U.S. replaces Latvia The current world ranking list for choirs is online. The top 1000 of the choral world is now headed by the “University of Louisville Cardinal Singers” (Kent Hatteberg) from the USA and thus supersedes the longtime leader “Kamer” (Maris Sirmais) from Latvia. He is followed by the “Guangdong Experimental Middle School Choir” […]
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Stick Time: Conducting Study 7
It seems criminally obvious to say that how we end a piece is at least as important as how we begin one. Today let’s watch a colleague bring a choral work to a close. First, note that his left hand cues the sopranos in a manner that guides them to a “floating” sound on […]
CJ Replay: Spem in Alium
(From the Choral Journal article, “Thomas Tallis’ Spem in Alium Nun Quam: Grandur in 40 Parts,” by Brock McEhleran.) There is only one lasting problem in performing Tallis’s celebrated motet – for the rest of one’s life a great deal of Renaissance music has been spoiled. Everyone I know who has conducted or […]
Gotta love this
It must have been a busy weekend, because I’m late with a Monday morning ChoralBlog. I found this little gem recently: the Boy Choir & Soloist Directory. Why do I like it so much? Because it has a great directory of lyrics for well known choral pieces! Don’t we all search […]
Silver Platter Repertoire, April Edition
This message is best viewed on ChoralNet. If you are reading this as an email, please click on the URL at the top of the message. Dear Colleagues, The April installment of our Silver Platter Repertoire is available for your perusal. This is the best of the best choral music by ChoralNet member […]
Book of anthems is special gift to Queen
YORK, UK — A WOMAN from Plympton has presented Her Majesty The Queen with a collection of choral anthems in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee. Carol Butler, who was a pupil at Hele’s School from 1966 to 1972, is Chief Executive of the Choirbook Trust, which has published a collection of 44 anthems for cathedral choirs. […]