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By Dan England Julie Palagi planned to retire. She had directed choirs for 25 years, taught voice lessons for a decade and sang for more than 30 years. It was time to try something else. But she works in Denver, and that means a lot of time in the car commuting from Greeley, and that […]

The sense of individual caring and sharing among students is what impresses David Beck most. The Wilmington High School choir director says he has seen suffering on their faces. “Many have been personally affected by this (economic crisis),” he said. “Still, I see them share and come together in a meaningful way, just like the […]

Verdi Requiem (Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, Riccardo Muti): Best Classical Album Best Choral Performance Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin (Rundfunkchor Berlin; Kent Nagano) Best Opera Recording Dinastia Borja (La Capella Reial De Catalunya, Jordi Savall) Best small ensemble performance Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns (Anonymous 4, Soweto Gospel Choir, Lucas Richman) Best classical crossover album

We had the great pleasure of performing a new work by composer Robert Cohen this past December, titled Sleep, Little Baby, Sleep, on a Christina Rossetti poem.  SATB with piano.  I’m happy to share a pdf and mp3 if anyone wants.  The piece soon will be published.  Very lovely.   David

Dear colleagues,   Since last year, I have been searching for the scores to two Finnish choral pieces that I heard on an album by the women’s choir Philomela.  I have tried contacting Marjukka Riihimäki (the conductor), have tried to find contact information for the composer, have tried asking on their facebook page, and have […]

By Matt Schudel Blanche Moyse, a renowned violinist during her youth in Europe, who became one of the world’s foremost interpreters of the choral music of Johann Sebastian Bach during a second career as a conductor and teacher in Vermont, died Feb. 10 at her home in West Brattleboro, Vt. She was 101. The cause […]

Greetings Chorus & Vocal friends,   Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence – 5 minutes, for a cappella SATB chorus, with a brief section featuring four soprano and/or alto soloists. The work was first commissioned and premiered as part of a 2001-2003 Composer Residency at The National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi (San Francisco, […]

Signs in my choral program indicate that I may soon need to add another choral ensemble to those already offered, but this is uncharted territory for me.  I’d be curious to hear about the experiences of directors who have expanded their choral programs by adding one or more ensembles.  How did you know it was […]

I am curious to know how other directors – especially those who teach at the collegiate level – handle choir participation when the choir plans to tour internationally.  If a student is unable to go on the tour (for example, because of financial reasons) and knows this in advance, do you temporarily suspend the student’s […]

Christmas lullaby; SATB; moderate/easy. Free for use in church services.