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I am an undergraduate music education major taking a choral class for instrumentalists.  We are giving presentations about issues that are specific to choir teachers.  My particular topic is this: What issues might arise in working with instrumentalists and singers within the same piece?  This might include, but not be limited to accompanists, pieces that are […]

For our winter concert this year, the director of our adult choral society brought together 5 children’s choirs from local churches to sing a few pieces on the program, and the audience response was overwhelmingly positive. Now we are brainstorming with the board about the creation of a children’s community chorus. It would initially be […]

I am a choral director in a small rural district. Budget constraints for next year may require me to teach band. I am looking for summer courses in instrumental music methods – especially in woodwinds. If you know where I might such a course, please contact me at .   Thank you,   David Boswell

Members of a Mountain View (CA) high school choir whose recent trip to  Europe was unexpectedly extended by a volcano eruption in Iceland returned to  school Monday.   The Mountain View High School Madrigals were stranded in Paris for  a week past their return date after the ash cloud from the volcano prompted  airport closures throughout the […]

Hi everyone,   I was wondering if anyone had experience doing the Brahms Requiem with pipe organ?  I know there is a two-piano version by Brahms and an organ reduction available – has anyone done it with organ alone, or once with organ and once with two pianos?  Our concert venue has a large, fine pipe […]

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Hello all,   I am currently working on a proposal to add individual/small group lessons in a pull-out format to our curriculum and schedule. I know this is standard practice for most instrumental programs and a number of choral programs. Does anyone have or know of any formal research in this area? Thank you.   […]

Hi, I run a singing group/choir in Chester, England and I am looking for the sheet music of “Love me” by the group Free Design. Any suggestions? Thank you, An Croenen The Chester Songbirds

Through the years, he’s been a prominent fixture on the local music scene, from his performances as Tevye in several productions of “Fiddler on the Roof” to his yearly “Lessons and Carols” celebrations that kick off the Christmas season.   He’ll be feted at a marathon concert today at the Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall at […]

Greetings: I am looking for SATB choral arrangements by Ken Burton(British…I think),  specifically,  his arr. of By the Rivers of Babylon, which I discovered on the internet just today. It’s a beautiful setting!  I am aware of his collection of Christmas spirituals, done with Bob Chilcott.  I would really like to find this particular arrangement, however.  Burton fans…are you out there…and, […]