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Ok, here is where I stick my neck out and duck for cover.    In the Kyrie movement of Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli there are only one and half statements of the text, “Christe Eleison.”   For liturgical and structural reasons I suspect that the text printed for the alto solo at letter C […]

I am a high school choral director and have been in the classroom for over 20 years.  Within the past 10 years, I have been experiencing problems with my speaking and singing voice.  Specifically, my speaking voice is raspy at times, and my singing voice has become unreliable and unpredictable.  While I used to be […]

Emmanuel Music in the News For Immediate Release March 2, 2010 Ryan Turner Appointed Second Artistic Director of Emmanuel Music and Music Director of Emmanuel Church March 2, 2010 – Boston, Massachusetts Emmanuel Music and Emmanuel Church announced today the appointment of Ryan Turner as the new Artistic Director of Emmanuel Music and Music Director […]

Try Pandora.com.  I love it and use it often.

I have always landed squarely on the side of not using too much popular music in my choral program.   Our annual pops concert was the exception where my high school kids got to sing in talent show style songs of their choosing.  It was a reward I gave the kids for working hard for me […]

A friend of mine (not a conductor) is interested in knowing about musical settings of poetry by Robert Frost.  There is Frostiana, of course, and Three Poems by Robert Frost by Carter; there are some settings by Ned Rorem, and Randy Stroope has a setting of “The Pasture.”  There are some 30 titles listed on the […]

While it isn’t exclusively choral, the online broadcast SOUND OF MAJESTY includes a great amount of fine choral music.  Programs are archived and may be accessed at http://www.soundofmajesty.org  

I would love to find an internet radio station or publisher that plays choral music all day long.  I would love to listen to choral music as I work at my computer.  Then, if I hear something I could use in our community choirs, I would see the title and publisher.  Anyone know of choral music […]

I am trying to find where to get a copy of this piece.  Apparently, it is just a series of rests that singers “emote” to perform the piece.  I don’t know who the composer is.  Does anyoone know this piece and where to locate it quickly?   Please email me at if you have […]

I am planning a concert celebrating winter.  We will be looking at Christmas and Hanukka, focusing on repertoire from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. I already know about the Vittoria “Omagnum Mysterium.”   We also want to look at madrigals.     Wishart Bell Vesper Chorale