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Hello,   I am a family choir conductor from Seattle, and I am currently researching intergenerational choral singing as part of my Masters in Choral Conducting.  I am looking for other well established intergenerational singing groups to study as part of my research. Has anyone heard of any groups in their area that i could […]

Dear colleagues,   During the 2010-2011 school year the University of New Mexico will celebrate the centennial of its choral program.  In the 1960s, one of my predecessors as Director of Choral Activities was Douglas McEwen.   I have been having a difficult time finding biographical material on him and would appreciate any help you could give […]

Hi –   I’m preparing a program around a “Home” theme.  I’m quite literal with it, all of the pieces having HOME in the title.  I’m interested in perhaps some more variety though, especially in the realm of foreign language pieces (An die heimat) etc.   Thanks for your ideas!   TL

We are in the process of revising/developing our marketing plan for the music department. Obviously, we all want the most bang for our buck. What has your department found to be beneficial means of advertising. Do adds in Choral Journal, MENC, etc. pay off. What about displays at conventions. Other online marketing/social networking ads. I […]

One of my spanish teachers wants to do a collaborative unit with my 7th or 8th grade treble or men’s choirs. She would like us to perform a piece by a Mexican born composer. Does anyone have any repertoire suggestions for a Mexican composer that has written music appropriate for middle school choirs?   Many […]

Has your church choir toured in Peru?  Can you give me suggestions for repertoire that is suitable and well-received by the Peruvians?  We have the Ramirez Misa Criolla ready to take.  Ideas for other pieces in Spanish that would be familiar to the audience?  Thanks for any help you can give. Dennis Coleman First Congregational […]

My College Chamber Singers are performing a concert of Madrigals this fall.  I’d like to find music for brass and choir (Motets?) to perform in the same concert.

I will be serving as music director for The PIrates of Penzance this fall.  I will have fairly limited space for the orchestra.  Does anyone have experience conducting this piece with a reduced orchestra?  If so, could you 1) recommend a particular reduced orchestration that has already been produced or 2) give some advice as […]

My administrator sent me an email the other day telling me, and all the other fine arts teachers in the building, that we would all have a section of Freshmen on a 4 1/2 weeks rotation all year. This, in theory, could be really cool and a great recruiting tool. But I am really not […]

Hawkins was born in Oakland and began singing in gospel choirs as a teenager, along with his brothers. In 1967, as a member of the Edwin Hawkins Singers, he recorded “Oh Happy Day,” which would become one of the first gospel-leaning songs to cross over to the mainstream, winning a Grammy and being named one […]