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BY MARIE HAVENGA mhavenga(a)grandhaventribune.com The voices of Grand Haven High School choir students span the globe — as well as the Internet and iTunes. There’s a check for $46.34 sitting in the office of the school’s vocal music teacher, Shirley Lemon, that proves it. “We received our first check from iTunes,” Lemon said. “I haven’t […]

Greetings, all.   We have composer Samuel Adler visiting Samford University soon and I’m looking for suggestions on two quality pieces for my choir to perform.     First, what suggestions do you have for his best pieces?  (non-organ works for this concert – need unaccompanied or piano)   One thought is this piece I […]

  The Department of Music at Indiana University of Pennsylvania has announced that it will honor the memory of longtime choral professor James Dearing in a concert on Sunday, January 16, 2011. The event will feature over 125 current and past students of the IUP choral program in a grand concert befitting of a fine teacher, conductor, […]

Hello….my school (a 6 – 12 private school) wants to post a video clip of the students singing “White Christmas” on the school’s website.  Our Tech Director feels this would be a breach of the copyright law, and I’d like to know, FIRST, if that is true.   IF the answer is yes, how to we […]

I have the solo sheet music for this song and wonder if any of you know of an arrangement of it in SA or SSA format?  Pepper says there are too many Lullaby titles to search through.  I would certainly appreciate your help.   Thanks,   Bill Adams Fort Bend Boys Choir of Texas […]

Good satb arrangement, anyone? Thining ahead for once!   Thanks. David

Can you recommend similar pieces in difficulty, style, voicing to “Ecco il Messia” (Anonymous). Seem to be a few variations for the title.   A youtube link to a group of four woman singing this little work:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbj6qRf0zfc     Thanks, L

I am a junior choral music educator and I am starting a student led choir and I am having a hard time trying to come up with a name for the group. I want to have the name in a foreign language like italian or latin. Any suggestions? This seems to be the hardest part […]

I know that Bach didn’t do cantatas during the Lenten Season, but I was wondering if there are any of them that you feel would be appropriate to use during that time? Also, do you have any suggestions for works that might be similar that could be presented during Lent?  I’ve been through the repertoire […]

Emmy nominated composer Nathanael Pangrazio wrote a new requiem for Organ strings and chorus.   http://www.youtube.com/user/NHPsound#p/a/f/0/D4cfKk10fJc   Send your requests for scores to