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Reformation Day anthem?
Forgive me if this topic is posted elsewhere on choralnet, but I was wondering what anthems are your favorites for Reformation Day? Here are the forces I have: a 20-25 voice choir (SATB), brass (I have up to a brass quintet that can accompany), and organ. The choir is very good, but I am looking […]
Brahms: How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place
Friends, I am searching for a quality, legit SAB or 3-Pt Mixed arrangement/edition of How Lovely is thy Dwelling Place from Brahms’ German Requiem that is suitable for a jr. high choir. According to jwpepper this does not exist, do any of you know where I might find this? Also, there is one arranged by […]
The Glee Effect
It was precisely a century ago that the Yale Whiffenpoofs first banded together to sing of poor little lambs who had lost their way. Since that fateful night at Mory’s Temple Bar, choral groups, a cappella or otherwise, have grown to become nationwide high school and college staples, their allure ebbing and flowing, as dictated […]
Roger Sherman Begins Leadership of Orcas Choral Society, Olympia, WA
Roger Sherman will pick up the conductor’s baton for the first time in many years next Tuesday, when he begins rehearsals as the new director of the Orcas Choral Society. However, he brings a lifelong practice of making music with him. In spite of his busy schedule, he says he welcomes the chance to direct […]
Limited choir access
Colleagues, this is in reply to the newspaper report posted by Richard Allen Roe. Unfortunately it was posted as a news item, with no way to reply to it, and I think this matter may deserve some discussion. The report is from “Montgomery County,” but in which state remains a mystery. I’ve read the […]
Pronunciation of “Angel”
Which is preferred in the traditional “Hark the Harald angels sing”. An-gehls or an-guls (schwa). I’d write it in IPA but don’t know how to type it!
ASU student starts ‘Glee’-inspired high school club
By Mary Shinn September 7, 2010 at 9:44 pm Inspired by the hit TV show “Glee,” a group of ASU students will be heading back to high school this semester to start a show choir. GLEEders, a group of ASU mentors, will be advising three show choir groups of students from Corona Del Sol High […]
Limited choir access frustrates parents
MONTGOMERY – The parents of a Montgomery Intermediate School student are frustrated that three-fourths of the children trying out for the school’s choir program have been denied access – including their son. Of the nearly 400 MIS students trying out for the school’s choir program, only 100 have been accepted into the extracurricular activity. Matt […]
RE: VERY obscure question
My thanks to all who responded. The piece is entitl;ed: ONE WORLD O’Hara, Geoffrey, 1882- Composer. (Composer of the famous patriotic-themed “K-K-K-Katy”) Publisher New York City : Bourne Inc., c1945. Contributors: Bratton, John W. (John Walter), 1867-1947. Lyricist Sorry to be late in posting the results: been at a conference […]
Communion songs for All Saints Day
Hello! I am looking for some communion anthems for All Saints Day morning mass. I am high soprano and will be singing solo. I’ve been told to find a song about Saints or Heaven, but no luck so far. Could someone please recommend a choral score which can be sung by a solo soprano as I cannot find […]