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Hello, i need some help with ideas for our big trip in 2012. I have a vocal group ( 4 girls, age 15 ) We would like to start planning a trip to the USA. The girls want`s to see LA/ California, but we are very open for suggestions. – We would like to perform […]

Greetings:   In recognition of the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, I enclose my setting of the poem High Flight quoted in President Reagan’s eulogy. I didn’t realise it at the time but astronaut Ron McNair had planned to play the first saxophone in space on that mission, a fact that for me adds […]

Roberton Publications has issued three sets of poems by Alexander McCall Smith set for unaccompanied SATB choir by Tom Cunningham.   Scotland at Night (6 poems) The Painter’s Eye (5 poems) A Time of Gifts (6 poems)   The first two sets are recorded by Laudibus on Delphian DCD34060.  The third set will be issued […]

Thom Lynch has been appointed executive director of the renowned Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA), it was announced by Board Chair John J. Duran.  He assumed the post on January 18, 2011.  Mr. Lynch replaces outgoing director Hywel Sims, who departs after six years of exceptional service.   “Thom’s extraordinary leadership skills, vision […]

 I am hoping to perform this interesting work  with my community choir. I have purchased the available music and  because we live on an island where fishing is a part of the economy,would like to include”The promise of a Fisherman” -Caymmi arr. Oscar Castro-Neves but it is not  in the Missa Gaia publication and I […]

Does anyone know of an edition of the Brahms Requiem that has both the German AND a good English translation in the vocal score?  (I know the Hoggard full score has it, but the vocal score doesn’t)  Would love to get an edition like that if it exists… Thanks for your help! Peter DuBois Rochester, […]

I have 3 smallish middle school men’s choirs, that we also combine with the 3 girl’s choirs for most concerts.  I’m looking for suggestions for simple to moderately simple music that is challenging, but still accessible. Please list suggestions including octavo numbers and publishers. Thank you for your help!

Far Away world premiere – Building Digital Bridges music by Sage Lewis, conducted by Luke McEndarfer The Broad Stage, Santa Monica     Last weekend, the Obama administration quietly eased travel restrictions to Cuba.  In addition to boosting the amount of money that can be given, it will be easier for educational and religious organizations […]

By Lauren Bishop CINCINNATI — You can probably rattle off the names of mascots for any number of major sports teams without having to think too much about it. But how about mascots for the big events like the Olympics? The World Cup? The Paralympics? You might not realize it, but most major international events […]

By Andrew Meacham ST. PETERSBURG — Days, perhaps weeks, before a concert by his choral group, director Robert Anders found a way to slip into the venue and take a seat in the back. He imagined the Alumni Singers, the group he led for 30 years, performing African-American spirituals and a variety of other songs […]