Composer Dan Forrest was the winner of the American Choral Directors Association's Raymond W. Brock Memorial Student Composition Competition in 2005. Since then his compositions have been heard in a variety of venues, including this performance of "You Are the Music" by the Hilliard Darby High School Symphonic Choir (Michael G, Martin, conductor) during the […]
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New Musica Russica Website launches
This year, Musica Russica celebrates its 25th Anniversary. To mark this milestone event, we’ve launched a new website — http://www.musicarussica.com — designed to make your interaction with our offerings much richer, more streamlined, and hopefully, more rewarding. Among other things, you can: • search CDs, tracks, and sheet music by keyword, composer, title, genre, theme, […]
CJ Replay: Elijah Rock
(From the Choral Journal article, “Jester Hairston: Background and Interpretation of ELIJAH ROCK, by Tim Sharer [p.34].) Originally, the work was intended to be staged and lighted, much as we would now do to a current pop or jazz tune. The curtain should open to find a bare and dimly lit stage as […]
CJ Replay: D.I.Y. Composition
(From the Choral Journal article, “Camden-Rockport Project: A Choir Writes Its Own Song” by Michele Pressley) For several years general music students explore the elements of music, developing a basic understanding of melody, harmony, texture, tone, dynamics, rhythm, etc., through the creation of mini-compositions. These same techniques, in a slightly modified form, are […]
Windward Choral Society begins its fifth year
A whopping 33 new singers showed up for Windward Choral Society’s Open House Rehearsal on Tuesday, August 28. WCS begins their fifth year this fall. It was the hope of its founder and artistic director, Susan McCreary Duprey, to get more people on the Windward side of O‘ahu singing in choirs. The chorus, which now […]
It’s all about the phrase
The e-mail arrived from a young colleague in her first year of teaching. Her words were were direct, and the pleading tone was crystal clear: "They're singing the correct notes. NOW what do I do?" To which I replied, "Now, the FUN begins! Now you get to create the magic and the majesty of choral […]