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Good satb arrangement, anyone? Thining ahead for once!   Thanks. David

Can you recommend similar pieces in difficulty, style, voicing to “Ecco il Messia” (Anonymous). Seem to be a few variations for the title.   A youtube link to a group of four woman singing this little work:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbj6qRf0zfc     Thanks, L

I am a junior choral music educator and I am starting a student led choir and I am having a hard time trying to come up with a name for the group. I want to have the name in a foreign language like italian or latin. Any suggestions? This seems to be the hardest part […]

I know that Bach didn’t do cantatas during the Lenten Season, but I was wondering if there are any of them that you feel would be appropriate to use during that time? Also, do you have any suggestions for works that might be similar that could be presented during Lent?  I’ve been through the repertoire […]

Emmy nominated composer Nathanael Pangrazio wrote a new requiem for Organ strings and chorus.   http://www.youtube.com/user/NHPsound#p/a/f/0/D4cfKk10fJc   Send your requests for scores to

We’re an a capella chorus and recorded and will again next year but are having internal debate over mic placement.  Last year we recorded in circle segments of each SATB part with two mics before each segment upon advice of engineer who mostly records small bands.  The result was ok, but sounds more individualistic than choral.  […]

In school, I majored in Organ and Church Music for two years, then switched to a program that offered intensive studies in Choral Conducting at the Undergraduate level.   What dissappoints me most is that for those who are not majoring in Music Education, is that most schools don’t require any Choral Methods or Conducting […]

I am the  interim director of a 300+ member church.   They like contemporary praise & worship repertoire for choir with a definite black gospel leaning.  I have more repertoire of that genre than I know what to do with.  I am trying to do one stunning, beauitful, more traditional choral work a month:  Sing Me […]

I am curious to know if there are any African American choir teachers/directors out there?  I teach in a rural Wyoming, predominately caucasian city, and I am interested to know how many black teachers/directors are on this site. 

Hello folks – I am in charge of a 3rd-6th grade choir at my church and I would like some suggestions on good musicals that we could present in the late spring. We have done things like “Rock Slinger and his Greatest Hit” – but I am not up on the repertory. Any suggestions are […]