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Hello friends – My apologies if this is the wrong forum for this question – but nothing seemed to be a great fit.  I am scheduled for a full shoulder replacement this week. (No, not from overuse – this is from traumatic arthritis stemming from an injury 6 years ago) My surgeon tells me that […]

New arrangement of “America the Beautiful” by M Ryan Taylor from ChoirWorks.com : Demo and Piano Accompaniment available on site.

I’m looking for both musical and liturgical resources for celebrating the 50th anniversary of a small Episcopal parish. Can anyone suggest anthems or larger scale pieces for a small (ca. 12 members) but musically fairly accomplished choir? Performing space is limited but a string quartet or brass quartet or some combination might be a possibility. […]

I am seeking the title of an anthem I sang at Independent Presbyterian Church on Easter Sunday, 1988-1992. I don’t remember many specifics but do recall the following that it was in 6/8 meter and had a refrain, “Mary, Martha,….” and the beginning of the refrain refrain melody was – sol-mi, sol-mi, fa-mi-re, mi-do; sol-mi, […]

I am hoping to get some suggetsions on creating an after school music program. I am a first year teacher and am a middle school Choral Director. As the year has progressed, my middle school chorus has grown from starting out with 58 students to now having 72 students. As I have been teaching general music, I […]

I’m going to be in Madrid and Barcelona, Spain soon and I’m wondering if there are any good music stores there where I can browse choral scores?  I’m hoping to find a place that has scores from publishers that aren’t commonly found in the USA. Thanks for any suggestions you may have! Mike Driscoll Boston, […]

I’ve been looking over Mendelssohn’s Athalie and can only find scores in German and French, and wonder if anyone has ever found one in English or done an English underlay.  Also, I can’t find instrumental parts listed anywhere.  (I had high hopes for the Petrucci library.)  Anyone?   David

Does anyone know John Knowles Paine St. Peter?  Good piece?  Great? Fair?   David

Hey Everyone,   It is 2011, happy new year! Over the past year my MM(only) and DMA choral conducting graduate school lists have become quite a resource! The two pages of my website in 2010 saw just over 2,000 views (obviously some people view those pages multiple times!).    MM(only) list now has 18 schools […]

I have a student who is seeking scholarly research on the innate and/or inborn artistic abilities and artistic inclinations of those individuals who seem to naturally excel in the arts over those that have to struggle to develop artistically.   Is anyone aware of any studies that have occurred on this topic?   Thank you […]