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I have 3 soloists in my church choir, a soprano, a tenor, and a bass.  I’d like to find a few sacred pieces that the three of them could sing together, and welcome your suggestions!  The Tenor is able to sing alto, but obviously it should be a moderate alto part.   Julie Ford

Hello Colleagues,   My choir is planning to perform a concert about animals entitled, All Creatures Great and Small. We will use the opportunity to partner with an organization such as ARF (Animal Rescue Foundation). I have some music, such as I Bought Me A Cat by Copland/Fine and The Little White Hen by Scandello, […]

BY KATHY WILLIAMS SHERMAN, TX — Generations of Sherman High School choir alumni mourned the passing Monday of Duane Gohlke, who directed choirs at Piner Middle School before moving to SHS in 1972. At a reunion of former SHS Choir members last summer, family and friends took the opportunity to honor Mr. Gohlke and express […]

I am looking for an interesting 10-15 minute choral/orchestral work by Telemann (or similar composer) that would work well with Haydn’s “Theresienmesse”.  Any overlooked gems that should be heard more frequently?  Thanks, everyone.

 (a traditional Taita Melody, arranged by Boniface Mganga)(We will be singing Natufurahi Siku Ya Leo  (a traditional Taita Melody, arranged by Boniface Mganga). It’s from Kenya – I believe it’s Swahili. Does anyone have a pronunciation guide or know where I can find one?

I am looking for some suggestions for SATB works accompanied by classical guitar, the guitar part not too difficult.   Thanks   David L

I am working on conducting John Tavenver’s THE LAMB and it has not time signature markings. Any suggestions from anyone who has conducted this piece before would be very helpful!   Thanks, Alan Davis www.alanmusic.com

Perusing the archives, I see that a number of people have wished they could get their hands on Margaret Hillis’ booklet, “At Rehearsals,” apparently now out of print. Well, here’s a pdf copy provided by the Choral Society of Southern California:   http://www.choralsocietysocal.com/Images/In%20Rehearsal.pdf   Paul Buckley

Greetings, friends!   This is my first post, and the first thing I’d like to say is thank you to everyone who has contributed to these forums. I’ve already found a lot of help in them.    I direct a church choir of about 25 voices: five basses, four tenors, four altos, a dozen or […]

  I have worked in churches with paid section leaders and without paid section leaders. My current position utilizies paid section leaders in the the small amateur choir. Paid section leaders were added by my predecessor so the system was already in place for me. This particular church has a history of difficulty in recruiting […]