Want to know how a collegiate choir is going to sound when they perform in eight years? Look no farther than the elementary classroom today. The fundamentals being taught in the early years of music education are THE determining factor for the success of our craft in the future. Thus, we owe it to our […]
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Golden Gate Men’s Chorus-Four World Premieres
The Golden Gate Men’s Chorus, under the direction of Joseph Piazza is preparing itself for a performance at the World Choir Games in Riga, Lativia in July of 2014. Competing among 15,ooo participants and 500 choirs from around the world, the Golden Gate Men’s Chorus will present four newly commissioned works by renowned composers for […]
Stick Time: Spaced Out Singers
With the exception of that which can be quantified – such as tempo and intonation – there are probably as many variables in choral music than there are absolutes. Consider, for instance, formations. Many of us are continually experimenting with the order in which our choirs stand during performance. Yet, what works for one […]
NEW CATHOLIC MASS composed by PHILIP STOPFORD
Philip Stopford was commissioned by David Byrne at St Luke the Evangelist Church, St Louis, Missouri to compose a new setting of the Revised Text of the Ordinary of the Mass (2013). It is available to purchase now at www.ecclesium.co.uk, priced £69 ($100) per 10 copies – Brass and Timpani parts will follow in due course, […]
New choral/vocal weekly radio show/Wednesdays
Be sure to catch the first episode of a new series, “Re-Choired Listening,” on the Radio Arts Foundation of St. Louis. The hour-long show is devised and presented by the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus’s artistic director, Philip Barnes, and is broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 7 pm. Each program is an eclectic mix of choral and vocal music […]
Choral Caffeine: 100% + 100% + 100%
Ready or not, here comes the new school year. This is that delicious moment when our choirs are like compressed springs full of potential energy that we as their conductors must help them realize and focus in the best possible manner. In his article, “Today is the First Day of the Rest of the […]