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Britten, May
Trying to track down publisher of Benjamin Britten’s “May”–a charming unison & piano setting of “Now is the month of maying.” According to notes accompanying the New London Children’s Choir CD “Pigs Could Fly” it’s published by Yearbook Press but I can’t find online a music publisher by that name. Would love to include it […]
Re: Methods for Matching Pitch
Hi, I work with middle school aged students. Every once in a while I get a girl that doesn’t know where her head voice is. She’s an “Alto” and hates to sing high. One thing a teacher taught me is to have them humm and “whimper” like a little puppy. When they “whimper” back in […]
Celebrating half-century of musical inspiration
Organist, choir director at Belmont church has endowment established in her honor BOSTON — Like a lot of ambitious young New York musicians, Avery Griffin dabbles in a bit of everything, from singing during the holidays with the St. Thomas Fifth Avenue Choir to writing experimental music. If not for the choir director […]
Last minute Xmas music suggestions
Need one more song for your holiday concert? How about “Joy Shall Be Yours in the Morning” from WIND IN THE WILLOWS, music by William Perry. Start early for next year with the hysterical “The Day Before Christmas,” included in the Chicago Symphony Chorus’ “Best of Yule” last year, commissioned by them and performed […]
Outreach choir
Indigenous Australians are five times more likely to experience mental illness than the rest of the population – a problem often exacerbated by their reluctance to seek help. Now a new program’s been developed to tackle mental health issues through song. Queensland’s Aboriginal and Islander Health Council has set up five community choirs to attack […]
Faure Requiem go-withs
Dear Colleagues, A concert planned for next spring, to include the Faure Requiem (1893 edition), was to be all-French, with a first half consisting of Varese’s Octandre and Dusapin’s Dona Eis. I’m considering broadening the repertory so that it’s not a single-nationality program. I’ve had many ideas for the first half, but would […]
Trust the Church Choir Director
I guess I’m just looking for affirmation, but I wonder if anyone else wrestles with the mind-numbing struggle that happens every year with the selection of good Christmas music. Every year, I choose a program that is challenging and different and beautiful. When I arrived 5 Christmases ago we did K. Lee Scott’s Christmas […]
Polifonia.info – The choral social network
Polifonia.info (www.polifonia.info) is a Social Network Web site that came to live on the 12th of November 2011, and it will be running in “beta testing” until the 31st of December 2011. The idea behind Polifonia.info is to bring together people passionate about choir music. Through Polifonia.info, members will be able to find (and/or invite) […]
Concert Transitions
Hi, I have a question about how to make transitions go more smoothly during a band and chorus combination concert. We are having a problem with members of the audience leaving during the performance and would like to investigate all routes to keeping them there. I think we could possibly cut down on the […]
Any madrigal dinners, gospel concerts, shows coming up in Indiana?
In my choral methods class we are approaching the topic of Specialized Ensembles, and I have asked my students to try to attend one of the following concerts performed high school, middle school or collegiate choirs: vocal jazz ensemble, gospel choir, madrigal dinner, world music, show choir, or musical theater production. Is anyone in Indiana […]