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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 […]

After working with adult groups for some time, I am in now in crisis and must start urgently with a all girls’ choir(age 9-13 yrs) and get them prepared for a first competition. Anyone with one or two exciting 2 part arrangements, please? 

I could not find a recording of Singh’s Owls from “Pictures from the Northwest” on youtube. If you know of a source where I can find a demo please let me know. Thanks so much!

I have a men’s group that continues to astound me in the level of literature they can perform and perform well (as high school sophomores through seniors performing selections of Rockapella, Boyz II Men, Straight No Chaser, etc.) I would love for them to do the Rockapella arrangement of Three Dog Night’s “Shambala” but I […]

Hello, I think my situation is unusual but not unique and I am hoping to find other choir directors with experience teaching mostly Asian students (specifically Chinese students) who are studying in America.  My school is an international boarding school with over 50 percent of the students from China.  My select choir of 15 is […]

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 […]

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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 […]