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John Alldis, who died on December 20 aged 81, was a distinguished choral conductor. Through his eponymous choir, Alldis was responsible for introducing the British public to some of the more eclectic contemporary music of the last century; he also worked with Pink Floyd and Duke Ellington, established a permanent chorus for the London Symphony […]

I was in a High School chorus in 1953 that sang a song to the tune of the 4th movement of Brahms Symphony #1.  Does anyone know the lyrics?  The words that I remember (to the best of my knowledge) are:   Our cause is for freedom our song is the song of peace. With people […]

By Janelle Gelfand • jgelfand(a)enquirer.com • December 10, 2010 Elmer Thomas, 80, founder of the Vocal Arts Ensemble and professor emeritus at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, arrived in Cincinnati in 1966 and became a powerful force in Cincinnati’s choral arts community. As founding director of the Vocal Arts Ensemble (1978-88), he launched […]

by Thomas Huizenga With an estimated 42.6 million people singing in American choirs today, there are bound to be a few voices raised in opposition to a new article in the magazine Gramophone that hits the U.S. newsstands this week. Titled "The 20 Greatest Choirs," the article ranks the world's best ensembles, and finds America […]

LONDON, HEATHROW, UK — Kiwi kids have spread a little Christmas cheer to those stranded at Heathrow Airport in London. Choralation, the combined choir of Westlake Girls’ and Boys’ High Schools in Auckland have been touring Europe for three weeks. Brian Wilson’s daughter is on the trip, and he told Newstalk ZB the students had […]

Added SATB version of Crystal Spring. As far as I know, it is the unique SATB score of this beautiful traditional english song available on the web. You can find it on fabioalessi.webs.com   Bye fabio

If a piece is permanently out of print and the publisher no longer exists can one legally make copies of the work? If not, how does one obtain permission to copy?

We’re a women’s early-music vocal ensemble looking to buy new outfits.  Has anyone found a place to buy pants and tops that would accomodate VERY widely-varying body types?  I’ve looked at many websites, and see lots of good-looking pants–but all the tops seem to be fitted, and this won’t work for us.   We’d appreciate […]

HI Colleagues,    I’m looking for an anthem for an excellent, mostly professional church chamber choir and a very good flute player. Sermon Title: “Happiness: Embracing the Now, Now!” Scripture Reading: Matthew 4: 12-23 (SEE BELOW)   Any advice would be helpful; I’m at a very liberal church, so the sermon title and Scripture Reading are […]

Dear Colleagues:   I loathe to ask this question, but I have had no luck.  Does anybody know of a good recording of Jasperse’s VoiceDance for women’s voices?  I have a pretty decent women’s vocal jazz ensemble this year, that I am looking to challenge.  I know of many recordings of this piece in its […]