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KUALA LUMPUR – For the first time, a choir comprising 27 autistic children performed to a full audience yesterday with their rendition of Heal the world and You raise me up. This feat was recorded in the Malaysia Book of Records as the first autistic choir in the country. The children, aged between seven and […]

If YOUR Chamber Choir were selected to sing a 25 minute set for an MENC Convention concert hour what would you select as the “I’ve gotta do this tune” selection? My group is 23 voices and we do largely a cappella selections ranging from early to contemporary music. I’d love to hear what you would […]

We are doing a benefit for Domestic Violence Project and I’m looking for good upbeat music …SATB…leaning towards hope and faith. Any suggestions? 

Good afternoon colleagues!   As it happens, I will be relocating to Southwestern PA (Fayette County, specifically) a little later this year, before winter.  Once I get there, I want to discover what’s happening in the county as far as choral music.  I suspect not much, and so I might also attempt to gauge interest […]

VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR RELEASES SCHAFER CD     VANCOUVER, CANADA –The Vancouver Chamber Choir and Grouse Records (its publishing arm) announce the release of their latest compact disc in the Canadian Composers Series:   Imagining Incense The Choral Music of R. Murray Schafer, Vol. 3 (Grouse Records #106)   Vancouver Chamber Choir Jon Washburn, conductor   […]

This is just a thought on solving two problems: 1. Not enough kids in beginning level choir. 2. Keeping kids singing after they leave high school.   I no longer teach at the high school level but recently attended a colleague’s concert.  The low numbers in her beginning choir made me think of ways to […]

I have a MacBookPro with the Garage Band application.  Can anyone advise as to what additional hardware I will need (microphone, cables, etc…) to record my choir in Italian churches on our upcoming tour?  Any suggestions as to brand names and sources for the above will also be most welcome.  Grateful for your consideration!  

 >>Snip from a previous post  “most any edition would probably be ok – even Kalmus!” This article will explain why there are mistakes in reprint publications but they are not added by Kalmus.   From a conductor: <Music publishers often INTENTIONALLY place a few ‘errors’ for copyright protection purposes so they know when some other publication containing […]

Have each student use a word to describe his personality followed by his first name.  The descriptive word must begin with the same letter as the first name.  Ex. Joyful Janis.  The next person repeats Joyful Janis and adds Kind Kim, and so on.  Go around the entire room and you be last.  You will […]

BEAVER, PA — Ripped away from loved ones, isolated by language barriers, subjected to the horrors of a World War II prison camp, a group of women clung to hope by singing. The 30 female prisoners — mainly Dutch, English and Australian nuns, nurses, teachers and wives of military men — surprised fellow prisoners with […]