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Producer Andy Harries, who is best known for 2006’s ‘The Queen,’ is working on making film based on the children’s choir who sang ‘Another Brick in the Wall Part II.’  According to Deadline, the movie will focus on the life of music teacher Alun Renshaw and his students, who sang the hauntingly famous chorus to the […]

We would like to do a combined number with our High School and Middle School Men’s ensembles. I am looking for something that will really feed the flames for the younger ones. Any suggestions for a “powerful piece” with the kind of effect that “Brothers Sing on” might have but on a much easier level?

Seattle Pro Musica, conducted by Karen P. Thomas, appeared on KING 5 TV on November 30. The choir performed Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Wassail Song” on the ‘New Day Northwest’ show on KING 5, and talked about it’s upcoming “Nowell” concerts and educational outreach programs.   For more information on Seattle Pro Musica, go to www.seattlepromusica.org […]

I was wondering if anyone knows of a resource whereby choral directors could view actual choral rehearsals of colleagues from all levels.  I just finished watching the Simon Carrington video called “The Empowered Choral Rehearsal.”  I enjoyed watching him work, and have seen other DVD’s of renown clinicians; however, we often see them working with […]

Apart from the wish to acknowledge the recent death of Henryk Gorecki I’d like, in any case (as part of an on-going tribute), to get hold of a recording of his Five Marian Songs.  I believe that Polskie Nagrania put out a disc, Veni Sancte Spiritus, that included these songs (ECD 036) but I’m unable, […]

“The Canadian Music Centre is extremely pleased to report Associate Composer Stephen Chatman has been given the SOCAN Jan V. Matajcek Classical Music Award. The Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award recognizes Stephen Chatman’s overall success as a composer in his genre and comes just after his being awarded the Outstanding Classical Composition Award […]

BY DIANE TOROIAN KEAGGY > The American International Choral Festival debuts Wednesday with dramatically fewer choirs than anticipated and an uncertain outlook. Originally billed as a major celebration of the world’s best choral ensembles, the festival was to draw 2,000-plus singers, judges and teachers to St. Louis. Now, only 400 participants are expected to […]

Radio industry recognizes program launched in 1929 By R. Scott Lloyd Church News staff writer Just before the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's program "Music and the Spoken Word" was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in a ceremony Nov. 6, the audience — and radio listeners tuned in to the broadcast of the ceremony […]

I have recently moved to a new town and plan to set up some kind of regular community choir in the future.   As a first step, in order to get myself known, and to attract people who might not think of themselves as ‘singers’ I plan to run a six-week “training course”. My emphasis […]

I’ve been leery of posting this in one of my professional arenas, but I feel like you may be the only voices of reason or understanding.  (and I’m not even sure if there’s a forum for this sort of discussion)   By all accounts, I’m successful. 7 prior years teaching elementary general music with a […]