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I am looking for SSA movie music for a pops orchestra concert. Any ideas?

  Hi all, I am completing a Masters of Arts in Teaching for Secondary Choral music and I have two major projects going simultaneously. For each I have created a survey, the data from which would really help round out my research. The subjects for the two surveys are 1.) solfege and 2.) what I […]

RIVER JOHN, NS – This Sunday a northern Nova Scotia choir will be singing songs of hope and prayer to help Newfoundland hurricane victims. Monica Graham, a member of the River John and Area Community Choir, said while the two provinces are distinctly unique there are strong ties uniting them. “There are really quite a […]

What happens when a black church losing its older congregation needs to recruit new members? “Sanctified,” a new gospel musical comedy by Javon Johnson with original music by Rollo A. Dilworth, tells about the happy merger of a traditional choir and young recruits steeped in R&B and hip-hop. The show sets Lincoln Theatre afire through […]

What books have been the most useful to you as a choir director? What books helped you the most at the beginning of your career? What resources have you found that you will use forever? 

I am attempting to acquire scenery for my madrigal dinners. I have built some stone walls  before and in the past purchased flimsy stone wall on a roll. I would like  further ideas and information on scenery that other directors have acquired or material that has been used and companies that have been patronized.

Hey, whatever happened to those incredibly useful lists of ideas on “I’m trying to build a program on….”?  I was looking for them, and I cannot find them!  Bummer! -Scott

“A Gloria Overture”  is a recent work created for the Christmas repertoire in mind. The idea was to create a work that can be used as an introduction for the Christmas concert and to be performed as a processional.    Listen to the midi demo:http://hillmusic.net/Choral.htm   and thank you for your support,   David Nino

Fellow Choral Colleagues and musicians,         I am looking for suggestions on where to find the published works of Antonio Salieri for choir and orchestra.   I am assistant conductor of a community choir and would like to find a published piece by Salieri for SATB choir and orchestra to complete a Spring […]

I am looking for some easy 2 or 3 part pieces for my young choir who are going on tour and will need some songs they can sing without accompaniment! A really good round or just a little more difficult would be good…I have looked at the acapella repertoire lists but I would like recommendations […]