I am pleased to announce that my recent musical composition titled THE GALE for mixed chorus and piano or chamber orchestra will receive its world premiere performance with piano accompaniment this year. It is a setting of a text by Abraham (“Abramek”) Koplowicz, a talented young boy who died in the Holocaust. The performance will […]
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Improving Your Choir’s Intonation with Kinesthetic Gestures
How does one obtain vowel unification in an ensemble? How do your singers know what you want? During a performance how do you communicate to the singers that the [a] needs to sound more like the [a] in the word “father”. Using gestures is helpful to any singer and may even be necessary for those […]
Auditions – New York City Based Choir
The SymphoNYChorus | Choir | 40+ members The SymphoNYChorus, a Manhattan based choir & orchestra, will be holding auditions for the 2018-2019 season at the end of August & in early September. We have a need for new members in all sections: -Tenor, Baritone, & Bass -Soprano I, Soprano II, & Alto Rehearsals are Monday […]
Auditions – Pittsburgh Compline Choir
Interested in singing with the Pittsburgh Compline Choir? Now in our 31st season, the PCC sings the Divine Office of Compline each Sunday evening at 8 pm during the Pitt academic year at Heinz Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. We seek talented sight-readers of all voice types who are interested […]
Looking for a choir & orchestra to premiere my ‘Christmas Overture’
Dear conductors and choristers, I have just released the version in English of my carol entitled ‘Christmas Overture’. The piece is available in different instrumentations : – SATB choir, (optional children choir), full orchestra. – SAB choir, glockenspiel, optional sleigh bells. – SSA choir, glockenspiel, optional sleigh bells. – Piano solo (for piano beginners) The […]
One from the Folder: Weekly Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
Week 20: Friday, August 3, 2018 “Ave Maria” by Gustav Holst Marian antiphon SSAA/SSAA, a cappella This blog on ChoralNet is now 20 weeks old, just slightly older than my infant son (currently 13 weeks!). So far, much of the repertoire has been from the 20th and 21st centuries, with one week each of the […]