I am proud to announce that Carl Fischer Music Publishers has just published my brand new edition of “IPSA VIRGO VIRGINUM” by Johann Michael Haydn (CM9422) for SATB choir and keyboard accompaniment (optional strings, oboes, trumpets, timpani and continuo). Click on the link below to see the entire vocal score and listen to a recording. […]
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Recruiting (Part I)
This is a new series (in addition to my forthcoming series on sacred music in public schools) on one of my favorite topics: recruiting. When I was hired at my university job, I went to a friend of mine who is a high school choral director and asked him what I could do to […]
Stay | Garrett Hope | MusicSpoke
MusicSpoke’s Score of the Week features Garrett Hope’s Stay, a setting of a John Donne text which implores his lover not to depart. Unaccompanied for SATB chorus, this piece was commissioned and premiered by Dr. Therees Hibbard and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chamber Choir. The tone clusters that occur in the divisi parts are all handled […]
Young People’s Chorus of New York City Advances to Final Round of 2015 Euroradio International Choral Competition
Several Selections That Advanced YPC to the Finals Can Be Heard on APM’s Performance Today The Young People’s Chorus of New York City has advanced to the final round of the 2015 Euroradio Choral Competition, after having been selected by American Public Media (APM) as the only American chorus to […]
Singing Christian Music (Part III)
The last two posts (here and here) dealt with some of the problems that arise when we sing in choirs in public school settings. The problems happen all over, and are not new. I think I may have one way that we can help to make thing better. I believe that we need to start, before we […]
Singing Christian Music (Part I)
This past holiday season I found myself embroiled in a somewhat heated discussion surrounding seasonal music, parents, and students. The story is familiar to many of us: A Jewish child, in a choir affiliated with the public school system, was performing on my college holiday program. This child expressed discomfort in singing Silent Night. The […]