By Lois Goldrich TENAFLY, NJ — As Shirah, the Community Chorus at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, prepares to celebrate its 18th year with a gala concert on June 10, founding director and conductor Matthew Lazar says he is proud of what the group represents. “Shirah is a community,” said Lazar, known to his […]
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Accompanist Wins Community Service Award
Eileen Fields, accompanist for the Pennsylvania Youth Chorale, was presented with the choir’s annual Community Servce Award at the PYC’s 35th Anniversary Spring Concert on Sat. May 19, 2012. The presentation was made at the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathederal during the concert and was received with an enthusiastic, extended standing ovation! The award recognizes Ms. Fields’ […]
There is always one, isn’t there?
The blog “From the Front of the Choir” captures a few reasons we seem to always have “one” singer out of step with the others. Can you think of more? There are many ways in which an individual singer can be out of step with the rest of the group. They can be: an […]
Mark Robinson retires after 27 years of teaching
By Naomi Klouda HOMER, AK — If Mark Robinson had pursued his initial notion to go into law, thousands of school kids would likely have missed out on a major piece of their education – and life experience. His own days began in Indianapolis, singing in his dad’s church choir and going the practical route […]
Michael Collins of McGavock High School Awarded Educator of the Future Scholarship
Nashville, TN – Michael Collins of McGavock Comprehensive High School has been announced as the first recipient of a new $1000.00 Educator of the Future college scholarship from Nashville Singers. Since being founded in November of 2008, the philanthropic mission of Nashville Singers has been to enrich lives through support of music education in […]
New Seamus Heaney setting to premiere at Harvard
By Spencer Lenfield CAMBRIDGE, MA — THE SOUND of a Harvard Commencement, for many, is the sound of choirs singing—exposed, organic, human. “To write for voices alone is a great challenge—it’s one of the purest tests of a composer’s craft and ingenuity,” says Richard Beaudoin, preceptor of music. The subtleties of the unaccompanied voice have […]