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I run choir camp for our school.  It is held 2 weeks before school starts and one of the fun features is a camp T-shirt.  Last year’s theme was Choir Boot Camp – 2009 on a khaki shirt with stenciled yellow lettering.  On the back is – Semper Fa I am trying to come up […]

I am seeking to put together a program of choral works that are settings of Biblical stories for chorus and piano (I don’t have regular access to an organ, so a cappella or piano accompaniment or reduction is best.)  Some of the titles I have in mind already are Conversion of Saul by Z. Randall […]

Fidelio Musica edicion has recently published the world’s first edition of Mass Pro defunctis by the Portuguese composer Pedro de Escobar also known as Pedro do Porto.  Escobar’s requiem is the first iberian Requiem and one of the first in Europe to follow the example of Johannes Ockeghem’s Requiem. According to the musicologists Tess Knighton […]

  We are very glad and also proud to announce this new great choral work of Ivo Antognini (Switzerland)   which will have its premiere at this year WCG in Shaoxing.     O Fortuna – for male Choir     The composer won the honorable mention with his piece “DOS PALABRAS” for mixed choir in the […]

The American Prize is pleased to announce that the NEW WORLD SINGERS, of Columbus, OH, Sandra Mathias, music director, is the 2010 winner of The American Prize in Choral Performance (youth choir division.) Congratulations. The Rhode Island Children’s Chorus Chamber Choir placed second. The Salem Youth Chorus of Salem, OH, placed third. The American Prize […]

Hi everyone   I have been asked to perform several arias, duet and trios from Alessandro Scarlatti’s oratorio ‘Colpa Pentimento E Grazia’ also known as ‘Oratorio per la Passione di Nostro Signore Gesu Cristo’ for a private event in London. As far as I can see, there doesn’t appear to be any published score of […]

I recently completing my first year as a choir director. I’ve been thinking back on my year, and thinking about the mistakes I made, what I learned from them, and what I will do better in the future. Luckily, I’ll be teaching at a new school in the fall, so I can really start fresh.   Anyways, I thought […]

Our choral group is looking at online advance ticket sales for our independant choral concerts this year.  I was wondering what people’s experiences were with online ticket sales.   Patrick Rose President Erie Philharmonic Chorus

  I am from Manchester United Methodist and am a member of the Chancel Choir in Manchester Missouri. Let me introduce myself. We are a choir of about 160 to 165 singers, and in recent years have become a national choir, singing at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and have been on the big stage […]

Forgive me if this is a double post.  After I posted it, I looked back and didn’t see my question anywhere.   I am a new composer, and am currently assigned to write a choral piece for SSA that could also be sung as SAA.   I need to know the average ranges of voices of: […]