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Mass with Brass
Choral Friends, I’m touring to Europe with a choir of adults in the summer of 2011. I’m looking for a Mass setting with accompaniment by brass quartet/quintet of modest length, 20-25 minutes, that would be appropriate to play during a church service on our tour. I would prefer a work without organ/keyboard because many instruments […]
Masters degree in conducting advice needed
Friends, A former student of mine (who eventually wishes to teach at the college/university level) has asked if it would be better to obtain a Master of Arts in Conducting or a Master of Music in Conducing and what the difference is between the two degree types. I told her that in addition to my […]
Help for a new choir director with no vocal training!
I am a K-12 music teacher at a rural school with limited choir experience. I sang in choir when I was in college, but never took vocal lessons. I am primarily an instrumentalist, so learning to teach choir and elementary music this year has been difficult, and a lot of trial and error. I recently accepted […]
Gospel Choir (Mass Choir) Harmomies
Hi all – Does anyone have any quick music theory insights on chord structure / voicing for “Baptist Style” Mass choir arranging? My church is quite diverse and this request came in to me. I do all the arrangements we have for special songs outside of the hymnal. My strength is tertian SATB – This is […]
Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols: feasibility of combined scores?
My SSA choir will be performing A Ceremony of Carols as a massed choir with other SSA choirs so we are all learning that score. A week later, for our organization’s performance that includes SATB choirs, it has been suggested that we all- SSA and SATB choirs- perform A Ceremony of Carols too. After all, it’s a […]
RVW’s Antiphon with Brass and Organ?
Hi everyone, Does anyone know if there is an arrangement of Antiphon (the last movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs) for organ, brass quartet and timpani? I’m doing it for Easter. Thank you, Karen Schuessler
New Jersey Choral Consortium Launch Party
The New Jersey Choral Consortium is hosting a launch party on Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 2:00-4:00 PM at the Morris County Library, Hanover Avenue, Morristown, NJ. We hope simply to socialize, get to know each other, and offer suggestions which might help us better serve each other. Refreshments will be served. The consortium was […]
Grade 5 selections?
Hello All, One of my high school choirs will be participating in festival this spring in which they are required to present at least 1 ‘grade 5’ selection. I would appreciate any suggestions you can provide. They are a mixed choir of 24, and they sing primarily a cappella selections. Thank you!