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Charlene Archibeque returns to San Jose (CA) State Univ.
August 29, 2010 This fall, SJSU will be welcoming back a former choral director as the new acting director of choral activities. Charlene Archibeque said she has been retired from her position for four years. Prior to her retirement, she said she helped the SJSU Choir, once called the “Choraliers,” win seven international choral competitions. […]
YouTube and BMI
This is an important follow up to the thread I started earlier about use of copyrighted material on YouTube. There are so many nuances to the copyright laws that I want to make clear what exactly I am talking about. I believe the revelations I have received from the copyright Gods at BMI are true […]
Premiere of work inspired by Under Milk Wood
An original piece of music inspired by Dylan Thomas’ play Under Milk Wood is to be performed for the first time. Female choir Côr Merched Canna commissioned the work by composer Gareth Glyn with the help of a BBC scheme for choirs. Canu’r Wenallt (Songs from Milk Wood) also features extracts from a Welsh language […]
search for church youth musical
Dear friends, I am searching for a youth musical for our church that has a drama with it. This is not my area of specialty, so I am not familiar with a lot of the repertoire for youth. Most of what I’ve seen is a collection of songs tied together by a narration or […]
O Nata Lux English translation
we all know the ancient O Nata Lux text in Latin is public domain. But what about its English translations? I’ve found this version and I’d like to make a choral setting of it. O Light born of Light,? Jesus, redeemer of the world,? with loving-kindness deign to receive ?suppliant praise and prayer. […]
NOW ACTIVE: Voice Education for All Types of Expressive Choral Singing
Since this Community was established, the establisher (Leon Thurman) has been through an array of accidents, illnesses, unemployment, starting up a business (The Leon Thurman Voice Center, www.leonthurman.com) and other such malevolent and rewarding experiences. But now, I’m back and would like to notify the 81 people who joined this community that I’d like us […]
Salieri Magnificat in C – Publisher?
Dear Colleagues, I am searching for a copy of Salieri’s “Magnificat in C” both the vocal score and the orchestral parts. So far, I have not been able to track down the publisher. Peters does not carry it in their catalogue. Any help would be most appreciated. I am also looking for his Magnificat […]
New Junior Choir… poss. student conductors…
Dear All: I just got this crazy idea, but thought I’d run it by ChoralNet folks prior to acting upon my idea… Our family belongs to a small Reform Jewish congregation, +/-140 familes, in WDC area. The adult choir has been going steady with teens & adults at about 15-20 singers (conducted by me…). The […]
Mozart Requiem Tempo issues: Why so Slow?!?
I have a discussion question which we won’t be able to solve but I wanted to hear from more experienced and knowledgable parties. I am troubled lately by a performance practice question in late 18th-century music. When composers use the C-slash (i.e. cut time) time signature and give a tempo indication, does that indication […]
Studying Conducting in England
I’m possibly going to be moving to England next year to be with my fiance, if he gets into a grad program there, and I decided it might be a good time for me to look into graduate programs myself. I want to study choral conducting, but I’m having trouble navigating English college websites – […]