Latest Community Posts

This isn’t a complaint, just a comment.   Yesterday’s rehearsal was Just One Of Those Days.  No reason for it, but my ensemble was like a zoo, or a pack of Kindergardeners on a sugar high!  Talk, talk, jabber, jabber, focus all over the place.  I NEVER have to raise my voice to them!  But […]

Dear experts,   I am a student teacher in a small town in them middle of Michigan. My choir is working very hard on learning their music, but I have a problem that I’m sure many of you have run in to. I have several young men who chose to be in the choir class […]

Good morning, all!  I have been through the Repertoire lists, I’ve been to Pepper, et al, and I am having difficulty coming up with titles that deal with/songs that are about summer.  I have many of the summer experiences (California, Beach Boys, baseball, etc.), but how about songs specifically about “summer?”  (Is “Now Welcome Summer” […]

I’m a new teacher and I’m looking for repertoire for a middle school boys choir (holiday repertoire would be great!).  I have about fifty boys that are at various stages of change in their voice.  There are some who can easily sing a true bass part and some who are still completely unchanged. Any suggestions?

The critically acclaimed Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) – a leading artistic force, staunch advocate of civil and human rights, and the first gay men’s choir to perform for a sitting president (Bill Clinton) – has harnessed the power of music to create a moving anti-bullying music video message featuring Cyndi Lauper’s inspiring […]

By JEROME P. CURRY HOLCOMB, KS — Rachel Massoth is focused. On Monday, the Holcomb High School choir director had gall bladder surgery at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City. And then on Wednesday, she was back in her classroom guiding her 21-voice choir through its tonal paces. Several people in the high school office […]

By Janelle Gelfand • jgelfand(a)enquirer.com • October 20, 2010 Cincinnati was chosen over 20 competing cities to be the first North American host city for the 2012 World Choir Games, the world’s largest amateur choir competition, because of its variety of venues, its longstanding choral tradition and, just as importantly, its welcoming atmosphere, said Günter […]

Some may say Smith is losing its identity as a female college when such groups emerge. This isn’t true. Being a woman is still a requirement for admission. Estrogen is in the very air. 

I’m told that James Vail did a transcription of the wind/brass parts for Brahms Requiem, allowing it to be performed with srings, timpani and organ (using the original string and timpani parts).   Anyone have any experience with using this transcription and could make recommendations for/against?   Thanks!   Alan Rothenberg Philadelphia, PA

I am currently in a wonderful position: I can apply for either a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Choral Conducting, OR I can apply for a Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education with an emphasis in Choral Conducting.   However, I’m not sure which to apply for. Here is a little background info.:   […]