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I sang in a barbershop quartet, and in the high school chorus.  The music teacher took a special interest in the four of us that were in the quartet and gave us some extra singing instruction after school.  That was the end of anything that could have been called my “formal training”.  That was 45 […]

  ChoralExpress is your online calendar to post your concerts for the public.  Now available for all 50 states!    www.choralexpress.com   Post your concerts on the choral calendar today!   Tom Hale,

I am trying to track down a choral piece by Leland Sateren:  “My Heart Is Longing to Praise My Savior”.  Anyone know publisher or any info?

WINTHROP, Wash. A man killed in a collision on Highway 20 near Winthrop has been identified as Seattle musical director and conductor George Shangrow. The Wenatchee World reports he was on his way Saturday to deliver a lecture at the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival when his car collided with a car driven by a 16-year-old. […]

Teaching CDs for Community Choir Leaders: Multi-Part Songs from Around the World, Volume 1 Created by: Betsy Sansby, co-author of 8 instructional books on African hand drumming and rhythm   Betsy Sansby, who leads the One World Community Choir of Minnetonka, MN, has just produced the first in a set of  teaching discs for community […]

Greetings List, I’m in search of music based on poetry about spring.  I’ve already programmed a couple of Mechem’s “Five Centuries of Spring” and Hawley’s “Io Son la Primavera” but am looking for pieces that will help fill out my program. I have five choirs to program for with the following voicings: SAB, SA, SSA/SSAA, […]

 Hi,  My name is Laurin Daniels and I am a senior Music Education major at Appalachian State University.  I am currently involved in a research project with a faculty member seeking answers to how to teach the upcoming students in 2010, 2015, 2020 and beyond.  We are researching generational gaps, new technologies, changing learning styles […]

I am looking for the Osiander harmonization of the German Christmas hymn “Christum wir sollen loben schon”.  Does anyone know where to find this?  Is it a standard in German hymnals?   Elroy Friesen University of Manitoba Choirs

What Vocal-technical reasons are there for bad intonation and recommend remedies for each problem with reference to the tuning ot the scale.

I am trying to fill out my treble choir Christmas Concert program with music by California composers.  Our most major work so far is Seven Joys of Christmas by Kirke Mechem and the program will be limited to sacred music.  This concert will be performed several times this December in Southern California before the choir […]