News and Notices

Accessible new choral bundles are now available for each work in Excelcia Music Publishing’s 2021-22 Choral Music catalog.  These innovative products will assist singers in virtual recordings, both in person or virtual choir practice, and individual part learning. 

Each Part Track Bundle ($39.99), for use by up to 50 students, includes part dominant recordings for all voicings, a full live recording and a piano accompaniment recording where applicable.  Each Virtual Choral Bundle ($49.99) includes everything in the Part Track Bundle plus Click Track recordings for all voicings so that students can record at home and educators can easily set up virtual choir recordings.  Separate piano accompaniment tracks are individually available for $9.99, and full live recordings for $1.99.  In addition to the Part Track Bundle and Virtual Choral Bundle, the publisher is providing free ScoreVideos and preview scores for each piece on its website.  

Excelcia Music Publishing’s 2021-22 release features new inspiring choral pieces, including two new pieces from Voctave, from many beloved composers as well as talented and wonderful new voices.  The new release is rich with educational resources, and includes patriotic pieces, folk songs, hymns, holiday songs, a cappella pieces, and pieces for contests and festivals.  

Excelcia Music Publishing’s Part Track Bundles and Virtual Choral Bundles are available from music retailers everywhere and from the publisher. 

https://excelciamusic.com/part-tracks/

(To browse Excelcia Music Publishing’s 2021-22 Digital Choral Catalog, go to https://excelciamusic.com/choral-music-2021-2022/ )

Announcing 21V auditions in July and August 2021!

We’re calling soprano and alto voices of all genders and gender identities to join a professional-caliber ensemble in crafting a new choral sound, focused on 21st century music of the Americas. This will be a paid position. For more information, please visit our auditions page or contact us at . Please submit an audition request form by July 30, 2021.

Hear from singers on why they are excited about auditioning for 21V!

21V envisions the possibility of virtual projects as well as in-person ones in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you are not a resident of the Bay Area and would like to be considered for virtual projects, please go through the audition request process described on the auditions page.

About 21V

Founded in 2021 by Dr. Martín Benvenuto, 21V will explore a broad identity of 21st century music of the Americas, inspiring awareness and advocacy for underrepresented American continent perspectives. To inaugurate our first season, 21V is premiering a new commission celebrating the Tulsa community.

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From Maestro Harold Rosenbaum,

“Let’s start to dream again, to live again, to plan a singing tour to Scotland in June, 2022. This will be my 32nd European choir tour, with over 1,000 singers participating since 1988! What a great way to see the world! We will perform a perennial favorite: Mozart’s Requiem, a work which has drawn huge audiences every one of the 19 times I have conducted it in Europe. Most of our time abroad will be spent visiting and learning about this gorgeous country by visiting its most exciting cities and memorable sights Therefore non-singers are welcome as well! Rehearsals will take place in early June, 2022 in NYC and Westchester. More details very soon.”

“I’m proud to be partnering with the good people at Music Celebrations International for this tour. Much more about it at https://mailchi.mp/23abf5dc3ed3/the-new-york-virtuoso-singers-maestro-turns-70-concert-january-24-at-st-michaels-episcopal-church-manhattan-1096802.”

I’m really looking forward to being with you for this tour and the Requiem performances.

Please consider joining me for this once-in-a-lifetime experience!

Stay safe and well and please make sure you get fully vaccinated!

Harold Rosenbaum

In order to weather the pandemic, the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus – one of America’s oldest independent choirs – created a series of presentations for its members & supporters, reminding them of its achievements and aspirations. These shows are now freely available on its YouTube channel , and feature archival recordings complemented by photographic montages. The second show addressed the choir’s advocacy for women composers, and featured music by Clara Schumann, Rebecca Clarke, and Emma Lou Diemer. These were contrasted with works created specifically for the Chamber Chorus by Judith Bingham and Melissa Dunphy, among others. The show included a zoom interview with Dobrinka Tabakova, who is writing a new mass for the choir.

Applications are invited for a section leader position (Alto) in this dynamic congregation. Vacancy opens September 1, 2021. Blessed with a spacious sanctuary, historic pipe organ & grand piano, this church boasts a remarkably eclectic repertoire in its worship, from Farrant to Fettke, and is led by three of St. Louis’s leading musicians. Commissions and regional premieres feature each year, while recitals and a weekly organ series make this church a focal point in St. Louis’s Grand Center Arts District.
Contact the Director of Music for information about this paid position, its responsibilities and expectations: music (at) third-baptist.org

The Orange County Women’s Chorus (www.ocwomenschorus.org), directed by Eliza Rubenstein, welcomes new members for our 2021-22 season and a June 2022 trip to Carnegie Hall.

Our 50-voice chorus, which has won prizes internationally and performed three times at ACDA conferences, rehearses on Tuesday evenings in Newport Beach, CA. COVID vaccination will be required of all singers during the upcoming season.

Many of our members are choral directors and music teachers who need at least one night a week of singing with adults….and lots are recent grads of SoCal’s amazing college and university choral programs who have finished school and are looking for a new musical community.

If you are one, or if you know one, check us out! Visit our website above and/or e-mail .