http://antonypitts.1equalmusic.com/Details/628?Title=the-i-am-sayings-of-jesus Eight motets as recorded by TONUS PEREGRINUS on Hyperion CDA67668, and now available in this beautiful printed edition for all good choirs and vocal ensembles. The cycle is framed by ‘Before Abraham was, I AM’ and ‘I AM Alpha and Omega’, and in-between are the seven sayings from John’s Gospel: ‘I AM the […]
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Zimbabwe: Choral Convention a Success
By Edgar Moyana BELVEDERE, ZIMBABWE — The Methodist Church in Zimbabwe’s Harare Central District held its annual choral music convention at the Belvedere Teachers’ College last Saturday. The music convention, which was hosted by the church’s Budiriro circuit, attracted close to 40 choirs drawn from different circuits from Harare Central District. These choirs competed for honours […]
Choral Caffeine: Dealing with Boys
NEWS FLASH: There is a difference between boys and girls. Despite the efforts of those who would seek to androgenize the species, no amount of PC babble is going to change certain things. Face it: we boys can be a little squirrely (and some of us never quite outgrow that). Rather than try to […]
Choral Caffeine: Multi-Disciplinary Multi-Culturalism
As school districts slash away at budgets like crazed pirate boarding parties, those in the arts are frequently left fighting for their professional survival in an acrid, toxic workplace. Many who have successfully navigated these difficult waters have done so through creative inter-disciplinary efforts. In her article, “New Bridges to Cross: Ideas to Stimulate […]
Choral Caffeine: Help Singers Count
One of the beauties of choral music is the incredible rhythmic flexibility allowed by the text in combination with the natural dexterity of the articulators. But what makes the art so special is also the cause of more than a few problems. Put simply, we singers just don’t count all that well. Thomas Wine […]
CJ Replay: Orlando di Lasso
(From the Choral Journal article, “Polychoral Compositions of Orlando di lasso,” by Larry Cook) Orlando di Lasso is a well-known name as composer of motets, madrigals, Masses, Magnificats, chansons, and German lieder. Somehow he seems to have been largely overlooked as a composer of polychoral music. Perhaps he has been overshadowed by the […]