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Boosey & Hawkes say the instrumental parts are out of print for "Choral Medley from West Side Story" arr Len Thomas. The reference number they give is ENB 467. Can anyone help with either telling me where I can rent, buy or borrow these, or get in touch with Len? Thanks.   Update: I have […]

I am looking for high school choir beginning of year repertoire. I am looking for repertoire, that any group, including kids who have never opened a choral score before, can be successful with. SATB or SAB but we Baritone range topping out at middle C.   SSA and SA suitable for high school age appreciated […]

ASCAP presented the Victor Herbert Award to Harold Rosenbaum, Founder and Artistic Director of The New York Virtuoso Singers and The Canticum Novum Singers, in recognition of his contribution to the Choral Repertory, and his service to American composers and their music. The 11th annual ASCAP Concert Music Awards took place on Thursday, May 27, […]

Greetings,   I am looking for a set of Christmas/Seasonal madrigals or chamber choir pieces to place in the first half of a multi choir concert betweeen Fissinger’s I Saw Three Ships and Whitaker’s Lux Aurumque.  The second half of the concert is Messiah, Part I + Hallelujah Chorus.   Thanks for your help!

Greetings everyone,   I am in a pickle with scheduling classes for next year. My students are spread thin and I must split my choirs up. I teach middle school. Should I try to keep them mixed as evenly as possible? Try to have a class of each voice part?     3 8th grade choirs – about 60 […]

Dear Colleagues,   I’m looking for large-scale French works for chorus and orchestra (with or without too many soloists), aside from Faure, Durufle and Berlioz, that will both draw a crowd and be worthwhile for singers and players.  “French” need not be language, but must be provenance; I’m not sure if even French-period Stravinsky (such […]

If there are any subscribers familiar with any of Gottwald’s Mahler arrangements, please respond concerning their quality and difficulty.  According to the Carus website, there are 5: Erinnerung Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen Im Abendrot (transcription of the Adagietto from the 5th Symphony) Urlicht Die zwei blauen Augen   Many thanks!   Jerome Hoberman

 I have spent a lot of time on YouTube and other sites trying to see what else is out there and I have gotten tired of the search.  So I have started a new “Choir Director’s Brag Blog” for you to put the links to your best work on.  I will embed the videos on […]

If any of you tried to access my various pages unsuccessfully, I’ve included links on the bottom of the homepage as a work-around.   I’ve also updated the website to further address issues relating to Amelia Nagoski’s Choral Journal article — and my subsequent letter to the editor (in the 2101 June/July issue). Included among the issues addressed is an […]

    With the current catastrophe in the Gulf refocussing attention on the environment, this may be an ideal time to programme a work that reflects on our relationship with this planet.     Earthsong is a secular cantata that celebrates Earth – or ‘Gaia’ in the terminology of scientist James Lovelock. It describes nature in joyful, […]