What compares to performing repertoire in the kind of grand spaces it was first heard in the country in which it was first performed? I know this invitation to sing Leonard Bernstein’s iconic Chichester Psalms, as a festival choir will resonate equally amongst fine high school, community, collegiate and choirs of faith. The opportunity to […]
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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Preaching to the Choir
“It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.” Francis of Assisi I receive quite a few emails with people’s thoughts about Choral Ethics. Some folks tell me they are not exactly sure what Choral Ethics is, but will know it when they see it. Some tell me what I […]
The Dessoff Choirs Celebrates Walt Whitman Bicentennial with Premieres by Eve Beglarian and Matthew Aucoin
What: The Dessoff Choirs in Concert: Whitman Bicentennial Festival When: Friday, May 31, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. (Pre-concert talk at 7:15 p.m. with Malcolm J. Merriweather and composers) Where: Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, West End Avenue and 86th Street, New York, NY, Train: 1/B/C to 86th Street Tickets: $20-40 in advance. $25-45 […]
Master Classes at 2020 National Choir Festival
Music for All announced today the Master Classes for the 2020 National Choir Festival. Participating choirs will experience the following interactive master classes during the festival, March 12-14 in Indianapolis: A Master Class with Composer-In-Residence, Rosephanye Dunn-Powell: Rehearse and perform the commissioned piece with the composer. Learn about the process of composition from original concept […]
What have Edinburgh, Vancouver, Vienna and Toronto got in common? 2020 & 2021 choir festivals with Henry Leck…
Please consider joining me in any of these great festival destinations in the summer of 2020 and 2021!!! Those of you who know me, know of my passion for collaboration of all kinds. It keeps us all learning and energetic! 2020 Elena Sharkova joins me in Vienna – June 21-27 Elise Bradley joins me in […]
Melodia Women’s Choir of NYC: Gloria, Lifting the Veil on Vivaldi’s Masterpiece
Melodia Women’s Choir presents “Gloria: Lifting the Veil on Vivaldi’s Masterpiece,” featuring Vivaldi’s soaring masterpiece as it may have been originally performed by the women and girls of the Ospedale della Pieta orphanage and music school, Venice, Italy, in 1715. Through interwoven dramatic scenes, a cast of three actors tell their story. Performed by Melodia’s […]