Commission a New Choral Work for $1 – $100 (or free)! If you missed the first announcement about this unique, first-time, low- or no-cost Commission Project that is taking place from July 15 until October 15, 2012: More than 30 talented, highly-motivated composers are participating in this special project, and for a limited time you […]
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O magnum mysterium and Stille Nacht (Silent Night) – Joseph Gregorio | Areté Music Imprints
If you’re still searching for repertoire for the Christmas season, consider two new works by American composer Joseph Gregorio and published by Areté Music Imprints: • O magnum mysterium, commissioned by Choral Chameleon, is a setting of this favorite Christmas text in a gently-flowing 6/4, using modal harmonies and featuring a fugue on the word […]
How Paris is falling in love with gospel music
By John Laurenson PARIS — France may be the most militantly secular country in Europe, but Paris’s gospel scene is flourishing. The choir sways and their orange robes sway with them. The conductor, packed in an ice-cream-white suit, urging them on, while out front the Reverend Jean Carpenter – moving quite possibly like nobody has […]
five new titles available on Carol Barnett’s Beady Eyes Publishing website
Carol Barnett has added five more titles to her Beady Eyes Publishing website Bega – SSAATTBB, piano; c. 6:15; text by Mary L. C. Pickthall; written for the 2011 Ithaca College Choral Composition Festival/Lawrence Doebler; http://www.carolbarnett.net/publishing3.html#beg An Elizabethan Garland – SSAATTBB; five movements, each available separately; total duration c. 13:00;texts by John Fletcher, Samuel […]
Profile: Lisa Bitzas, Seymour (TN) Middle School
By Rachael Osborn SEYMOUR, TN — Though it was only the first day of school on Thursday, Lisa Bitzas' general music and choir students at Seymour Middle School were already showing off their singing voices and dance moves. As members of the sixth-grade choir—the Treble Makers—sang about their favorite foods to the beat and played […]
Symphony musicians want to heal community relationship
By Katie Brace ATLANTA — The musicians of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra said they are reaching out to three high schools to heal the damage done by a racially charged comment made by the ASO management. They have offered to volunteer their time and perform with the choirs of the affected schools at the schools. […]