WILMINGTON, MA — Former Wilmington High School teacher Chris Barletta, a 2000 Boston Conservatory graduate and professional performer, currently coming to Stoneham Theater in “Let’s Hang On! A Frankie Valli and Four Seasons Tribute Show,” is also a choral teacher at Gateway High School in Kissimmee, Florida. “My first love is choral music,” Barletta said. “I […]
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What’s on Great Sacred Music, Sunday, August 12, 2012
The major work for this Sunday is Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem. We have several versions in the library. The one we shall enjoy is interpreted by the late Carlo Maria Giulini with two top soloists of their day: Nicolai Gedda and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Hour 1 includes Herbert Howells ravishing setting of Psalm 42 “Like as the […]
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CHORAL COMPANY WELCOMES NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ZANAIDA ROBLES (MONROVIA, CA)
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CHORAL COMPANY Monrvoia, CA The San Gabriel Valley Choral Company is pleased to welcome Zanaida Robles as Artistic Director. Ms. Robles served for five years as director of classical choirs at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA). Under her direction, the LACHSA classical choirs performed for numerous […]
From NJ to Carnegie Hall: Conductor Beth Prins and the National High School Choral Festival
HAWTHORNE, NJ — Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute recently announced the four choruses selected for its 2013 National High School Choral Festival (NHSCF), a one-of-a-kind program culminating in a performance of Mozart’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and world-renowned conductor John Nelson on Saturday, April 20, 2013. Below, conductor Beth […]
Essential Voices USA Needs Singers to Help Honor Marvin Hamlisch at Funeral
Dear NYC Singers, Our musical director and conductor, Judith Clurman, has been asked to assemble a large chorus of 600 singers for Marvin Hamlisch’s funeral. As you might imagine, Marvin’s passing is not only a great loss for the musical community at large, but is also deeply saddening for Judy and those […]
Digital piece plays daily at Olympics
By Laura Groves CUMBERLAND, MD — I’m going to be in the Olympics (virtually)! A number of years ago, my mother told me that there was a website that she wanted me to see. I casually took a look and was amazed. What I saw was a combination of 185 singers around the globe singing […]