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Requiem for the Queen who sponsored Christopher Columbus
Fidelio Musica edicion has recently published the world’s first edition of Mass Pro defunctis by the Portuguese composer Pedro de Escobar also known as Pedro do Porto. Escobar’s requiem is the first iberian Requiem and one of the first in Europe to follow the example of Johannes Ockeghem’s Requiem. According to the musicologists Tess Knighton […]
Premiere at the World Choir Games in Shaoxing 2010 !!!
We are very glad and also proud to announce this new great choral work of Ivo Antognini (Switzerland) which will have its premiere at this year WCG in Shaoxing. O Fortuna – for male Choir The composer won the honorable mention with his piece “DOS PALABRAS” for mixed choir in the […]
NEW WORLD SINGERS win The American Prize
The American Prize is pleased to announce that the NEW WORLD SINGERS, of Columbus, OH, Sandra Mathias, music director, is the 2010 winner of The American Prize in Choral Performance (youth choir division.) Congratulations. The Rhode Island Children’s Chorus Chamber Choir placed second. The Salem Youth Chorus of Salem, OH, placed third. The American Prize […]
Alessandro Scarlatti: Colpa Pentimento E Grazia
Hi everyone I have been asked to perform several arias, duet and trios from Alessandro Scarlatti’s oratorio ‘Colpa Pentimento E Grazia’ also known as ‘Oratorio per la Passione di Nostro Signore Gesu Cristo’ for a private event in London. As far as I can see, there doesn’t appear to be any published score of […]
What I learned as a new director
I recently completing my first year as a choir director. I’ve been thinking back on my year, and thinking about the mistakes I made, what I learned from them, and what I will do better in the future. Luckily, I’ll be teaching at a new school in the fall, so I can really start fresh. Anyways, I thought […]
Advance Ticket Sales
Our choral group is looking at online advance ticket sales for our independant choral concerts this year. I was wondering what people’s experiences were with online ticket sales. Patrick Rose President Erie Philharmonic Chorus
I am new to ChoralNet
I am from Manchester United Methodist and am a member of the Chancel Choir in Manchester Missouri. Let me introduce myself. We are a choir of about 160 to 165 singers, and in recent years have become a national choir, singing at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and have been on the big stage […]
What are the average ranges of voices? childrens, SATB, Jr. high, HS, and professional?
Forgive me if this is a double post. After I posted it, I looked back and didn’t see my question anywhere. I am a new composer, and am currently assigned to write a choral piece for SSA that could also be sung as SAA. I need to know the average ranges of voices of: […]
The Golden Rule
Wayland Rogers is pleased to announce the publication of THE GOLDEN RULE, a setting of texts from 8 of the World Religions on the theme of compassion. Written in an Afro-Cuban style, it is scored for SSA (the A part may be sung by tenors or cambiata voices) piano, bass and salza percussion. Published by WR Editions.
Large work for Sunday before Thanksgiving
Need ideas for a sacred work scheduled for the Sunday before Thanksgiving (so no requiems). Aging choir of approximately 60 voices, some good soloists but none professional. Would like to involve a few instruments, with or without organ and ideal length is 25-30 minutes. They recently did the Schubert Mass in G, the Vivaldi Gloria, […]