St Peter’s Singers Hymn-a-thon St Peter’s Singers of Leeds @SPS Leeds Hymnathon On 24th May, members of the choir will be singing the New English Hymnal “from cover to cover” – in excess of 500 hymns over 24 hours in order to raise money to allow us to continue our music-making. The Singers will begin […]
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Intonation IV – Barbershop and tuning
Here’s a guest blog post on barbershop tuning from Mike O’Neil, who taught high school for five years before becoming a music educator for the Barbershop Harmony Society (formerly known as SPEBSQA). He wrote to me offering a guest post and I happily accepted. Incredibly helpful and useful information. He included a couple examples of exercises […]
Intonation III – what system do you use?
Many of us have gravitated towards a system of "just" intonation, rather than the tempered scale that's used for tuning pianos. You may not have even thought about this and simply accepted that the piano is the arbiter of what's in tune and what's not. However, equal temperament is really a compromise tuning system (and […]
David Holdhusen directs in new CD
David Holdhusen, director of the Chamber Choir at the University of South Dakota, is releasing a new CD on Con Brio Recordings. A compilation of live performances over four years, the CD is a dazzling potpourri of songs that captive that imagination. On hearing the very first song, Brad Holmes’ arrangement of “Amen”, I was […]
SATB/Organ arrangement of On Christmas Night by James Burton released by Edition Peters
An arrangement of On Christmas Night for SATB choir and organ by noted choral conductor James Burton is now available through Edition Peters. James Burton, one the UK’s leading choral conductors and an acclaimed orchestral and opera conductor, has a considerable portfolio of compositions and arrangements to his name. A choral scholar at St John’s College, […]
Autumn by Dustin Oldenburg *Special Promotion*
“Autumn” by Dustin Oldenburg is now available at http://www.oldenburgmusic.com/music.html! The link to the recording below is from Viterbo University Concert Choir’s premier performance of the piece. The player below offers a one minute preview. https://soundcloud.com/oldenburgmusic/autumn-by-dustin-oldenburg *As a special promotion to celebrate the premier, I am offering this piece for FREE between now […]