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Does anyone know how you would go about finding and or renting a portative organ?  We used a very nice one in a performance in Notre Dame and would prefer to use one in an upcoming performance of Mozart Vespers instead of a harpsichord.  We are in Lexington, KY any assistance or suggestions would be […]

Hello: Does anyone know if the Carmen Dragon arr. exists for SATB & organ or piano?  Everyone, it seems, has sung this with either band or orchestra…but, if either piano or organ accomps available I  would like to use it in church on July 4th(a Sunday) this year! Thanks… Tom 

Looking for the sheet music of this Christmas song.   I’ve heard it sung – I think in an arrangement by Gustav Nordquist – but all sheet music I’ve found is in English translation.  I want the original words and music, please.  Here’s hoping.   roly brown, oradour sur vayres, 87150 france

I’m totally open to suggestion – any style, instrumentation, karaoke, etc.  The youth will be leading service that day and it would be nice to have processional music that they could really “get into”. Thanks in advance for your help!

What is the best way to search choralnet when you have a broad enquiry?   I’m looking for some unusual ideas in warm ups but when I entered “warm ups”  into the search I got 581 responses.    Clicking on “compilations”  helped somewhat but it’s heavy going.     Are there any short cuts to finding posts which […]

Does anyone know if Maria Guinand is presenting the Golijev San Marco Passion in the US anywhere other than Disney Hall in LA in late April? I’d love to know if I can see a performance somewhere closer to home. Many thanks!

After all the posts about doing your own work, I hesitate to post this!    ‘ve been given an udu, a Nigerian drum, and I’m looking for published (or not) SATB repertory with which I can use the drum.  I’ve only found a few Christmas carols.  Are there some Nigerian pieces out there I’m missing?  And am I being […]

Hello fellow musicians and music educators,   I am writing to express my frustrations and discouragements as a first year secondary choir teacher.  I hope that you can help and guide me to be a better educator for my students.    I had a very successful first semester of teaching where my students sang very […]

What music have you found difficult to conduct and why is it difficult?   What suggestions can you offer to overcome those difficulties?    After researching the ChoralNet archives I found references to the challenge of conducting the 7/4 in Berstein’s Chichester Psalms and general references to difficulties in the first movement of Britten’s “Rejoice in […]

I am proud to announce the publication of my newest edition, “Messa a 3” for SSA choir, strings and continuo by Giacomo Puccini “senior”, the great great grandfather of the famous opera composer of the same name, published by Hinshaw Music (HMB260). The work is divided into fifteen movements with a performance duration of ca. […]