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I am hoping to apply to the summer program at Norfolk Music Festival in the choral and conducting program.  If anyone has been to this festival before, and can give me some feedback or insight into the experience there, I would appreciate any knowledge you could share.  Any details of the experience would be helpful […]

Hi, I thought I’d ask all the knowledgeable people on ChoralNet. I run an amateur volunteer SATB choir during Lent/Advent in Ely Cathedral’s Lady Chapel. The choir is mixed-ability and we sing the service in Plainsong, part of the Lenten Prose and then a short anthem at the end. We’ve done the normal (but beautiful) […]

The Windward Choral Society, a 90-voice chorus in Hawaii, is featured on Hawaii Public Radio:   http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/content/windward-choral-society-builds-community-through-song

ESSEX COUNTY CHORAL FESTIVAL AN INSPIRATIONAL AFTERNOON   Under the artistic direction of Jason Asbury, the Essex County Choral Project called Sing Out! provided an inspirational afternoon of music performed by eight choirs representing a variety of musical, generational and geographical diversity.  Held in the beautiful Engelhardt Court at the Newark Museum, the project was designed […]

Hello friends – Our church choir has been asked to sing at a choir member’s wedding this summer.  This will be an outdoor event, but a keyboard for accompaniment will be available.  Part of the service will include a butterfly release – and the member asked if there was something appropriate for the choir to […]

President Dmitry Medvedev has congratulated the world-famous Pyatnitsky Folk Choir on its 100th anniversary. “The Choir, established by the prominent Russian folklorist Mitrofan Pyatnitsky, has triumphed on the world’s most prestigious venues and has done a great deal to popularize Russian culture everywhere,” the President says in a congratulatory message. The Pyatnitsky Choir will be […]

I would like to perform compositions by Hyowon Woo with my women’s vocal ensemble.  How can I find out what of her works are available?  Having been resident composer of the Seoul Ladies’ Singers, Ms. Woo surely has compositions in SSA or SSAA.

We have been in the block schedule now for about 10 years.  The whole school is on a block schedule (4 periods a day – 2 semesters) except Chorus/Band/Orchestra which ‘wrap’ with Phys Ed and English classes (every other day for the whole year).  This has worked well for us.   We have now been […]

Registration for the 7th World Choir Games, which will take place July 4-14, 2012 in Cincinnati, is now open to amateur choirs worldwide. Choirs will compete in 23 categories in 2012, including two new categories, barbershop and show choir, which were added because of their popularity in the U.S., said INTERKULTUR, the Germany-based international organizing […]

Good morning!   We didn’t make it into the program book, but would like to invite you a reception for alumni and friends of the Northwestern University graduate conducting program at the ACDA convention in Chicago this week.   The reception will be held in room PDR-3, on the third floor of the Chicago Hilton, […]