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Hello, I am interested in four part songs using texts by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. I am familiar with My Heart’s in the Highlands and My Love’s Like a Red, Red Rose, but wonder if anyone has other suggestions.   The performers are an advanced mixed high school choir of 34 singers.   Thanks, […]

Hello, I’m looking for Secular Songs about Thanksgiving or Thanks, preferably for SSA. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, that would be great. Thanks so much,   Natalie Randall

Each day all students are given 10 points for being on time, in their chair with their music folde,r at the beginning bell.  If they cooperate and do all that is asked of them they keep the 10 points.  The following list will deduct points from the 10.  Tardy – 3 points, gum – 3 points, no […]

By Dean Close · 11:46am October 29th, 2010 VINTON, IA — Simon Estes did not grow up dreaming of being one of the most renowned opera singers in the entire world. He never even heard opera music until he went to college. Estes, who will perform a concert Saturday evening at the Vinton-Shellsburg High School […]

Many teachers struggle with classroom management and often cite difficulties in this area as a primary reason for leaving the profession.  I am intrigued by this topic and would love to learn more about the classroom management practices and problems that are specific to choral teachers.  Here are a few open-ended questions to get the […]

I agree with a lot of what Dehning says in his letter to the editor.  I also have a lot of respect for him and I admire his book Choral Confidential, which is so refreshingly open-minded and direct.  I have often felt a certain dismay in reading our publications, and comparing them to, say, Robert […]

The Milwaukee Choral Artists, one of five professional women’s vocal ensembles in the United States, invites entries for its second Young Composer Composition Competition.   Scores are due January 15, 2011.    For information, visit www.milwaukeechoralartists.org.  

Hi All.  I have developed a Windows-based software application that will enable singers to practice more effectively between rehearsals.  It is now ready for testing, and I am currently looking for choir directors to test it with their choirs.  Testers will receive free copies of the software when it is released.  Please contact me if […]

On www.wozimusic.com there are lots of choral pieces of Josef Wolfgang Ziegler and Wolfgang Ziegler. All sample scores can be downloaded completely for free. There are secular, sacred and folk music pieces. There are MIDI files or recordings available. Some of the scores are published in Germany and Japan, but most of them by wozimusic.com. […]

  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 […]