By Dick Frantzreb SACRAMENTO — Here’s more evidence that there are angels among us. The Threshold Choir is a nationwide network of choirs, almost exclusively of women, whose purpose is to “bring ease and comfort to those at the thresholds of living and dying.” At the heart of their work is singing at bedsides, in […]
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Ottawa Choral Society picks new musical directors
By Peter Robb OTTAWA — The Ottawa Choral Society has a new artistic director. Montreal-based Jordan de Souza was recently selected after a lengthy search to replace Matthew Larkin. In addition, Kevin Reeves, a composer, filmmaker and the founding director of the innovative Ottawa chorus Seventeen Voyces, has been named chorus master for the society. […]
San Tan Community Performing Arts 2012-13 Season
San Tan Chorale is calling for members (18 years or older) to join the fall session of our non-audition choir. Rehearsals for the Chorale begin on Tuesday, Aug. 28, from 7-9 p.m. at Christ’s Greenfield Lutheran Church, 425 N. Greenfield Rd., in Gilbert. San Tan Orchestra is calling for members (15 years or older) to […]
Stick Time: Nowhere to Hide
Somewhere buried in most choirs is a singer who is not quite sure of the notes. Though well-intentioned, this person may lack reading skills, have a little trouble matching pitch, or have a vocal issue that prevents them from being as accurate as the conductor might hope. What would the impact of that inaccurate […]
Communicating with Living Composers
A guest blog from an not-yet-dead and anonymous composer: How to Communicate with Not-Yet-Dead Composers Most composers never expect to become rich and famous. (Do we wish we could become rich and famous? Oh, sure!) The vast majority of us have day jobs that pay the bills (even Rachmaninoff had to give piano lessons […]
Make a Joyful Noise
Spotted this on Twitter – it is a book about a love entanglement within a choir as they prepare for a perfomance. Someone read it and let us know if it is any good! About the book: Tristan is a choral conductor, twice married and determined not to be caught again. Lucy is […]