of nineteenth-century Germany’s most gifted teachers and composers. Rheinberger wrote works reminiscent of those of Brahms and Schumann, and yet their attractive lyricism is unique. This tribute to the works of Rheinberger includes his eight-part a cappella Mass in E-flat Major, Mass […]

I wanted to alert readers of this list to an interesting article focusing somewhat on a choral concert by the London Oriana Choir:  “Women Composers: Notes from the musical margins” by Fiona Maddocks, music critic for the British newspaper The Observer.  The article and subsequent comments, some of which I also found interesting and informative, […]

Okay, maybe it is in here, but I cannot locate listings of Easter solos for Tenor. Any suggestions, folks? I have a classically trained and excellent tenor who will be home for Easter, and I would love to have a dynamite solo to recommend. He sang “Then Shall the Righteous Shine Forth” from Elijah last […]

Hello all!   I am planning a performance of Tarik O’Regan’s “The Ecstasies Above” and am looking for other recent works (within the last 10-15 years) that feature choir (16 singers) and string quartet. Piano is also available.  Any recommendations would be appreciated!   Thanks,   Jake Runestad     www.jakerunestad.com