Tower Hill Church in Red Bank, NJ will be presenting a concert on Veterans Day Weekend and we are looking for singers to come and join us. We are putting together some patriotic and “Americana” repertoire for this event which will feature brilliant brass players from West Point. The one group rehearsal will take place […]
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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Gatekeeping
“If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow This is not the Blog I had planned to write this week. I had planned to write about our concert on Sunday, how this is the concert we originally planned for Spring 2020 […]
Songs of (re)Imagining: B.E. Boykin
Dr. Brittney E. Boykin is a native of Alexandria, VA. She began studying piano at 7-years-old with Mrs. Alma Sanford, who taught her through multiple competitions. Dr. Boykin studied piano at Spelman College with Dr. Rachel Chung, and after graduation, attended Westminster Choir College, where she was awarded the R and R Young Composition Prize. […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: More Light
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” Desmond Tutu Genie* tells me she suffers from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). She’s an elementary school music specialist as well as a professional church musician and every year, it hits her full force right after Christmas. It lessens in intensity […]
56 Surplices For Sale
Saint Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford, FL, has 56 brand new three quarter length surplices (with full length sleeves) from Gaspard for sale. There are a variety of “off the shelf” sizes, with a few custom smaller sizes. There are also two XL organist surplices. These surplices were purchased this spring but were never worn. The […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Doing the Work
“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.” Mark Twain Most of us are doing what we can, with what we can, during this strange transition time. Concerts? Well, I know I’m forgetting something for my own concert in ten days, I just am not sure what it is. […]