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I’m looking at programming the version of “Toward the Unknown Region” by Vaughan Williams published for reduced orchestra, 2.1.2.2  2.2.0.0  str, timp, piano.   Has anyone performed this version? Is there a recording of this version available?   If you know it, what do you think of the reduced orchestra? I’m basically wondering if the piece is […]

Hi Again. Our choir has recorded a CD. I’m wondering that out there in the choral world, what are some of the best practices with regards to how much the choristers (who sang in the recording) pay for the CD. Do choristers usually get a discount, pay the cost or pay the retail price? What kinds […]

England — A man who joined a choir in 1940 in Somerset when he was eight years old has celebrated 70 years of singing with the same church group.   Mervyn Salmon, 78, became part of St Cuthbert’s Church choir in Wells when Winston Churchill was prime minister and King George VI was on the […]

I am the choral director at a relatively new (11 yrs.) private high school.  We have only one choir which has grown pretty steadily with the growth of the school (current enrollment is 192).  We started touring about 8 years ago, and alternating with the band, went on a “long/big” tour every other year, and […]

Hello,   I am inquiring if about good Father’s Day anthems.  I know that there are good Mother’s Day anthems out there but for some reason no Father’s Day.  Can anyone offer suggestions?  I will even take some more great Mother’s Day anthems.  Thanks.

I came accross a message requesting the pronunciation of Papa Nou (Lord’s Prayer in Haitian Kreol).  I conducted this piece in 2003 as part of my thesis recital. I hope you have already found the solution to this problem. If not, I will be glad to help you and provide you with a sound recording […]

Hi all,   As part of my high school choir, I require my students to listen to a list of choral works with score.  I have set up a “listening lab” of two boomboxes with headphones in my classroom.   My question – would “fair use” allow me to photocopy scores for the students to […]

Dedicated to all of us Geek-Directors, here is my choir singing “Still Alive” from the video game Portal.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m5TuxdkfkE

Hello,   I am a recent college graduate, hoping to soon find a job as a high school choir director.  As I think about how I will choose to do things when I have my own choir(s), I am stuck on the question of voice placement – not necessarily even as specific as who stands next to whom, […]

Folks attending the Saenger Theater to hear some traditional Mississippi music Saturday night received an unexpected earful of some fire-and-brimstone preaching by an audience member who took aim at the sinful behavior of homosexuals, adulterers and divorced people.   The incident began approximately one hour and 45 minutes into the concert, when a young white […]