By Chelsea Kellner RALEIGH, NC — Meredith Clayton is 29 years old, but she still sometimes goes to work with her mom. And her mother-in-law. All three are high school choral instructors in Wake County public schools. And all three are leading their choirs to the exclusive, invitation-only Presidents Day Festival Chorus at the Kennedy […]
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FL Choral Director Named Teacher of the Year
By Joe Callahan OCALA, FL — Known for her enthusiastic love of music and choral programs, Howard Middle School music teacher and choir director Melissa Bumbach was named Marion County’s 2012 Teacher of the Year on Friday. “I am so honored. I am so honored to be part of this group,” said Bumbach, a four-year veteran […]
Scott Jarrett’s tale of 2 cities (and 3 jobs)
By Steven Brown CHARLOTTE — Two or three weeks with no day off. Coming and going through busy airports. At work, dozens of people watching your every move. Having three jobs in two cities would be enough to wear you down – if it didn’t immerse you in uplifting music. So Scott Allen Jarrett is […]
What’s On Great Sacred Music, Sunday, February 19, 2012
Hour 1 concludes with a composition from the Jewish liturgy. I was organist at Temple Sinai in Bay Shore, New York eons ago. George Rochberg’s piece brings back some happy memories of accompanying a young cantor who always sang a mix of traditional and ‘hot off the press’ music. The Allegri mass in Hour 2 […]
Don’t make me sing about Allah!
More choir controversy in the news, this time about singing religious songs: A student has left his high-school choir after the group sang an Islamic song which contained lyrics in praise of Allah. James Harper, a senior at Grand Junction High School in Colorado, protested when the after-school men's choir chose to sing 'Zikr', by […]
For Central Minn. women, singing comes full circle
Buy Sarah Colburn ST CLOUD, MN — Two Central Minnesota women return to their roots this weekend when the Concordia Choir makes its St. Cloud debut. The local stop is the second of a 16-city, two-week national tour for the choir, which has been touted as one of the premiere college choirs in the country. […]