By Pat Sutphin CARBONDALE, IL — At 7:30 a.m., the music begins. For Monica Bertrand, a senior from St. Charles studying music education, the last note does not hit until well after the sun sets. Bertrand begins each day by assisting Carlyn Zimmermann, choir director of Carbondale Community High School. Bertrand said she is not […]
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ACDA 4 U: Northwestern Division Features Lo Còr de la Plana
The Northwestern Division Conference (March 15-18 in Seattle) will include a performance by Lo Còr de la Plana (pronounced “loo quar dey la plan”), a Marseilles choir from the quarter “La Plaine.” It features six singers, accompanied by percussions (bendirs and tamburello), handclapping, and foot-stomping. Founded in 2001, the group devoted itself to the systematic re-creation […]
ACDA 4 U: MS/JHS Conference Clinicians
You won’t want to miss the Middle School/Junior High School conference scheduled for Februaruy 29 in Dallas. In addition to having the opportuntiy to hear wionderful middle school choirs, you will also have the chance to lear from the experioence of such teachers as Judy Bowers, Margie Camp, Rollo Dilworth, Patrick Freer, Kari Gilbertson, Gretchen […]
NZ Native Joins The King’s Singers
By Geoff Shearer BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA — The Kiwi high school teacher moved to England in 2010 to “get serious” about his singing career. Now he’s pinching himself as he finds he’s in the group’s royal court and about to embark on his first tour with them. “I always wanted to be a professional singer, and I […]
What’s On Great Sacred Music, Sunday, February 5, 2012
Great Sacred Music airs from 8-11 eastern every Sunday morning. The program can be heard on 89.7 fm in central North Carolina and online at http://theclassicalstation.org 08:00:20 Thomas Tallis: If ye love me The King’s Singers 08:04:07 John Rutter: Come Down, O Love Divine Cambridge Singers, John Rutter Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano 08:11:28 William […]
Choral Caffeine: Get Guys
There are some days I wish I was an English teacher. English faculty don’t need to invest time worrying about wardrobe issues, they don’t have to place their classroom product on display, and they don’t have to lift a finger to recruit member to their class. Choral conductors on the other hand . . […]