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LED Folder Lights
I need to buy LED (battery operated ) folder lights for my choir. If you’ve purchased these, please let me know if there is a brand(or company) that you would especially recommend (or not)? Be sure to note order info…. Thanks! Tom Brown Austin, TX
THE KISS
For Your Ladies. “The Kiss” (SSAA, Keyboard) Text by Sara Teasdale. Music by Tom Council. “the girls loved singing it and our audience loved hearing it” (Catherine Glaser-Climie, “Cantare” Canada) ALLIANCE MUSIC PUBLICATIONS Listen : THE KISS
Re: Singing Languages
I’d like to suggest not a book but a very special song to sing in many languages: “Now it’s time for leaving/Neigen sich die Stunden/…”, this choral farewellsong is published by HELBLING/Austria in many languages (www.helbling.com) You can listen to this choral song on youtube in various interpretations: http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCantemus#p/u/18/loRvClD9Cfs Enjoy – Lorenz
Singing Languages
Does anyone have a recommendation for a great book I can use in my high school program to teach proper pronunciation of the main singing lanugages: French, Latin, Italian, German, English….
Suggestions for Latin Motets-Treble Voicing
Love to have suggestions for 4-5 Latin Motets for Mass to be sung at St. Peter’s in June of 2011, a cappella, 2-3 minutes in length, for treble choir. Thank you so much!
Musica Contemporanea v Popular Choral Music
Hi all, Musica Contemporanea versus Popular Choral Music vs Pop Just to wonder how you guys define the music for the above three categories for competitions – especially how vast contemporary music is, but I’m also unsure how the latin term will affect the repertoire selection, and Popular Choral Music versus Pop. Pretty […]
Choral Society has new artistic director
The San Clemente Choral Society has appointed composer and conductor Stephen Sturk as its new artistic director. Sturk also is the director of music at St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church in Temecula and composer in residence at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in San Diego. He also is co-founder and director of Cappella Gloriana, […]
Norman Scribner Announces Retirement as Choral Arts’ Artistic Director
After 45 years, Choral Arts’ Founder and Artistic Director, Norman Scribner, has announced his retirement which will take effect on August 31, 2012. The organization will now embark on the search for a new artistic director who will take the helm of one of the nations preeminent symphonic choruses for the 2012-2013 Season.
Choral Songs of “Relationships Gone Awry”
The concert title is “It’s Not Me, It’s You.” Looking for songs about relationships ending that are satiric, blue, or broody. We will be singing “The Arguement,” “The Light-Hearted Lovers,” “Ardo Si, Ma Non T’Amo” (Ardent, Yes, But Not For You,) Monteverdi, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, etc. Musicals tend to be a […]
Free Hanuka Song SSA arrangement
Dear friends I’m a Conductor of Choirs from Israel, and am offering all of you – towards the Holidays – One of my arrangements of a Hanuka Song arranged for SSA – free of charge. Song called ” Hanerot halalu.” Since I cann’t attach it to this letter, you are all invited to contact me and i will send […]