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A 12 year old girl reports pain when breathing in deeply
Hello everyone, I did a search on ChoralNet on this topic but couldn’t find anything so am posting the question in this Forum. I have a 12 year old female student who began lessons with me about a month ago. She has reported that it hurts when she breathes deeply. I asked her […]
Translation help?
Colleagues: I can’t find a copy of the program on which I last did Monteverdi’s “Lamento della ninfa” about 15 years ago, nor can I find an English translation on the CPDL website, which surprised me. Can anyone help? I’ll be doing the whole thing: the introductory piece for 3 men, “Non havea ancora […]
Cohen to talk about UI-Oakdale program
A presentation by Mary Cohen, assistant professor of teaching and learning in the College of Education, on the UI-Oakdale Prison Partnership Program, will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Iowa City Public Library in meeting room A. The event, “May You Walk in Beauty: Connecting Communities through Choral Singing at the Iowa Medical and […]
McGuire Named Conductor Laureate
San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus is pleased to announce that it has bestowed upon Dr. Kathleen McGuire the title of Conductor Laureate. In the thirty-two year history of the Chorus, she is the first recipient of this prestigious title. The honor bears witness to her outstanding artistic achievements with the Chorus for more than a […]
Delaware People: Ranney’s passion gets others singing
For three decades, John Ranney preached the gospel, prayed for the sick, married couples in love and laid some to rest. But the pastor of Milford’s Reformation Lutheran Church didn’t stop using his talents when he stepped out of the pulpit. He also sang, danced and acted in choir stalls and on stages across Sussex […]
Battle Hymn of Republic – “die to make men free” or “live”
My ladies’ chorale is singing “Battle Hymn of the Republic”. On the third verse, I am aware that many people now change the words from ” die to make men free” to “live to make men free” although the original poem is “die”. I believe the Mormon Tabernacle choir was the first group to do […]
Looking for “World Music” solo and small group suggestions
Our community chorus is doing a program of world music, ranging from “Jai Ho” to African numbers with a sprinkling of Celtic thrown in. I’m looking for alto solo and small group numbers to use as fillers between the large group pieces. Small group pieces can be SSA and or SATB. I am especially interested […]
Zum Gali (Dance The Hora) arr. Maurice Goldman
In preparing to rehearse Zum Gali arr. Maurice Goldman for a concert in February, I came across and inconsistency that I am hoping someone can clarify for me. My question is about the text in a particular section of this piece. Here it is in context: Dancing, singing, voices ringing, Songs of joy now […]
After 75 years, one man is still dedicated to singing in his church choir
By Demorris A. Lee TARPON SPRINGS — Paul Stavropoulos was 10 years old when he first joined the St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral choir in 1935. At the time, the church was a wooden structure and Stavropoulos lived at 202 Hibiscus Street, just a block down from the Pinellas Avenue church. As the 105th Epiphany Celebration […]
Sudbury choir goes underground for world record
Group recently performed in Creighton Mine The Ariadne Women’s Chamber Choir performs in Vale Inco Ltd.’s Creighton Mine in Sudbury in a bid to set a world record. (Megan Thomas/CBC News) The Ariadne Women’s Chamber Choir of Sudbury, Ont., recently took its act two kilometres underground in a bid to get into the Guinness World […]