I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren’t any rules, how could you break them?” Leo Durocher This is a Choral Ethics Blog post repeat from several years ago. I need to slow down and plotting out the rest of the summer now seems like a smart idea. I try to be here, […]
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Tips for beginning composers by Santiago Veros
This is a post with tips for beginning composers. Before being a full-time choral composer, I’m a fan of choral music. I want to constantly discover new things. So, I’m going to write down what I wish I had known when I started in this profession 10 years ago. After giving it some thought, I […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Everything In Its Season
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven…” Ecclesiastes 3:1 Yesterday was Ash Wednesday and begins another season. If we are church musicians, Lent began….ready or not….even if we have not recovered from the Christmas Season. If we are not church musicians but in academia, we are probably […]
Seeking Signers for THE ALL SING at the 2023 PROTOTYPE Festival
Would you like to perform at the 2023 PROTOTYPE Festival? Join us in Times Square on January 8th for the world premiere of The All Sing “Here Lies Joy”! THE ALL SING “HERE LIES JOY” Commissioned, developed, and produced by PROTOTYPE Co-presented with Times Square Arts Alliance Composed by Daniel Bernard Roumain Libretto and Creative […]
SLOTS STILL OPEN FOR AVSHALOMOV “WATER SONGS” CONSORTIUM 2022
There is still time for more choruses to join the commissioning consortium for “Three Water Songs” by David Avshalomov, co-sponsored by Deborah Simpkin King (Project:Encore, Ember). Deadline is Dec. 15. Suitable for advanced high school to professional choruses; fees on a sliding scale by type ($100 to $250). First two poems: ALL DAY I HEAR […]
Seeking ensembles and individual singers for THE ALL SING at PROTOTYPE Festival 2023 in NYC
CALLING ALL SINGERS! Would you like to perform at the 2023 PROTOTYPE Festival? Join us in Times Square on January 8th for the world premiere of The All Sing “Here Lies Joy”! Out of BoundsNew works in public spaces THE ALL SING “HERE LIES JOY” Commissioned, developed, and produced by PROTOTYPE Co-presented with Times Square […]