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Hi folks,   Just putting together a list of what one might call “choral standard rep” and I’m thinking about larger-scale works. Just threw this together off the top of my head. What would you would add? What you would subtract?   Thanks!   Bach: B minor mass Bach: Christmas Oratorio Bach: Motets (all six?) […]

Hello all,   I am conducting my high school chorus and band in a combined performance of Handel’s Hallelujah from Messiah.  The band is in C major, and I need a C Major octavo for the accompanist, who will also be playing along.  Do any of you know the name of publishers, editors or arrangers […]

by Matt Thomas, Western Mail With a 127-year history, Treorchy Male Voice Choir is synonymous with the South Wales male vocal tradition. As the choir is featured on a new compilation album and puts the finishing touches to its own latest recording, Matt Thomas meets some members to find out why it’s so special to […]

By LINDA TRIMBLE, Education writer DAYTONA BEACH, FL — For Jonathan Wright, singing with the Pine Ridge High School Men’s Choir is akin to a shot of adrenaline. “It gets your heart racing,” said the 17-year-old junior. “You’re stepping out of your box to do something like singing on stage.” Jonathan, who joined the Men’s […]

The Los Angeles Master Chorale – the renowned resident choir of Walt Disney Concert Hall led by Music Director Grant Gershon – and KUSC (91.5 FM) – one of the largest and most listened to classical radio stations in the country – have announced a two-year broadcast partnership in which 14 of the acclaimed choir’s […]

Think children’s choir and an image emerges of rows of bright, young faces and angelic voices raised in song. But what happens when some of those voices start to change? For years, the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus said goodbye to its maturing boys once they strayed outside the traditional treble range. That awkward rite of […]

My 16 year old private student, a tenor, has suffered from sinusitis and infection for at least a year.  I finally convinced his parents to send him to an ENT and after a 3 week run of antibiotics, steroids, nasal sprays and an MRI, they are suggesting a sinus surgery to a) widen the opening from the sinuses […]

The American Choral Directors Association is pleased to announce the 2011 Wall of Honor inductees.  They include, Dr. Horace Boyer, Mr. David Davison, Mr. Brazeal Dennard, Mr. Walter Ehret, Dr. Lee Kjelson, and Mr. Paul Manz.  Their portraits and biographies will be added to the Wall of Honor which will be displayed at the 2011 […]

I also have a question in regard to sitting vs. standing in the rehearsal. I am about to start rehearsing a choir three times a week for fifty minutes each rehearsal. I am partial to standing because I feel it facilitates proper vocal production better, however others prefer sitting. I was wondering if any of […]

I am seeking out conducting exercises to help my left hand become more independent from my right. I mirror when I conduct, so both hands together works well. However I would like to be able to articulate and cut off better with my less dominant hand (left.) Any suggestions would be welcomed.    By the […]