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From Heaven Above
From Heaven Above, an acappella work for mixed chorus by Wayland Rogers has been released by Boosey and Hawkes.
Meet the Brilliant Belgians Behind ‘The Social Network’ Trailer Choir, Scala & Kolacny Brother
Steven and Stijn Kolacny were just a couple of Belgians doing a cool thing — namely, arranging, recording and performing a mix of original songs and pop and rock covers with their 238-member girls’ choir, Scala & Kolacny Brothers. Then David Fincher tapped Scala’s take on Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ for ‘The Social Network’ trailer and, a […]
Repertoire for Symphonic Chorus, Youth Choir and Children’s Choir
Dear colleagues, I would be grateful for repertoire suggestions of pieces that could be used for the finale (or even the entire second half) of a programme featuring a family of choirs (Large adult symphonic chorus, youth choir and children’s choir); the piece should involve all three choirs and have relatively modest instrumental resources (organ, […]
Clackamas choir director earns honor
CLACKAMAS, OR — Scott Davis, the choir director at Clackamas High School, was honored as K103 radio’s Educator of the Week after being nominated by former student Sarah Hazen. He was featured in a live radio interview, and received an engraved crystal apple, a two-night stay at the Westin Portland, a gift card for the […]
Re: Seeking pop/jazz rendition of Christmas Carols
Christmas Jazz and Christmas Jazz II are AWESOME!! arr. Shaw
Vienna Boys Choir alums reflect
By Janelle Gelfand • jgelfand(a)enquirer.com • November 12, 2010 In December 2001, two West Chester Township boys, Ryan Slone, then 11, and Donald Smith, then 13, became the second and third U.S. citizens to join the world-renowned Vienna Boys Choir. Two years later, Benjamin Kleykamp, then 11, of Mason joined. And the Markowich family of […]
The Peninsula Women’s Chorus releases NEW CD: Nature Pictures
NATURE PICTURES: New CD release by the Peninsula Women’s Chorus AVAILABLE THIS NOVEMBER!! With its newest CD, Nature Pictures, the PWC celebrates a close relationship with prominent Estonian composer, Veljo Tormis. Influenced by his deep conviction that ancient song traditions reflect a close connection to nature, the prolific Tormis gives us the four seasons […]
Donald Patriquin – Noel Nowell Noel CD – 80 minutes of Christmas music
Newly available from A Tempo Music: MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS FOR CHOIR, BRASS, STRINGS, WOODWINDS AND PERCUSSION Three Choral Ensembles and Three Instrumental Ensembles Conducted by Iwan Edwards and Donald Patriquin; Marcel Saint-Cyr and Pierre Beluse GIOVANNI GABRIELI: MOTETS FOR CHOIR AND BRASS ARCANGELO CORELLI: “CHRISTMAS” CONCERTO (Opus 6, No. 8) DONALD PATRIQUIN: CHRISTMAS […]
Choral works with solo violin and/or oboe
The graduate conducting class I teach is open to instrumentalists as part of a half course credit (they play in our recitals to complete the credit), and we usually have a string group of 4-5 players who enroll. This year though we are down to one violinist and one oboist, so for one unit next […]
Chanticleer releases first self-made music video, “Cells Planets”
What happens when the members of Chanticleer have two rare afternoons off while on the road? Why, they whip out their iphones and web cams and make a music video! This happened earlier this fall when Music Director, Matthew Oltman and Tenor, Brian Hinman wanted to devise a new way to expose listeners to one […]