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Wayland Rogers is pleased to announce the publication of THE GOLDEN RULE, a setting of texts from 8 of the World Religions on the theme of compassion. Written in an Afro-Cuban style, it is scored for SSA (the A part may be sung by tenors or cambiata voices) piano, bass and salza percussion. Published by WR Editions.

Need ideas for a sacred work scheduled for the Sunday before Thanksgiving (so no requiems).  Aging choir of approximately 60 voices, some good soloists but none professional.  Would like to involve a few instruments, with or without organ and ideal length is 25-30 minutes.  They recently did the Schubert Mass in G, the Vivaldi Gloria, […]

Hello Fellow ChoralNet-ters,   I am preparing my fall music for distribution to my singers over the summer.  We will be doing a concert based on various composers settings of the Psalms. I always try to find recordings of almost everything to help them along, especially the pieces that would not be familar.  I try […]

The American Prize is pleased to announce that ROOMFUL OF TEETH,  of Williamstown, MA, Brad Wells, founder and director, is the 2010 winner of The American Prize in Choral Performance (professional division). Congratulations. VOX: The Rob Seible Singers, of Houston, Texas, placed second. In making their decision, the judging panel commented that ROOMFUL OF TEETH […]

I am looking to move away from folders in rehearsal to zippered pouches.  The folders I have been using have significantly decreased in quality and increased in price, and the pouch offers more durability for less than half the cost.   Unfortunately I have only found one source for zippered pouches, at the Container Store […]

The Voices of Baha staged their first performance in Russia in 1993 under the guidance of Tom Price, its conductor. Over the past 17 years, the international choir has performed in 35 countries, this being its first performance in India.     “This is the first time that we have half the songs in Hindi […]

Hello All,   In taking my choir to England and Ireland it finally occured to me, I have nothing written from this region! Does anyone know of anything? We have the American stuff (spirituals, jazz, contemp. like Gawthrop, Childs, etc.) and Palestrina and Victoria, Stravinsky, Mozart, Mendelssohn, etc. But it’s missing something.   Anyone know […]

I am looking for fun Christmas pieces to do with 5th & 6th grade combined choir.  Any suggestions?

Denis Donnelly, who directed the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 15 years and now heads Soundings choir, has received the Herbert Drost Award for distinguished service and support of choral music throughout B.C.   The Scottish-born musician, who studied at the University of Victoria, not only sings but also plays guitar, Irish harp, Renaissance lute and […]

Researcher Barbara Helmrich of Baltimore’s College of Notre Dame examined a sample of 6,026 ninth-graders enrolled in six Maryland school districts. All had completed an introductory algebra course in either eighth or ninth grade and taken the HSA, a test that assesses how well they learned the subject. Helmrich divided the students into three groups: Those who […]