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I am a Junior Secondary Choral Music Education major at Pacific Lutheran University. I am working on a presentation for my Secondary Choral Methods class regarding high school musical theatre productions. My question is this: If you have experience in this area, what are the most challenging aspects of producing the musical and how do […]

Does anyone have or know where I can get the sheet music to “Summer is a-comin in” by Vernon Duke and John LaTouche.  I have searched on line to no avail. I am happy to purchase it but it appears to be out of print.  thanks so much, Catherine Nesbit  

I'm a teacher at nursery schools and one of our favourite Christmas songs is Angel Band (There was 1, there were 2, there were 3 little angels.  There were 4 etc etc).  Is this an original song or has the tune been stolen from another?  It would be great to have the proper piano part […]

I was in a member of the MSVMA All State Honor Choir between 1993 and 1997.  There was a setting of an Alleulia that I cannot remember the composer.  It was unique in the fact that it had changing meters as it went from 7/8 to 8/8.  I have been trying to find copies of […]

I’m just finishing school. Rereading some of my vocal pedagogy books and I’m having a really hard time understanding the Singer’s Formant. Any help would be greatly appreciated.   From what I am reading it’s a specific ring that occurs at a certain frequency. But isn’t the higher the frequency the higher the pitch? So […]

Hello: I am seeking info on choral arrangements of music  by Lan O’Kun.  I had occasion to hear some of his songs recently…in a 1969 DVD of The Littlest Angel, music for which was written by O’Kun.  Some of the choral music for this TV musical is extraordinarily beautiful!  I can find  little about this […]

Dear Colleagues,   Could anyone recommend choruses from Mozart operas that are easily extractable and can be performed needing soloists? Many thanks and best wishes!   Mark Vuorinen, Artistic Director and Conductor Grand Philharmonic Choir www.grandphilchoir.com

Just putting feelers out there about organizing 7th and 8th grade treble public school choirs. Would you rather have a class for all 7th graders and a class for all 8th graders, or mixed-grade varsity and non-varsity classes? I can see pros and cons for both scenarios.  Thanks for your input!

From Heaven Above, an acappella work for mixed chorus by Wayland Rogers has been released by Boosey and Hawkes.

Steven and Stijn Kolacny were just a couple of Belgians doing a cool thing — namely, arranging, recording and performing a mix of original songs and pop and rock covers with their 238-member girls’ choir, Scala & Kolacny Brothers. Then David Fincher tapped Scala’s take on Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ for ‘The Social Network’ trailer and, a […]