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Can anyone suggest a performance venue in the Walnut Creek area?  It would be best if the venue were a church with a live to very live accoustic and sat at least 300-400 people.  Other places we’ll be performing during this run include SF’s Grace Cathedral and Oakland’s Christ the Light Cathedral, so you see […]

Would any of you be able to reccomend some solo literature for a student who has qualified for the state festival? She doesn’t currently have a private instructor so we’re looking for some help.

Hello.   Would anyone know where I could find a choral arrangement of Sinead O’connor’s “In this heart”? I’m looking primarily for an arrangement for women’s voices, but would be interested in finding any arrangment as well.   Thank you, Nathan Swartzendruber

 Hi, I am looking for some help with some new repertoire for my vocal group. They have been singing a lot of unison, and some to part pieces.   I was thinking about working on some 2 and 3 part rep. Maybe something that we could use show track cd etc with ( something “speedy, […]

 Hi!  I have been looking on a few book`s about warm ups  and vocal pedagogy to buy. But I have lost my way in the jungle ( The economy is not that good so I have to choose… ) It would be nice with some input or/and suggestions on this.   I have been looking […]

I’m starting a new job in the fall as the K-12 music teacher at a rural school. The superintendent wants me to rebuild the music program there, which was once decent but has dwindled a lot.   Some of the kids have expressed interest in starting a show choir. I’m all for it; I think it’d […]

Chorus pro Musica in collaboration with the New England Philharmonic and the Zamir Chorale of Boston will present Ernest Bloch’s masterwork, The Sacred Service (Avodath Hakodesh), Sunday, March 14 at 4:00 p.m. at John Hancock Hall in Boston, MA. Pre-concert discussion at 3:00 hosted by Richard Dyer, with Ernest Bloch II and  Joshua Jacobson. http://choruspromusica.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=230255

 I was planning on having my advanced girls choir sing a 4-part arrangement of “Somewhere over the Rainbow” (arr. Russ Robinson) for our area festival.  I was reading some new information they sent out (they’ve never said these things specifically before) and they now state no Musical Theater, Pop or Jazz music should be performed. […]

Listers:   Does anyone out there have a resource for pronunciation of Kodlay’s Turot Eszik a Cignay (See the gipsies)? I’ve got a recording performed in the original language but some phonetics would be very helpful!   Thank you for any help you can offer!   Thomas   Thomas J. Rinn, director Juan Seguin […]

On March 8, MENC will be sending an email survey invitation to a random sample of 2500 middle and high school MENC chorus teachers in the United States. This survey is part of my dissertation research on middle and high school male choral participation and recruitment.  If you are selected, please participate!  Please encourage your colleagues to respond if they […]