Vancouver Chamber Choir 14th Biennial Young Composers’ Competition Entry Deadline: March 22, 2019 Compose for Canada’s premier choral ensemble, have your composition performed in the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s concert series, and receive a cash award! Download the entry form here. The Vancouver Chamber Choir encourages young choral composers (ages 8-22) to submit applications to the […]
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ACDA Choirs Headed for Kansas City
This week on GBW and ACDA Radio/ChoralNet Host Stan Schmidt gives us a sneek preview of some of the ACDA Choirs that are headed to the National Convention in Kansas City. As you know from 70 to 80 choirs from our country and abroad will make their way to share their national cultures through choral […]
What Should a Chorister Handbook for Children’s Choirs Entail?
For children’s choir administrators, constructing a clear and comprehensive Chorister Handbook may be the most time consuming and frustrating process… but it may also save your life. Here are some best practices and policy writing tips for children’s choirs to make the process less painful!
Kinesthetic Gestures to Aid Your Choir
by Jennifer Berroth, Contributing Author, DevelopingVoices.blog Movement is often used to engage a singer’s breath, energy, and musicianship. Young singers can benefit from using gestures throughout a rehearsal to help them understand musical concepts they are performing. Here are some kinesthetic gestures I use to help my own singers. Staccato gestures Staccato phrases can […]
One from the Folder: Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
#43: Friday, February 15, 2019
“When Love Is My Song”
by Jill Friedersdorf and Melissa Keylock
Text by Jill Friedersdorf
SSA, piano
In honor of Valentine’s Day this week, I invite you to take a closer look at “When Love Is My Song,” for SSA choir. Jill Friedersdorf and Melissa Keylock work together for this moving selection, perfect for your three-part ensemble.
MidAmerica Productions in Carnegie Hall | April 21, 2019 at 1 pm | Crystal Children’s Choir & Haydn “Lord Nelson” Mass
Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 1:00 pm Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage 36th Anniversary Season 1983 to 2019 1,373rd Concert Worldwide, 1,040th in New York, 582nd in Carnegie Hall MIDAMERICA PRODUCTIONS Peter Tiboris, General Director and Music Director John Rutter, CBE, Conductor Laureate Giuseppe Lanzetta, Principal Guest Conductor Presents New England Symphonic Ensemble […]