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Singing is a popular pursuit in the Nordic countries and while it is often associated with alcohol consumption it can also have positive health effects – such as easing irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Swedish research suggests.   Singing has been found to stimulate elevated oxytocin concentration in serum, and the study hoped to shed light […]

Hello ChoralNet Friends,   Please take this survey about Private Music Lessons in schools.  I am trying to compile data about the prevalence and importance of private band and choir lessons for students during school.    http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XV9X67C   Thank you for taking the time to help! Sally

Hi everyone,   I’m a music education major at Indiana University. I was just wondering, are there negative effects to working out (at a gym) on a singer? I’m asking this for myself and for some of my friends wondering the same thing.   Thanks for the help!   Kyle Barker 

I am looking for music for a possible Mother’s Day concert (for next year). There are countless Magnificats and Ave Marias to choose from, but it would be great to have something more unusual / secular / modern alongside the traditional choral repertoire. Mother Earth maybe? Something with a thought-provoking text? Any suggestions? The choir is amateur […]

I am in the process of putting together a community choir that will give benefit concerts throughout the year for various charities and missions. We already have around 20 members and growing and are planning for our first benefit concert to be sometime in November, however we have no music and no money to purchase […]

Hi all, After two recent very successful concerts by a pick-up choir made up of friends of mine from church, college, and high school to benefit an organization doing mission work in Haiti, I decided to put together a regularly rehearsing/performing group to put on benefit concerts for charities/causes/mission projects. While I’ve already been blessed […]

Who are your Top 10 favorite living choral composers?  Specifically, who write or will write choral music, and are available for commissions.   Feel free to offer up composers who write mainly for movies, games, pop, or____, etc.  Don’t limit yourself!   I guess another way to put it would be: if you could afford to pay […]

Hello,   I am in the enviable position of having too many students sign up for choir next year, and needing to split into 2 groups.     Currently , the choir is 57 students, both 7th and 8th graders, and doing a good job of singing basic 3 part mixed music  — they meet 2 […]

Use artello.org to stay in touch with participants and prospectives, check printing, bookkeeping, budgets, ticket sales, fundraising, program booklet, tax support.   Replaces the PC bookkeeping and database software you now use, and all staff can work together collaboratively from any PC, Mac, or handheld regardless of location.  It’s a commercial subscription-based service.. member groups […]

I am a member of italian choir and I am interested in your piece named Massom Massom for SATB. Can you send me the score, please? Best regards. Silvano Mussi Coro Città di Lissone Italy