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Hello conductors! On behalf of Choral Composers Anonymous, a ‘support-group’ for Twin Cities area choral composers (yes, as in: “Hello my name is Abbie and I’m addicted to writing choral music…”), I’d like to invite you to a pre-ACDA reception at my home in St Paul, MN on Tuesday March 2, from 7-10pm.  Have you […]

Choral Friends,   I’m touring to Europe with a choir of adults in the summer of 2011.  I’m looking for a Mass setting with accompaniment by brass quartet/quintet of modest length, 20-25 minutes, that would be appropriate to play during a church service on our tour.  I would prefer a work without organ/keyboard because many instruments […]

Friends, A former student of mine (who eventually wishes to teach at the college/university level) has asked if it would be better to obtain a Master of Arts in Conducting or a Master of Music in Conducing and what the difference is between the two degree types. I told her that in addition to my […]

I am a K-12 music teacher at a rural school with limited choir experience.  I sang in choir when I was in college, but never took vocal lessons. I am primarily an instrumentalist, so learning to teach choir and elementary music this year has been difficult, and a lot of trial and error.   I recently accepted […]

Hi all –   Does anyone have any quick music theory insights on chord structure / voicing for “Baptist Style” Mass choir arranging? My church is quite diverse and this request came in to me. I do all the arrangements we have for special songs outside of the hymnal. My strength is tertian SATB – This is […]

My SSA choir will be performing A Ceremony of Carols as a massed choir with other SSA choirs so we are all learning that score.  A week later, for our organization’s performance that includes SATB choirs, it has been suggested that we all- SSA and SATB choirs- perform A Ceremony of Carols too.  After all, it’s a […]

If you have a policy regarding lending music to other churches, I would like to reveiw these.   Barry Lindley

 Hi everyone,   Does anyone know if there is an arrangement of Antiphon (the last movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs) for organ, brass quartet and timpani? I’m doing it for Easter.   Thank you, Karen Schuessler

Hi…   Does anyone know large (10′ +) pieces for SATB chorus and string orchestra?   Thanks!!   David Friddle    

The New Jersey Choral Consortium is hosting a launch party on Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 2:00-4:00 PM at the Morris County Library, Hanover Avenue, Morristown, NJ. We hope simply to socialize, get to know each other, and offer suggestions which might help us better serve each other. Refreshments will be served. The consortium was […]