Latest Community Posts
Looking for tips on what choral warm up and pedagogy book`s to buy?
Hi! I have been looking on a few book`s about warm ups and vocal pedagogy to buy. But I have lost my way in the jungle ( The economy is not that good so I have to choose… ) It would be nice with some input or/and suggestions on this. I have been looking […]
Help with starting a show choir
I’m starting a new job in the fall as the K-12 music teacher at a rural school. The superintendent wants me to rebuild the music program there, which was once decent but has dwindled a lot. Some of the kids have expressed interest in starting a show choir. I’m all for it; I think it’d […]
Ernest Bloch’s Sacred Service in Boston March 14
Chorus pro Musica in collaboration with the New England Philharmonic and the Zamir Chorale of Boston will present Ernest Bloch’s masterwork, The Sacred Service (Avodath Hakodesh), Sunday, March 14 at 4:00 p.m. at John Hancock Hall in Boston, MA. Pre-concert discussion at 3:00 hosted by Richard Dyer, with Ernest Bloch II and Joshua Jacobson. http://choruspromusica.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=230255
Appropriate Repertoire for graded Festival
I was planning on having my advanced girls choir sing a 4-part arrangement of “Somewhere over the Rainbow” (arr. Russ Robinson) for our area festival. I was reading some new information they sent out (they’ve never said these things specifically before) and they now state no Musical Theater, Pop or Jazz music should be performed. […]
Kodaly Turot Eszik A Cignay
Listers: Does anyone out there have a resource for pronunciation of Kodlay’s Turot Eszik a Cignay (See the gipsies)? I’ve got a recording performed in the original language but some phonetics would be very helpful! Thank you for any help you can offer! Thomas Thomas J. Rinn, director thomasjrinn@gmail.com Juan Seguin […]
National Survey on Male Choral Participation and Recruitment
On March 8, MENC will be sending an email survey invitation to a random sample of 2500 middle and high school MENC chorus teachers in the United States. This survey is part of my dissertation research on middle and high school male choral participation and recruitment. If you are selected, please participate! Please encourage your colleagues to respond if they […]
Easy Classical Anthems For Easter
I have a small Episcopalian choir of ten and I’m looking for some easy anthems for Easter Sunday. I have already decided that we will sing Mozart’s “Laudate Dominum,” but I would like some other classical suggestions that are of the same difficulty. Any help? Thanks, Wil Gonzales
Choral Music and Theatre Responsibilities
Hello: I am doing some research and wondered how many listers have found themselves responsible for the running of the technical elements of their musical theatre productions? Specifically, lighting, sound and set construction. Of those who do, how many had prior training and how would they rate their skills? Thanks, Dana Taylor
Three New Arrangements for TTBB including “J’entends le moulin”
These three arangements have just been published by A Tempo and may be heard in entirety and ordered at donaldpatriquin.com. SONGS OF LOVE AND NONSENSE consists of “J’entends le moulin”, “I’ll Go See My Love” and “On This Hill There Was A Tree”. The suite was commissioned by the Cantabile Men’s Chorus, Kingston, Ontario (Mark […]
JUNO nomination for Canadian Choral Composition
Leonard Enns Receives Juno Nomination for Classical Composition of the Year The DaCapo Chamber Choir is thrilled to announce that Artistic Director and conductor, Leonard Enns, has received a Juno nomination for Classical Composition of the Year, for Nocturne!Nocturne is featured on the DaCapo Chamber Choir’s second CD, ShadowLand, which was released this past November. You […]