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I live in Australia, and may be able to apply for a scholarship to study overseas in 2011, so I’m looking for a 3-4 month course, in Europe or US.   I am very experienced in leading community and school choirs, including African-American Gospel, African, and Pop styles, but looking to ‘up-skill’ as it were. […]

 One of America’s foremost composers of vocal and choral music recently joined the faculty at Oklahoma State University. Z. Randall Stroope, who conducts the OSU Concert Chorale and Chamber Choir, has composed more than 90 works for voice and chorus in addition to works for various vocal forces featuring brass, organ and/or percussion.

I am looking for the version of John Lennon’s Imagine as sung with deaf choir on Glee.  This is a choral arrangement with instrumental accompaniment.  If anyone knows whether this arrangement is available in print I would appreciate it.   Thank you.

Hi, I am looking for large A CAPPELLA sacred choral works of 20th and 21st century, about around 20min and longer. The voicing and the language doesn’t matter. Body percussion/stomping parts are acceptable. So far, I got Martin’s “Mass for double chorus”, Rachmaninof’s “Vesper” and “Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom”, Schnittke’s “Choral Concerto.” All those […]

Hello colleagues:  I’ve been rehearsing Timor et Tremor with my church choir (St. Dominic’s, San Francisco) and found some dubious marks in our new Salabert scores.  ie M15, weird extra 16th and 32nd notes  and doubtful harmony on the last page, first measure (2nd sop sharp or natural?).  Is there a list of errata for […]

You are invited to sign up for the free Co-op Press Monthly Newsletter, featuring the compositions and arrangements of Sy Brandon. When you sign up, you can select a free composition or arrangement to be emailed to you as a pdf file. The Monthly Newsletter highlights a composition and/or arrangement each month and keeps you […]

Hello I would like to study vocal conducting and the language of conducting in 2011. I am able to stay for 3-4 months and am searching for suggestions. If you have any direction fo me could you please let me know.Thank you for your time.

I’m looking for a large scale choral work to be performed by SATB choir and organ accompaniment, preferably with soloists.  Ideally something written no earlier than the romantic period.  My preference is for music where the organ part is by the composer, and not just an orchestral reduction.  I’ve considered the Gounod St Cecilia Mass, […]

 When Vanoc and the Department of Canadian Heritage began looking for a choir-oriented torch relay song that would promote community spirit and community singing as well as the Olympic ideal, Gregory Charles, an accomplished actor, Juno-nominated singer and choral music expert, immediately pounced on the offer.   “Our goal was clear: To find choirs to perform in […]

Craig Arnold, Luther College professor of music, director of choral activities, and conductor of the internationally acclaimed Nordic Choir, has announced his intention to leave his position at Luther at the end of the academic year. Arnold, who joined the Luther faculty in 2005, plans to join his wife, Sarah, who is teaching at University […]