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Listers:   Does anyone have any information regarding instrumentation and availability of parts for Michael Haydn’s Laetatus Sum. I have the edition edited by David Stein, published by Theodore Presser. The Presser catalog has available parts for either 2 oboes, timpani, and strings and continuo OR 2 trumpets, strings and continuo.   I have also […]

ACDA’s National Convention in Chicago will offer an unprecedented array of opportunities for musicians who serve congregations. The traditional convention activities will be stellar: An Ecumenical Service led by John Ferguson, in the beautiful Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago; a Reading Session in which the majority of the pieces will be conducted by […]

I have an upcoming wedding and the groom is native to the Dominican Republic and his grandmother and other family members will be traveling from The Dominican Republic.  His grandmother is a very devout Catholic and in deference to her culture, faith and presence I would like to sing something in Spanish.  I was thinking […]

I am planning the repertoire for a concert to benefit the building of a well in a Haitian village.  Without being to literal about the water theme, I would like some ideas on repertoire for helping each other and water.  Thank you.  Lorri Cetto

Hello,   I’d like to have an edition of all/most of the Bach chorales and I’m looking for advice on what’s out there. I have a few goals in mind, one of which is to improve my open-score reading. I would also like to have them around for studying purposes or in case I need […]

Considering “Tangueando” by Oscar Escalada for performance in April at contest.  We have already started work on the piece.  Although I personally have performed the piece at a summer conference years ago, I would like to find a good recording for the students to hear once we get most of the piece near performance level.  […]

Good evening,   In the past few years, I’ve ended my high school spring concert with a rousing “spiritual-like” piece, accompanied (as it tends to be one that all choirs can sing together)… with the recent ones being Mark Hayes’ Swingin’ with the Saints and Byron Smith’s Worthy to be Praised.  Any other suggestions for […]

Dear Colleagues,   Our symphony programmed this piece for next season and I just heard that there is a choral/orchestral version of it (as opposed to orchestra with mezzo solo). Would appreciate any info on the piece as well as your experience with it! Many thanks in advance,   Elena Sharkova Artistic Director and Conductor […]

The National Youth Choir of Scotland commissioned two new cantatas from Tom Cunningham for the National Boys Choir.   The Saga of the Seven Days consists of one song for each day: Sun, Moon, Tiu, Wodin, Thor, Freya and Saturn.   Seven Planets and a Cosmic Rock has a song for each planet with Pluto […]

A question for those versed in Italian, or who may have studied Monteverdi’s “Lamento della ninfa” (1638; text by Rinuccini, c. 1614).   The subtitle identifies the singer as “La ninfa,” but the translations I’ve found translate the word “donzella” as “young woman” or “maiden.”  I thought nymphs had something to do with trees, or […]