By Amanda Whitesell HOWELL, MI — A “whole brigade” of students might not have pursued music careers if it weren’t for Rod Bushey, says a co-worker. The Howell High School choir director was named the Michigan School Vocal Music Association’s 2012 teacher of the year. The award is the most prestigious honor given to vocal music […]
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Toronto gets together for a sing-song
by Isabel Teotonia TORONTO — When Nobu Adilman formed a ragtag choir with his buddies to sing at a friend’s birthday party, he didn’t realize what he was tapping into: people really loved singing together. He now runs Choir! Choir! Choir!, which meets every Tuesday night at a College St. bar, attracting 125 people eager to belt […]
Karen Grylis awarded NZ grant to expand choral education
Karen Grylls ONZM, Artistic Director of Choir Aotearoa New Zealand, has been selected as a 2011 NZ-UK Link Foundation Discretionary Award winner. She is Associate Professor of Music at Auckland University and one of New Zealand’s most experienced and distinguished choral educators. She is heading for England next month to study current best practice in […]
Choral Academy Opens Musical World for Teens
By Lisa Thornton HARRISBURG, NC — As he sits quietly in the choir room at Calvary Lutheran Church, his grass-stained jeans, gray American Eagle hoodie and grown-out mop of sandy-colored hair speak for him, describing a typical teenager. But when his cue from the conductor arrives, in the form of a graceful and rhythmic […]
Isle of Wight Choral Conductor to Carry Olympic Torch
By Richard Wright NEWPORT, UK — COMMUNITY chorister Hannah Brear really has something to sing about. Hannah’s name is the first to be announced as a bearer of the Olympic torch on the Isle of Wight leg of its journey around the UK, prior to the start of the London Olympics. Hannah, founder and […]
Yale acquires oral history of choral conductor Sir David Willcocks
NEW HAVEN CT — Yale University Library has acquired a substantial collection of interviews on the prominent choral conductor and composer, Sir David Willcocks. Perhaps best known as the director of music at King’s College, Cambridge University, Willcocks also held the directorship of London’s Royal College of Music, and published the popular anthologies “Carols for Choirs.” […]