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Does anyone know of any studies done with statistics regarding size of ensembles relative to the size of the host institution? I have heard “10%” as an average number of total students or church members participating in choral ensembles, relative to total enrollment/membership. That is, in a school  of 1200, 120 students, on the average, would be […]

i’ve just received my first ever refusal of a request to copy out of print music (in relation to what was once a very popular Australian part-song for womens voices). I’m amazed by the reasons given:   1st email in response to my question ‘why”?: “The publisher is having trouble finding out the original publisher for this song. So that’s […]

Announcing January 2011 New Choral Releases from Paraclete Press   Request a free demo CD!    Call Sr. Estelle (sheet music consultant) at 1-800-451-5006, ext. 309 or   Email:    Visit us on line at:  www.paracletesheetmusic.com   1 With a Voice of Singing Daniel Nelson $2.10 View the Score  PPM01104 2 If You Would […]

I have a recording of “Blessed is the Nation” from the CD God Bless America published by Sacred Music Services. I would lke to use it in a festival I’m conducting. I have had no response to emails from SMS and calls respond with the phone as being  no longer in service. Music can still […]

This posting is to announce the availability of two of my choral compositions for mixed voices set to traditional Hebrew words.   The first title is a setting of the Sabbath text ADON OLAM for SATB chorus (divisi) unaccompanied. Although the composition of this piece was completed in 1994 under the title LORD OF THE […]

BY EDIE GROSS Over nearly three decades, hundreds of singers performed under conductor Stephen Burton’s baton. In church choirs. In local choral groups. In classes and concerts at the University of Mary Washington. Today, dozens of those singers will gather at the Fredericksburg Chapel of Covenant Funeral Service for one last performance in Burton’s honor. […]

Dear Tech-savvy Friends:   Occasionally I have seen very cool YouTube videos where the printed score of a piece of music is displayed while the audio plays the music. I believe I have even seen the printed score scroll along with the music. I would like to do this with a piece of music. I […]

Colleagues,   I would appreciate some feedback.  Pros and cons, please. Because of budget issues and concerns, our administration is exploring the idea of forming a School of the Arts with one administrator in charge.  This would unify the Music Department (100 majors and minors), the Theatre and Dance Department (30 majors and minors) and […]

When you post your music on YouTube, how do you handle the rights to anything that is not  your own music when posting?  Someone asked me this, and I do not know the answer to it.  In other words-if you want to make and sell a CD by recording yourself singing other people’s music-then put […]

    Aaron Jensen´s  “The Carpenter´s Carol ” for SSATB is now available at Porfiri & Horváth Publishers!   Order-No.: 110023  (Canadian Composer) Come and have a look on www.ph-publishers.com     Kristine Görtz Porfiri & Horváth Publishers