By Beverly Stidham PHOENIX — The Phoenix Symphony Association appointed Dr. Thomas Bookhout as its interim chorus master. Bookhout’s appointment is for the 2012/13 season. In addition to the Phoenix Symphony Chorus, Bookhout is the director of performing arts at Scottsdale Christian Academy and the sanctuary choir director of Camelback Bible Church, which performed a […]
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Profile: Lois Castonguay, Radford (VA) HS
By Travis Williams RADFORD, VA –When it comes to selecting a new leader, a candidate’s experience often becomes his or her major selling point. Such was likely the case when the Virginia Music Educators Association elected Radford High School choral teacher Lois Castonguay president of the state unit of the National Association for Music […]
Profile: Andrew Lewis, St Luke’s, Evanston, IL
By Dorothy Andries EVANSTON, IL — You won’t have to audition for this choir, but be warned, the standards are high. The repertoire includes sacred music by British composers William Byrd, William Harris, Herbert Howells, Orlando Gibbons and Thomas Tallis, as well as works by Durufle, Faure, and Messiaen. “We want to be as good […]
Martin Sedek new musical director of Choral Art Society of NJ.
The Choral Art Society of New Jersey, commencing its 51st year of learning and performing choral music masterpieces, takes great pleasure in announcing the appointment of Martin Sedek as its new Musical Director. A choral musician for over a decade, Martin is currently on the choral and theory faculties at Montclair State University’s Cali School […]
In honor of Julia Child’s 100th Birthday, “Eat Your Vegetables!”
In honor of the centenary of Julia Child’s birth (Aug. 15, 1912), I offer the following link to a YouTube video of the Central Washington University Chamber Choir, conducted by Dr. Gary Weidenaar, performing my set of three humorous pieces for SATB choir and clarinet entitled Eat Your Vegetables! – Set One. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nQrmVpI7Ig Happy […]
A Primary Proposal
In the new issue of the Choral Journal (September 2012), "Children’s Choir" column editor Ann Small offers this worthwhile challenge . . . I am asking every director of elementary age children – community, school, or worship choirs – to write three or four “brainstorm blog-like sentences to go in the Children’s […]