I wrote this sitting in the airport in Charleston, SC, waiting for the first flight on my longish trip home. I was coming home from the National Collegiate Chorus Organization's biennial conference (NCCO, not to be confused with the NCCCO – National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators). I love this conference. It's only […]
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Composition Spotlight: “Requiem Aeternam”
COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig (Each week we look at one or two of the best choral works posted in the Composition Showcase here on ChoralNet. This is where we store a treasure trove of works that your choirs will love to sing and your audiences will love to hear.) Requiem Aeternam by Joseph […]
REQUIEM IN D MINOR BY FRANZ VON SUPPÉ HEARD THIS WEEK END
Going beyond words, one of the longest running Choral Radio shows in the country will feature Franz Von Suppé’s 1855 Requiem in D minor this Sunday at Noon, Central Time. To stream this program 1 Hour and 19 mins. go to KVNO.ORG Noon Central Time and click on “Listen Now” This is a […]
Stick Time: Trends & Choral Programming
One has always been mystified by trends. Or more appropriately by how quickly something can move from “The Big Thing” to “Snore.” Without question, the media are the high priests that preside over the worship service at the Church of the Flavor of the Moment (with a healthy dose of obscene corporate greed tossed in […]
CD Release: “Ye Shall Have a Song!” Celebrating the Nation’s Three Oldest Collegiate Choruses
Ye Shall Have a Song highlights the concert that brought together the nation’s three oldest collegiate choruses for the first time in history. Harvard Glee Club (founded 1858, Conductor Andrew Clark), University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club (1859, Conductor Eugene Rogers), and Yale Glee Club (1861, Conductor Jeffrey Douma) combined on Harvard’s Campus in May […]
That First Christmas Night for SATB or SA + Piano
The music is tuneful with syncopated, slightly bouncy accompaniment. It comes in two versions: SATB choir SA choir with piano – the alto part is optional and it can be and has been sung as a unison song with youngsters. The text is by Sister Mary Bernadette Ward SJM of words she considers […]