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As part of a 50 strong community choir, I have been given the task of researching the replacement of our ancient, very heavy speakers and amplifier which we only use when away from our home base (where we have a fixed electronic piano). Our excellent (travelling) keyboard is a Yamaha P-140 stage piano which has […]

The training choir (4th-6th grade) I direct is participating this year in a festival that would include being hosted by unfamiliar families for one night.  Our executive board has raised concerns about this idea due to the age of these children.  They requested that we look into the policies of other youth choir organizations.  Do you have any policies you would […]

I am calling on your collective wisdom.  I am exploring doing Rene Clausen’s  A New Creation with combined high school choirs and orchestra.  I have not been able to find much detailed information on the web so far, any help with the below questions would be appreciated.   1. What exactly is the instrumentation?  Is […]

Looking for a secular major work that will be about 45-60 minutes long, uses SATB choir and soloists and piano/organ or small ensemble accomp.  It would also be great if it was available via CPDL (this is not a necessity, but it never hurts to save the budget a bit).  I’ve got some ideas, but […]

  I have been asked by my director to find a similar piece; in recent years (for a contemporary festival) our choir has had great success with Monk’s Panda Chant  II  and Tjak! and I am searching for a similar piece; rhythmically intense, vocally not too demanding and something that has required percussive/movement but that is […]

By now, nobody in Philadelphia should be surprised that conductor Donald Nally is making a hard-to-explain departure: Lyric Opera of Chicago is expected to announce this week that chorus master Nally is leaving at the end of the 2010-11 season to spend more time with his Philadelphia choir, The Crossing. What wasn’t said: He’s leaving […]

Hello!  We are putting together a diverse program for our holiday concert.  We are trying  to find music from as many traditions as possible….Christian, Jewish, Pagan, etc.  There are three groups – SATB, TTBB and SSAA.  Any suggestions?   Thanks,   Stephen Edwards Artistic Director WCPA  

Hi! My name is Rafael Caldas. I’m studying to be a conductor in Brazil and I’m looking for this sheet and I don’t find it anywhere. I’d like to make it here. Many people don’t even know this composer. If someone could locate this…   Thanks!

Hi, all:   I’m a middle school chorus teacher, and I’m looking into travel opportunities for my eighth grade chorus. My seventh graders already travel to compete in a competition at a theme park not far away, so I’m looking for an exciting opportunity for my eighth that would build on that seventh grade experience […]

About fifteen years ago, a recording came out of Girton College, Cambridge singing various works. The title work, ‘All in a Garden Green’ has stuck in my mind since first hearing it, even after loosing the tape it came from. I’ve searched for this music in print for some time but haven’t been able to […]