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Hannah Bradford saw a need and filled it.   “Growing up in Huntsville, we had all kinds of opportunities to participate in choir,” the University of North Alabama senior said. “When I came here, there weren’t any.”   After doing a little legwork — hanging fliers around town and campus as well as talking to […]

A new arrangement I made of the art song BEAU SOIR by Claude Debussy is now available from ECS Publishing for pre-publication sales. It is scored for SATB chorus and piano. The lyrics are in both French and English; the translation is new. The ECS Publishing catalog number is 7689. The edition is only four pages long; the […]

Any suggestions? I am looking for Muslim and/or interfaith mixed choral works to include in a “carols around the world” program for an a cappella pro chamber chorus. As “light” is a common holiday theme, I would guess there are some pieces by composers of middle eastern (Muslim and Jewish) descent I’m just overlooking. Thanks, […]

Hello.   An excellent children’s show choir (ages 8-16) from The Woodlands, TX is doing this year’s group trip to the Yucatan in Mexico. We are looking for performance or learning opportunities in Cozumel and in Merida for June of 2011. If anyone has any ideas for this group, I would love to hear them. I already […]

When I started teaching in my current school, I inherited a substantial library of choral literature with very little organization. I have been working hard to get it organized and am ready to begin cataloging all of the pieces. I don’t really want to use a card file. Is there any software programs available that […]

A DIRECTOR working on the film version of a Welsh choir’s meteoric rise to stardom says shooting could begin on the movie this year. Writer and director Debbie Isitt said the film, telling the story of the Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir’s overnight success, remains a major priority for production company Lion’s Gate. The group, with […]

Hi! I am wondering if there are any high school teachers out there that are able to give free lessons during the school day as part of the curriculum for choir students. I am able to do this, but would like some ideas on how others structure their lessons for choir students (i.e. how do […]

I’m putting together a concert program for several children’s choruses of different levels. I’d like to do a multi-cultural panoply of pieces featuring winter celebrations from around the world, including Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, et al.? Not sure what exists.  Would like suggestions of chestnuts (Still, Still, Still & Do You Hear What I Hear?, […]

Hi all,   I’m preparing the Saint-Saens Christmas Oratorio with my choir for a December concert.  It’s a choir of 30, decent voices but not big ones.  I have a couple questions:    – I’d like to do it with organ and string quartet.  Has anyone else done it with these forces?  Is harp essential? […]

Looking for recommendations of French works by Gossec, Leseur, or Mehul for chorus and orchestra that celebrate the Revolutionary Spirit.