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Item: Performance CD Forever Motown Composer/Arranger/Edition: R. Emerson/Hal Leonard Starting: Feb-March For: 8 weeks Copies: 1 Willing to rent: No   Hi,   I am looking for the ACCOMPANIMENT/Performance CD of R. Emerson’s “Forever Motown” medley.  A burned copy of the cd would be acceptable.  Will ONLY be used for rehearsal purposes, not a performance.   Thanks, Alan Wellman Catherine Cook […]

Hi everyone I wanted to share with you a recent performance of my piece “The Song of the Star” with the Zürcher Sing-Akademie under the direction of Florian Helgath. It was sung at the opening concert of the famour choir competition in Marktoberdorf, Germany. Towards the end, the piece features a passage where the audience […]

We are proud to announce this quarter’s choral compositions accepted into the PROJECT : ENCORE Catalog of Contemporary Choral Music: Kites by D cGeoffrey Bell  The Risk of Birth by Tara Mack * Peace Trilogy by Edward David Messerschmidt* Ave Maria by Patti Drennan Psalm 100 by Joseph Eckman  Ekklesia by Michael Markowski * O […]

Early music sweeps us away to a vanished world of mystery and wonder, a world of candles, stone, wood, and intimate music. Like a blossoming flower, the best early music is fresh, beautiful, ethereal, and fragrant. Take Decut huius cunctis horis from Rose Ensemble’s new Slavic Wonders series. Scored for treble voices and viola pedal, the […]

Hello Colleagues, I have been on this exchange for some time but never made a post. I’d like to introduce myself. I’m a composer with a long track record and I have a song that I think many folks would be interested to sing at this momentous time in our nation’s history.  “Immigrants” is a […]

Hello everyone My choir is in the initial stages of planning a tour of Japan. I would love to share a concert with a host choir. Could anyone recommend an adult community choir in Japan that would do a good job of hosting? Thanks Mark Reppert, Siskiyou Singers, Ashland Oregon 

Favorite piece of Musica International, the global choral database, for June 2025: “Insalata italiana”, by Franz Friedrich Richard GENÉE (Austria/Germany). This humorous piece parodies a typical opera scene, playfully using a variety of Italian musical terms. Written for SATB or TTBB choir, it’s an enjoyable musical joke that can be especially entertaining with some creative […]

In Episode 23 of The Choral Director’s Toolbox, host Dr. William Baker dives into The Naming of Voices, examining the history, assumptions, and consequences behind labeling singers as sopranos, altos, tenors, or basses.  Learn why misassigned voice parts can lead to tension, poor intonation, and ensemble imbalance – and how thoughtful, flexible assignments can unlock freedom and blend.  This […]

Anyone interested in a lot of 53 Protec Singer’s masks? I have 5 large, 43 medium and 5 small masks available. Concert black.  They are brand new, never opened.  Located in Illinois, but willing to ship. Make me an offer!  Retail on these masks are between $15 and $30 a piece. Please message with any […]

My newest choral concoction, a high-spirited, flexibly-voiced farce about some exceedingly like-minded people, has a “whale” of a backstory! The song was inspired by something that happened thirty years ago…and also right now… In the early 90’s I attended a peace rally in Madison, Wisconsin. As the speeches got underway the air was filled with […]