Comfort and Joy this Holiday Season Part 1: Holiday music for virtual performance Contributing Editor: Jonathan Campbell We live in uncertain times. What can choral music offer? Certainty! We can bring joy to our communities, no matter the circumstances. 2020 taught us that choral musicians can overcome almost anything. If we can’t sing in person, […]
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Graphite brings Comfort and Joy this Holiday Season, part 2
Comfort and Joy this Holiday Season Part 2: Music for Live Performance Contributing Editor: Jonathan Campbell We live in uncertain times. What can choral music offer? Certainty! We can bring joy to our communities, no matter the circumstances. 2020 taught us that choral musicians can overcome almost anything. If we can’t sing in person, we […]
The Dessoff Choirs Presents the New York Premiere of Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard
Malcolm J. Merriweather, music director & conductor Elliott Forrest and Rod Caspers, co-directors The Dessoff Choirs and Orchestra Brooklyn College Conservatory Singers Matthew Cahill, Tami Petty, and Markel Reed What: The Dessoff Choirs presents Considering Matthew Shepard When: Saturday, November 6, 2021, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Where: New York Society for Ethical Culture Concert Hall, 2 West […]
The Dessoff Choirs Announces its 2021-22 Season Featuring the New York Premiere of Margaret Bonds’s Credo
New York Premiere of Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard (Nov 6) Messiah Sing (Dec 3) Christmas at The Met: Margaret Bonds’s The Ballad of the Brown King (Dec 19) New York Premiere of Margaret Bonds’s Credo (Apr 28) DessoffSample-012.jpeg New York City, NY (For Release September 20, 2021)— Hailed as “one of the great […]
Enjoy the World Premiere of Marina Alexander’s “River and Tree” – June 10 at 8 PM
Greetings! I am delighted to invite you to the World Premiere of my newest composition, River and Tree. The piece was sung as a virtual choir project by singers from my two ensembles, Arcadian Chorale (NJ) and Richmond Choral Society (NYC), with piano accompaniment and audio editing by Ruslan Odintsov, and video editing by Linnet […]
One from the Folder: Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choir
#68: She Rises, by Catherine Dalton. SSAA double choir, a cappella
I’ve long been a fan of Catherine’s work, and this piece is no exception. Its energetic and tuneful, and feels like its constantly coursing with life. Don’t miss it!