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He was flying into New York to appear in front of his many fans at a Mozart festival. But when British conductor Paul Hillier arrived at the airport, the police were waiting for him instead. And rather than relaxing in preparation for his performance at the renowned Lincoln Centre in New York, the 61-year-old Grammy […]

A retired Utah music and fine arts teacher has been named a 2010 inductee into the National High School Hall of Fame. George Welch, of Murray, is the seventh Utahn to be inducted into the hall since 1983. Welch spent more than 35 years working as a teacher and administrator for schools in Utah and […]

Hello all,    This is my 2nd year directing Middle School Chorus (6-8).  I have 2 choirs, a mostly 7-8 mixed chorus and a mostly 6-7 mixed chorus.  My groups are separated based on ability and changed vs unchanged voices.  I also lead an after schooI mixed chorus one day per week for those band […]

I conduct an auditioined 40-voice community choir.  We are doing a concert in collaboration with taiko and koto in the spring of ’11.  We perform literature between 4-14 part (SATB) and I am looking for a few songs in English that are based in Japanese themes.  We have five songs in Japanese to learn and […]

Hello friends!   I am looking for a few good pieces for my women’s vocal jazz ensemble.  I typically have 6-8 singers in my group (1-2 on each part).  I need to find some rep that is acapella.  It doesn’t have to have a theme.   Thanks in advance! Kyle

Friends – our United Methodist Bishop of Eurasia will be with us in worship in October and I’d like to prepare a couple of pieces form the Russian Sacred Choral tradition (i.e. Orthodox)   I have a Lord’s Prayer (Oche Nash) I think we’ll do that’s already transliterated.   I’m looking at “From the Rising […]

Fellow ChoralNetters,   I have an interesting opportunity on Friday and wanted your input.  My husband is the president of the board of a small local professional orchestra.  As many arts groups are, they are doing many things to stay afloat financially.  The Development Committee wants new ideas on how to gain new donors–“development” in […]

Hi everyone!     I am new to ChoralNet and would just like to introduce myself and some of my music to you. My name is Aaron Pike, a composition student of David Conte at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and would love to have the opportunity of having some of my music programmed by […]

Hello,   My boys’ choir has an engagement where they have to sing something on the theme of “hope”. I want a song with a nice big finish where the four parts hold out a note and crescendo as the song draws to an end (A concert closer type with the theme of hope)   […]

If you have even one copy of this “out-of-print” piece, please let me know. Thanks, John