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  Leonard Enns Receives Juno Nomination for Classical Composition of the Year   The DaCapo Chamber Choir is thrilled to announce that Artistic Director and conductor, Leonard Enns, has received a Juno nomination for Classical Composition of the Year, for Nocturne!Nocturne is featured on the DaCapo Chamber Choir’s second CD, ShadowLand, which was released this past November.  You […]

 Hi I’m considering starting a men’s choir at my university. Any advice?….  

Does anyone have information about a Mass setting written near Wechselburg (near Chemnitz in Germany)? A handwritten MS – anon – has been in our possession for some years but the Credo is missing. I would appreciate any information and would really like to find the missing movement.

Our middle school went to a teaming schedule. As a result, there are 5 periods for “Core” courses and 2 periods for “Activities.” Choir, Band, and orchestra are “activities” and are scheduled at the same time. Membership numbers are actually great. The problem is this – the high number of students taking music during the […]

Hello All, This year the theme for my small a cappella community chorus is “home,” including the categories: homestead (life around the house and garden), homesick (longing for home) love of country/place habitat (human and otherwise) home is where the heart is (home as a love for a person or entity other than a place) […]

Hello there – this is my first posting on Choralnet, so I hope I am in the right forum – my name is Lucy Champion, I live in Dublin and am a member of Anuna, (directed by Michael McGlynn).   I am currently undertaking a series of choral clinics in Ireland – working with singers […]

Dear fellow choral directors,   I am currently working on my masters project entitled, “Technology Use in the Choral Program.” One of the things I am trying to determine is the extent to which K-12 choral educators use computers and computer-related technologies in their programs, either directly with students or in creating support materials and resources for […]

ChoralExpress (www.choralexpress.com), the Choral Calendar of the Midwest, in addition to serving Minnesota, has expanded to include Iowa and Wisconsin Choirs.    This online resource for all choirs provides a means for choirs to register and post their concerts.  The Choral Calendars, dedicated for each state, are searchable by region of the state and type […]

 Hello all,  I am the director of a community choir that is growing in size and level of performance. Our board, of 9 members plus me, exofficio,  meets monthly, however, only for the 45 minutes directly before a rehearsal. As you can imagine, this amounts to a brief check-in. Many issues remain undiscussed and undone.  […]

Dear Listers,   I have a tour scheduled for my high school only weeks away and I was recently informed by a student that she won’t be attending tour because it conflicts with another one of her extra-curricular activities.  I have already spoken with the student, parent, counselor, assistant principal, and principal and the decision […]