By Maggie Barry Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, UK — THERE was scarcely a dry eye in the house as the last notes from the Military Wives choir soared and faded above the packed audience in London’s Royal Albert Hall. Joanne McMurdo, whose husband was serving in Afghanistan, watched with a lump in her throat. Then she came up […]
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Schola Cantorum on Hudson Announces Featured Composer for 2012-13
Schola Cantorum on Hudson is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Brinsmead as their Featured Composer for their 2012-2013 season! Daniel Brinsmead (b. 1988) is a graduate of the School of Music at the Australian National University where he received a Bachelor of Music with Honors for performance studies in Classical Voice. His choral compositions and arrangements have […]
Obituary: Perla Warren
By Robert D. Dávila SACRAMENTO, CA — A memorial Mass and reception are planned for Perla Warren, a noted choral conductor and former music teacher at American River College. Mrs. Warren died July 29 of cancer, her family said. She was 76. As professor of vocal music from 1975 to 1995, she conducted the American River College […]
What’s on Great Sacred Music, Sunday, September 9, 2012
This Sunday’s playlist is one I devised several years ago as a tribute to the victims of 9/11 as well as a comfort for their friends and family left behind to mourn. Rob http://theclassicalstation.org 08:01:24 H. Walford Davies: Psalm 130, “Out of the deep” Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Philip Ledger Francis Grier, […]
Stick Time: Weather Report
When people hear the term 'weather report' they probably think of the local news, The Weather Channel, or perhaps even the 70s jazz-fusion band (I'll share that just for fun in the next "Saturday Respite"). Maybe now we'll think of this performance of "Weather Report" (Chilcott) by The Choir of the West from Pacific Lutheran […]
CJ Replay: Interpretive Process
(From the Choral Journal article “The Interpretive Process in Choral Music” by John H. Peed) “Interpretation,” as defined by The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, is “a concept of a work of art as expressed by the character and style of its representation or performance. ” In this respect, let’s begin […]