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Re: Name learning games
Have each student use a word to describe his personality followed by his first name. The descriptive word must begin with the same letter as the first name. Ex. Joyful Janis. The next person repeats Joyful Janis and adds Kind Kim, and so on. Go around the entire room and you be last. You will […]
Beaver choir to raise voices for female WWII prisoners
BEAVER, PA — Ripped away from loved ones, isolated by language barriers, subjected to the horrors of a World War II prison camp, a group of women clung to hope by singing. The 30 female prisoners — mainly Dutch, English and Australian nuns, nurses, teachers and wives of military men — surprised fellow prisoners with […]
Tributes to former Birmingham Bach Choir conductor Richard Butt
BIRMINGHAM, UK — Moving tributes have been paid to a long-serving conductor of the Birmingham Bach Choir, who has died. Richard Butt, aged 82, was in charge of the organisation between 1966 and 1992 while also working as a producer for BBC Radio 3 at the former Pebble Mill site. The much-loved figure was a […]
New choir helps fill void left behind by budget cuts
FLOYD COUNTY — Recent cuts in the New Albany-Floyd County School Corp. didn’t hold back 37 students from doing what they enjoy — singing. Music instructor for Hazelwood Middle School, Laura McDonald, said she felt compelled to start the Floyd County Children’s Choir after the school system cut elementary choir from its budget this year. […]
Cristian Grases at USC
Venezuela is a fertile if unexpected ground for classical music. The emergence of Gustavo Dudamel at the helm of the Los Angeles Philharmonic has brought worldwide attention to the country’s superb music education programs. On Friday, the USC Thornton Concert Choir will present its first concert under the direction of Venezuelan native Cristian Grases, the […]
Orchestral Piece with Treble Choir Repertoire Suggestions
My name is Jeffrey Brunner, and I am the director the Berks Classical Children’s Chorus in Reading, PA. Could anyone please offer me repertoire selections to perform with the symphony orchestra? I am looking for something in SA or SSA that would be accessible to a 60-voice, treble choir and the local symphony for […]
Follow The Drinking Gourd
A new setting of “Follow the Drinking Gourd” SATB, a cappella, American Folk Song about the underground railroad is now available from COLLA VOCE by Tom Council. You can listen to a full recording at LISTEN
Llanelli Choral Society scoops Welsh award
CARMARTHENSHIRE, WALES, UK — A prestigious national music award has been awarded to a Llanelli choral society for its leading development and contribution to amateur music making in Wales. The Llanelli Choral Society are winners of the highly prestigious 2010 W.S.Gwynn Williams Award, awarded by the Welsh Amateur Music Federation, to the musical organisation from […]
Oklahoma Wins Red River Sing-Off
DURANT – Oklahoma claimed bragging rights at the second-annual Red River Sing-Off held Tuesday on the campus of Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Eight high school choirs from Oklahoma and Texas faced off in head-to-head competition in four divisions. The choirs, invited based on histories of outstanding performances at state and UIL events, impressed judges and […]
Two Gustavus Adolphus Alumni Honored by Minnesota ACDA
Gustavus alumni Thomas Hassig ’76 and Brian Ohnsorg ’97 will both be honored by the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota in November. Hassig has been selected as Minnesota Choral Director of the Year, while Ohnsorg was named Outstanding Young Choral Director of the Year. Hassig and Ohnsort will receive their awards on Nov. 20 […]