Dan Forrest and Brady Allred and the Salt Lake Vocal Artists show us how it is done: A fabulous work of beauty and passion, Dan. Brilliant interpretation and musicianship, Brady. Choir – you are remarkable and worthy of the highest praise.
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Yo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming perform at Chicago HS
By Patty Wetli CHICAGO — When’s the last time you heard an auditorium full of high school students go nuts for a cellist? That was the scene at Lake View High School, 4015 N. Ashland Ave., Monday morning as Yo-Yo Ma, opera great Renee Fleming and Damian Woetzel, former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, joined the […]
Bulgarian Choral Music
(From the interest session, "Exploration of Bulgarian Culture Through Choral Music." by Madlen Batchvarova. Presented during the 2012 Central Division Conference) When we talk about Bulgaria, we must know that in this small country, located on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe, live brave, intelligent and spiritual people who have had a long […]
How Do We Speak to Our Singers?
Few topics on Choralnet have garnered such extensive responses as those that deal with director/singer relationships. Surely our inspiration and love of what we do should transcend any problems in interpersonal relationships! After all, it’s “all about the music!” Isn’t it? Yet how many of us wish we could take back a comment that was […]
Choral Director Named National Semi-Finalist
By Brian Kaufman WINCHESTER, VA A local choir director is a semi-finalist for a National Composition Award. Ryan Keebaugh, Director of Choral Activities for Clarke County, was chosen as one of 40 semi-finalists from across the nation for the American Prize in Choral Composition. About 8,000 people applied for the prize. This is the first […]
What would you have said?
A dog interrupts Eric Whitacre's sleep: The director stops the choir, looks around, and says "Are we OK??" Let's brainstorm other possible responses to the dog, or their owner: 1. "What, doesn't your dog like Eric Whitacre?" 2. "Hey, we are having audience participation on the next song, not this […]