COVENTRY, UK — A NEW piece of music to mark the 50th anniversary of Coventry Cathedral will get its world premiere on Saturday, June 23. James MacMillan’s Gloria will be premiered at a special concert which will also feature War in Heaven written by Neil Cox for the cathedral’s silver jubilee and Britten’s St Nicolas Cantata. […]
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A long finish for a choral director, a new look for Washington’s choruses
By Anne Midgette WASHINGTON, DC — In April, Norman Scribner said goodbye to Washington. On Wednesday, Washington is going to say goodbye to him. Scribner, 76, has for the last two years been taking a long farewell from the Choral Arts Society, the group he founded 47 years ago and from which he is retiring at the […]
Founding Artistic Director returns to Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester
After a nine-year hiatus, Rick Kvam is returning to the Rochester music scene as artistic director of two organizations he helped create. Kvam has been appointed by Choral Arts Ensemble and Honors Choirs of Southeast Minnesota to succeed Michael Culloton, effective July 1. Culloton recently announced that he has accepted a position at Concordia College […]
What’s on Great Sacred Music, Sunday, June 10, 2012
Great Sacred Music airs each Sunday morning at 8 a.m. eastern on 89.7 fm and online at http://theclassicalstation.org Rob Kennedy is your host. If you have a suggestion for future programs or wish to send along one of your choir’s CDs for consideration, contact me at: Rob …………………………………….. 08:00:00 William Byrd: Justorum […]
Conductor sees real role as challenging singers to soar
By Amy Smart VICTORIA, BC — For conductor Peter Butterfield, great art is at once static and moving. “It’s a changing thing, it’s like dunes in a desert,” he said. “I think by definition, it’s a journey every time.” That’s what gives some classical works – like Bach’s 18th-century Mass in b Minor – their […]
Longtime Pine Street Presbyterian Church music director ‘cut wide swath’ in community
By Monica von Dobenbeck HARRISBURG, PA — There will be no eulogy and no sermon for Donald L Clapper during his memorial service at Pine Street Presbyterian Church where he served as minister of music for 43 years. Clapper planned the detailed service himself 10 years ago with only prayers, Scripture readings and the music he loved. […]