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I am seeking some suggestions of books to use with a church children’s choir, grades k through 2.  The group gets only 20 minutes of rehearsal time at best each week (sometimes less) and is led by a volunteer, so I need things that are quite simple.  We have a few books but I would […]

I direct a high school chamber choir of 28 voices. The sections are balanced, but the men are stronger than the ladies. I enjoy doing acapella works with them, but we also sing repertoire with accompaniment. We will be singing at a cathedral in Chicago so I am particularly interested in  acapella sacred music. Repertoire […]

By Annalee Allen The City and Port of Oakland Chorus was founded in 1940 by a city employee, Elsie Giani, who served as the group’s chairwoman until her retirement in 1983. Giani, at nearly 97 years of age, still enthusiastically supports the choir, even performing a solo at a recent concert. Giani and the 26-member […]

By Arline A. Fleming NARRAGANSETT, RI – Joyful and triumphant, they come to sing. College kids, community residents, clients of the Adeline LaPlante Center in Wakefield, they come together in harmony, like a shining star on a dark South County night. For almost 30 Decembers, the blended singers have brought tidings of comfort and joy […]

I’ve encountered a new issue (maybe not new for some) since I have relocated way up north.  I am a professional musician with a Master’s in voice and harpist with the local symphonies.  Plus, I do all of the other standard music things, teaching, coaching, gigs, etc.  We have recently been attending a new church […]

When searching for out of print music, a good place to start is our used library.  We have over 60,000 line items of choral music, many of which are out of print.  If we can help you, please let us know.  Thanks, Bill www.youngsmusic.com

by Naomi Dunning, Chester Chronicle TATTENHALL, UK — A Tattenhall woman has conducted her way to a coveted position within the Hallé Orchestra. Frances Cooke, of Tattenhall Road, has been appointed associate choral conductor with the Hallé. The 54-year-old has spent the past decade working extensively with the Hallé Choir and says she was delighted […]

By Susan Shinn You’d think a 23-year-old might be intimidated about directing a choir that’s 100 years old. There’s a lot to be said for youthful enthusiasm. Matt Newton, a 2010 graduate of Catawba, took the reins of the Salisbury-Rowan Choral Society this summer. The society is a century old this year. Newton graduated from […]

I ran across some YouTube references to this while looking up something else, and the memories started to work their magic. I’d be interested to know if  there are those among you who sang in “Up With People” or the local “Sing Out” groups of the 60s and forward. I’ve always been under the impression […]

‘One of those jewels’ Music professor Paul Warren Allen could be moved to tears by the beautiful sounds created by students in his choir at North Central College. “I remember one Christmas, he was conducting the choir singing Handel’s ‘Messiah.’ The truth of the words gripped him and he had … tears running down his […]