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Held in London, UK from October 28th to December 31st, 2024, the star international choir festival and competitionEngaging with the choral community and promoting choral music is made easy at this event. There are over a dozen activities happening simultaneously, so there’s plenty of opportunity to participate and perhaps take the stage at some of […]

In 1874, Charles M. Scammon, captain of the U.S. Revenue Marine, published Marine Mammals of the North-Western Coast of North America, a thick tome documenting his experience as a whaler on the American west coast Whaling has since come to be regarded, rightfully, as cruel and unsavoury. Yet Scammon’s curiosity was such that he made […]

New! Welcome Julio Morales Contributing Editor: Jonathan Campbell   Graphite is happy to welcome Julio Morales to our catalog. Morales is a Mexican composer, conductor, pianist, tenor, and educator, wow! His compositions are already sung around the world, but we want to familiarize him to more choral conductors here in the U.S. His music is accessible, melodic, […]

Love Came Down at Christmas was first written for my church as a closing one verse unison benediction for the Services in Advent,  2021.  I later expanded the lovely  Christina Rossetti text into a choral piece for the North Mesquite Chamber Singers, Ryan Forkner director.  This choral version  was sung at their concert in 2022 […]

Here is a delightful and accessible canon for up to four parts that can be done in any number voicings such as SATB, SSAA, young children, etc…. It paraphrases Psalm 96:1-2. I’ve done it with children’s choirs, SATB festival, and SATB HS choir. Enjoyed by all and a great learning piece. Full perusal score and […]

Sheepscot Chorus invites you to join us as we begin rehearsals for our Sunday, December 1 Boothbay Harbor holiday concert, featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams’s “The First Nowell,” performed with professional soloists and chamber orchestra. “I look forward to perform this heartwarming holiday piece for the community. We’re excited to get started!” says director Linda Blanchard.  “The First […]

St. Cecilia Chamber Choir is holding auditions for all voice parts as we begin preparing our December “Ceremony of Lessons and Carols” concert. Drawing inspiration from the world-famous King’s College Cambridge Service of Lessons and Carols, our program blends carols both sacred and secular with seasonal readings, accompanied by a professional string quartet and performed […]

Music on the Hill (Connecticut) has a few spaces available for professional or semi-professional singers in its 16-voice Chamber Chorus. This ensemble performs works from all time periods, and combines a fresh artistic approach with an efficient but relaxed rehearsal process.  The Chorus has a rehearsal-performance cycle in early fall, and members have opportunities to […]

Known as the Father of Contemporary Acappella, ⁠Deke Sharon⁠ is the man responsible for bringing contemporary a cappella music into the mainstream.  Perhaps best known as the music producer for the Pitch Perfect Trilogy and NBC’s The Sing Off, which launched the career of the now multi-platinum Grammy winning group Pentatonix.  He has also written more […]

The Mendelssohn Glee Club of New York City, the oldest men’s chorus in the USA (1866), begins its rehearsal season on Monday evenings starting on September 9th, at 161 W. 93rd Street in Manhattan. We are looking for singers who have experience in choral groups. We provide voice part audio files to assist in learning […]