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Irish Equestrian entrepreneur creates Haitian choir
After the January earthquake that devastated the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, Pearse Lyons went to Haiti to see how he could help. He decided to set up a factory in the north of the country. Along with that, he wanted to help the school, and hearing the children sing inspired him to bring in University […]
Distler/barring of music with independently flowing voices
Looking for choral director and/or composer wisdom- has anyone ever conducted some of the Distler with his unique ways of barring music? Was it crazy to conduct this or easy? Any suggestions for creating a piece which should feel like it has no barlines, or that each voice section often has different, independent stresses/downbeats- yet […]
Greek folk song for soprano?
Hello…I have a young (age 16 or 17 senior in HS) voice student who is in my voice class. This is the second year she has taken the class. We have sung American folk songs and English art songs. However, her family is Greek and she has grown up in the Greek tradition. Does anyone […]
companion instrumental piece for Susa’s “Carols and Lullabies”
I’m planning on doing Conrad Susa’s “Carols and Lullabies” this Christmas with my men’s chorus. Since I’m hiring a harp, marimba and guitar player for the Susa, I was hoping to find an instrumental piece (no chorus) that could be done with those instruments or some combination of them. Piano is also available. Do you […]
Concert theme?
Hello ChoralNetters, I am trying to get my creative juices flowing for a concert theme for my chamber choir–spring 2012–and bought a very interesting book last week. It is about royal scandels through history–Henry II of England’s famous temper, Roman Emperors and their “fondness” for their mothers–you get the idea. It struck me, […]
Christmas with Strings
I was hoping to revisit this Instrumentation as the Repertoire Section under Church Year has only 7 entries. I direct a choir of 25 and we have found through our experiences that the sound we evoke is not potent enough to project over brass or full orchestra. For Christmas this year we are […]
iPad for choir?
As the price for printed music (and printing in general) escalates exponentially and the model for industrial marketing becomes antiquated, we are forced to look at how we practice and use published music. I have a question for those “early adaptors” and any legal eagles that might be tuning in: 1. Have you used […]
Tremble Clefs
Whether a confident or closet singer, breaking into song has more benefits than meets the ear. Aside from boosting your mood and confidence, music is clinically proven to reduce your brain’s perception of pain, reduce blood pressure, is extremely effective in memory recall and can regulate heart and respiratory rates, according to the Center for […]
Ellen M. Keating ??
http://www.avemariasongs.org/aves/K/Keating.htm I have found conflicting information, different birth dates, year of death without being able to determine which person is the correct one. I thought I had a picture, now I’m not sure it was of the correct person. Can anyone tell me life data for this composer (year of birth, death), nationality? […]
Requesting “Ave Maria” scores for my research and website.
Hi all, I am always looking for additional documentation and information for my Ave Maria website (URL: www.avemariasongs.org ) There are currently more than 3,500 different Ave Maria settings of over 3,000 composers listed. More than 2,000 Ave Marias have been documented with a musical score, MIDI and/or audio/video recordings. More than 800 Ave Marias are available in […]