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This is something of a programming challenge!  My chorus of 55-60 voices is going to share a concert this Christmas season with an area orchestra.  We’ll be singing our own concerts first, then on another week end, join the orchestra.  For our own concerts, we’ll have access to limited numbers of string players.  I’m looking […]

There are some students in my school who are interested in starting an A Cappella group.  I’ve had very little experience with A Cappella music and I would love some guidance.  Are there any books I can look at, arrangements people would recommend?  These kids are in 7th and 8th grade.  Any Jewish A Cappella […]

Does anyone have  a copy of the accompanment for Swingin with the Saints that you could e-mail to me? We’ve been rehearsing with an accopmanist, but i want to use the CD. I own it BUT I CAN’T FIND IT! Our concert is Tuesday. Thank you, John

I invite you to log on to < www.georgebayleymusic.com > to read details on my availability for interim church appointments, organ recitals, and church music workshops.   George Bayley: Organist, Composer, Choral Director

Hi all,   I’m doing the above-mentioned piece with one of my men’s choruses and I’m slowly being driven crazy (ier?) by the variations in the three different published scores of the work (all by the same publisher at the same time!  One is the choral part, one is the piano four-hands version [with the […]

 I conduct three groups at an independent K-12 school:  a 6th Grade beginning choir, a 7-8 grade choir, and a 9-12 choir.  All groups are non-auditioned and approximately 20 singers.  Every year, we try to do something “different” on at least one concert.  By different, I mean something that causes them to think outside of […]

 2010 Chorus America Award Winners Announced   We are delighted to announce the recipients of the 2010 Chorus America Awards! Please join us in congratulating these outstanding choruses and choral leaders. We invite you to celebrate with the entire Chorus America family at the Awards Banquet & Auction on June 18th at the Conference, where we’ll present […]

Hello I sing in Vox Maris Choir in Portugal, and we are looking if anyone know of J.S. Bach “Bist du bei mir” BWv 508 with arrangment for SATB. Thank you in advance Teresa Melo

I am in the position this year to start a competitive show choir (thank you GLEE) and I am looking for custom arrangements. The arrangements would be for a SATB plus full band accompaniment. If you know a reliable source please let me know. I have searched showchoirbuzz.com and other arrangement websites but I want to […]

My 20-voice chamber choir is working on Tallis’ “If Ye Love Me,” and I can’t quite seem to find a satisfactory pronunciation of the single-syllable word “spirit,” as in “e’en the spirit of truth.”  Any suggestions?   Since the word is applied to single notes (not two as in “spi-rit”), we first tried “spir’t.” And […]