Dear conductors and ChoralNet users, Swiss up your choir! The choral collection Swiss Choral Music is a real treasure trove of recent choral music from Switzerland. As diverse as the country itself, this volume of 28 choral settings of varying levels of difficulty includes not only a range of musical styles, but all the Swiss national languages (Romansh, […]
Join Finger Lakes Choral Festival
Join the Finger Lakes Choral Festival this summer to sing award-winning NY composer Glenn McClure’s “St. Francis in the Americas: A Caribbean Mass,” with steel drum ensemble, and Ariel Ramirez’s wonderful “Misa Criolla,” in Spanish, with Andean rhythms and traditional instruments. Rehearse with us weekly starting June 15 for a more relaxed pace and camaraderie, […]
Free scores on echoraleditions
I have decided to make almost all of the scores available via my echoraleditions site free to any interested parties. There are well over 100 scores available here now, and the site has been massively upgraded over the past few months to also include links to audio of real performances (conducted by myself) of each […]
CHORAL FINALIST COMPOSERS: shorter choral works—The American Prize, 2024
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts, David Volosin Katz, founder and chief judge, is honored to announce NATIONAL FINALIST composers of shorter choral works, 2024. Congratulations! To know the exact date when winners and runners-up will be announced, please like our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter #AmericanPrize, where that […]
CHORAL FINALIST COMPOSERS: major works, The American Prize, 2024
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts, David Volosin Katz, founder and chief judge, is honored to announce NATIONAL FINALIST composers of major choral works, 2024. Congratulations! To know the exact date when winners and runners-up will be announced, please like our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter #AmericanPrize, where that […]
“Missa Pro Terra: a Mass for the Earth” by Paul A. Aitken (2024)
Introducing “Missa Pro Terra: a Mass for the Earth” by Canadian/American composer, Paul A. Aitken; meticulously crafted in 2023/2024 for its highly anticipated premiere at Carnegie Hall in March of next year. This groundbreaking composition serves as a poignant call to action against climate change. Comprising five movements Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei […]