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Friends – I’m working on a city-wide Lenten service at a beautiful concert hall on the campus of North Central College.  There is no organ in the hall so we’re hoping to put together a good instrumental ensemble, and we will have the combined hand bells groups of four churches.   We’re considering Gilbert Martin’s […]

  The Columbus (OH) Foundation has honored The New World Singers of the Columbus Children’s Chorus, and director Sandra Mathias with special recognition for winning The American Prize in Choral Performance (youth choir division) in 2010 as one of the city’s National No. 1’s.   The postmark deadline for The American Prize in Choral Performance, […]

Good morning,   For any who have conducted Telemann’s Laudate Jehovam Omnes Gentes, have you done so assigning any passages to soloists to create the Baroque “ripieno effect?”  If so, I’m curious to know which passages you might used for soloists.  Also, are there any editions out there that indicate solo vs. tutti?   Many […]

Dear colleagues,   This will be my first time taking my HS honors choir to Europe. We’re so excited. Can you share with me ideas for activities, games, details that you’ve learned from your experiences? (For example, we’ll be in Italy so instead of bus attendance we’ll do a count off in Italian.)   Grazie […]

RENO, NV — The International Choral Festival is gaining more attention but not gaining a crowd. News 4 found out today this event which has cost the RSCVA more than $100,000, may be totally cancelled!   But, will the RSCVA have to pay out more money? We asked the Chair of the Board of Directors […]

by Lynn Hoppes NFL legend Tim Brown knows he’s can’t sing. “I couldn’t do ‘American Idol’ or anything like that,” said Brown, who played 16 years in the NFL, mostly with the Raiders. “I’m a choir singer, so I can just stay in the background.” Brown, along with the NFL PLAYERS choir, will be belting […]

HISTORY is hugely important to the Creole Choir of Cuba – a group of musicians starting a UK tour. Members are descended from Haitians who fled slavery to start a new life on the neighbouring island of Cuba.   Last week, the Solihull News had chance to put some questions to choir director Emilia Diaz […]

Can anyone give me suggestions for Women’s Chorus repertoire that uses poetry by Civil War era poets, or poetry about the Civil War?

Dear Colleagues, My college choir’s final spring concert has recently  been joined with a concert of our two wind ensembles. We already have a  nice piece to do as a combined finale, but I am looking for 1-2 short pieces for choir  that would feature some brass, wind and/or percussionists that we can also do in the […]

By: Katrina Styx HASTINGS, MN — We know they’re good. Hastings High School’s top show choir, Riverside Company, already has two Grand Champion wins under its belt this season. Apparently, producers at NBC think they’re pretty good, too. After seeing some of Riverside Company’s performances from previous years on YouTube, they invited the choir to […]