HAVANA, CUBA — Some 35 US choral directors will arrive in Cuba in May to participate, along with Cuban colleagues, in a symposium that will continue exchanges in this field started in 2011 between the two countries. The symposium will take place in Havana from May 28th through the 30th, and will include workshops, concerts, meetings […]
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Turtle Creek Chorale Moves Forward with Positive Attitude
DALLAS, TX — After a year as the interim director of the Turtle Creek Chorale, Trey Jacobs accepted the position of artistic director. Founded in 1980, the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center is home for the 225-member men’s chorus. With 31 CDs, the Chorale is the most-recorded men’s chorus. The group was featured in the Emmy Award-winning […]
University of Portland mourns loss of beloved music professor Roger Doyle
PORTLAND, OR — The University of Portland community is mourning the loss of Roger O. Doyle, a colorful and beloved professor of music at the University of Portland for nearly forty years and cheerful sturdy pillar of the music community in Portland, who died Monday, April 30 of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – ALS, “Lou […]
Quintessence Artistic Director Matthew Greer Among 2012 Creative Bravos! Honorees
In March 2012, Quintessence Artistic Director Matthew Greer was honored with one of Creative Albuquerque’s Bravos! Awards, recognizing artisitc innovation, entrepreneurship, and community impact. Greer was appointed Quintessence’s Artistic Director in 2009. Since 2003, Greer has served as Director of Music and Worship Arts at St. John’s United Methodist Church in Albuquerque, where he directs […]
What’s on Great Sacred Music, Sunday, May 6, 2012
Of interest on Great Sacred Music this Sunday is Mattins as it might be sung in an English cathedral. That’s in the first half hour. Then Heinrich Franz Biber’s monumental 53 voice Salzburg Mass airs at approximately 9:40 a.m. eastern. The show airs each Sunday at 8 a.m. eastern on 89.7 FM in central […]
Victory in Verona
By Jessica Leigh Lobos SAVANNAH — They came, they sang, they conquered. After months of practice and fundraising, the Savannah Children’s Choir brought home a gold medal from the Concors Internazionale Di Canto Corale, held in Italy last month. Also known as “The Days of International Song,” the competition takes place every April in the […]