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Dave Brubeck Recording
Hello Fellow ChoralNet-ters, I am preparing my fall music for distribution to my singers over the summer. We will be doing a concert based on various composers settings of the Psalms. I always try to find recordings of almost everything to help them along, especially the pieces that would not be familar. I try […]
ROOMFUL OF TEETH wins THE AMERICAN PRIZE
The American Prize is pleased to announce that ROOMFUL OF TEETH, of Williamstown, MA, Brad Wells, founder and director, is the 2010 winner of The American Prize in Choral Performance (professional division). Congratulations. VOX: The Rob Seible Singers, of Houston, Texas, placed second. In making their decision, the judging panel commented that ROOMFUL OF TEETH […]
pouches for music?
I am looking to move away from folders in rehearsal to zippered pouches. The folders I have been using have significantly decreased in quality and increased in price, and the pouch offers more durability for less than half the cost. Unfortunately I have only found one source for zippered pouches, at the Container Store […]
Baha’i choir gives first performance in India
The Voices of Baha staged their first performance in Russia in 1993 under the guidance of Tom Price, its conductor. Over the past 17 years, the international choir has performed in 35 countries, this being its first performance in India. “This is the first time that we have half the songs in Hindi […]
Needed – Treble Voices – Renaissance
Hello All, In taking my choir to England and Ireland it finally occured to me, I have nothing written from this region! Does anyone know of anything? We have the American stuff (spirituals, jazz, contemp. like Gawthrop, Childs, etc.) and Palestrina and Victoria, Stravinsky, Mozart, Mendelssohn, etc. But it’s missing something. Anyone know […]
Fun Christmas
I am looking for fun Christmas pieces to do with 5th & 6th grade combined choir. Any suggestions?
B.C. Choral Federation awards go to Donnelly and Booker
Denis Donnelly, who directed the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 15 years and now heads Soundings choir, has received the Herbert Drost Award for distinguished service and support of choral music throughout B.C. The Scottish-born musician, who studied at the University of Victoria, not only sings but also plays guitar, Irish harp, Renaissance lute and […]
More research correlating music study with academic success
Researcher Barbara Helmrich of Baltimore’s College of Notre Dame examined a sample of 6,026 ninth-graders enrolled in six Maryland school districts. All had completed an introductory algebra course in either eighth or ninth grade and taken the HSA, a test that assesses how well they learned the subject. Helmrich divided the students into three groups: Those who […]
Looking for AFTER SCHOOL CARE choir programs
Our organization, the Young Singers of the Palm Beaches, is in the process of putting together a proposal to do small choirs is after school care programs throughout Palm Beach County. These choirs would not be auditioned and they would be open to any student that wants to do a semester long commitment, 2 days […]
A Choral Revolution in the North of England
Ben Saunders, the Director of Music at Leeds Cathedral in the North of England said, after he was appointed a number of years ago, that if if inner-city children were not going to come to him, then he was going to send a choral director to them. He was fortunate enough to have a supportive […]