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For this article, we asked choruses to tell us about a time when they felt an urgency to stage a concert centered on the themes of peace and reconciliation. Some choruses said they were prompted by specific historical events, others by violence in their own backyards, still others by the conditions of poverty and oppression […]

On Nov. 5, and 6, Niagara choral group Chorus Niagara, will kick off their 48th performance season by presenting a unique twist on the silent film. They will be screening the 1923 silent film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, and will be performing a live choral “soundtrack” to accompany […]

I’m looking for an unaccompanied arrangement of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #3, first movement. I know there’s a Swingle Singer’s recording, but I can’t seem to find if the arrangement is for sale. Has anyone else done it? I’d like for it to be as close to the original as possible. Thanks in advance! Tim P

I have been directing church choirs for 53 years, and still going strong. BUT, I now direct a choir that has an attitude that I’ve never encountered before. I have been here 3 years. I cannot seem to get the choir to accept the idea that they are not singing on Sunday mornings for the […]

VATICAN CITY, OCT. 18, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Salesian Father Massimo Palombella has been appointed the director of the Sistine Chapel Choir. The Vatican announced the change on Saturday. Father Palombella succeeds Monsignor Giuseppe Liberto, who held the post since 1997. The Sistine Chapel Choir — considered the oldest in the world — is overseen by the […]

I am looking for SSA movie music for a pops orchestra concert. Any ideas?

  Hi all, I am completing a Masters of Arts in Teaching for Secondary Choral music and I have two major projects going simultaneously. For each I have created a survey, the data from which would really help round out my research. The subjects for the two surveys are 1.) solfege and 2.) what I […]

RIVER JOHN, NS – This Sunday a northern Nova Scotia choir will be singing songs of hope and prayer to help Newfoundland hurricane victims. Monica Graham, a member of the River John and Area Community Choir, said while the two provinces are distinctly unique there are strong ties uniting them. “There are really quite a […]

What happens when a black church losing its older congregation needs to recruit new members? “Sanctified,” a new gospel musical comedy by Javon Johnson with original music by Rollo A. Dilworth, tells about the happy merger of a traditional choir and young recruits steeped in R&B and hip-hop. The show sets Lincoln Theatre afire through […]

What books have been the most useful to you as a choir director? What books helped you the most at the beginning of your career? What resources have you found that you will use forever?