EDMONTON – The position of artistic director at Pro Coro Canada was finally announced Friday night, and the winner is: Michael Zaugg. The sixth person to hold the job since the choir was founded in 1980, the Montreal-based Zaugg beat out some fairly stiff competition in San Francisco’s Magen Solomon and Yale Russian Chorus conductor Mark Bailey to […]
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Susan LaBarr Named 2012 Missouri Composer Laureate
Susan LaBarr is the 2012 Missouri Composer Laureate. (Photo Credit: Caitlin Denman) Susan LaBarr, a Missouri State University music department alumna, has been named the 2012 Missouri Composer Laureate. She is composing music for the Verses and Voices Festival on March 6, 2012 at the Capitol Rotunda in Jefferson City. Choirs from across the state will combine […]
Playlist for Great Sacred Music, Sunday, February 5, 2012
Two major works this morning: John Rutter’s Requiem at 10 a.m. and Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli at 8:22 a.m. I hope that you and your choral conducting students find these playlists useful. Great Sacred Music airs every Sunday from 8 – 11 a.m. eastern on The Classical Station. 89.7 fm in central North Carolina […]
ACDA 4 U: MS/JHS Event in Two Weeks
The ACDA conference on Middle School & Junior High School music is just two weeks away. In addition to the authentic middle-level choirs scheduled to perform, attendees will take part in practical sessions, including: <> Panel Discussions <> Tone Development <> Participant Involvement <> Classroom Management <> Sight-reading & Literacy […]
Grant Gershon Appointed Resident Conductor of LA Opera
LOS ANGELES — Plácido Domingo, LA Opera’s Eli and Edythe Broad General Director, announced today that Grant Gershon, who has served as Associate Conductor / Chorus Master since 2007, will become Resident Conductor on July 1, 2012, effective through the end of the 2013/14 season. “Grant has become a critical member of our artistic team, and I […]
When I Sing to Make You Dance – SSA/piano/flute (opt solo) Michael John Trotta
About the song . . . When I Sing to Make You Dance was commissioned by Polly Murray and ChildrenSong of New Jersey to provide artistic expression for emerging mixed choirs. The ranges are ideal for newly changed and developing voices. An energetic piano accompaniment features subtle suspensions that provide a harmonic and rhythmic underpinning for […]