Please join me for a volume of anthems and motets this Sunday on Great Sacred Music. Three hours of sacred choral music airs from 8-11 a.m. eastern on 89.7 FM in central North Carolina and online at http://theclassicalstation.org. Rob Kennedy ——————————————————————————————– 08:00:20 W.A. Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, […]
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Hampton University Choral Conductor Royzell Dillard mourned by friends, students and colleagues
It is with sadness that I share the passing of Hampton University Director of Choral Activities, Royzell Dillard: http://www.examiner.com/performing-arts-in-washington-dc/music-community-mourns-the-death-of-beloved-hampton-university-choir-director
Gregg Breinberg Interview
This year, Gregg Breinberg, the choir leader at PS 22 in Staten Island, N.Y., topped our list of the sexiest men of the year. (Check out the full list here.) So this week, we called him up to talk about his extraordinary work, his role in his kids’ lives — and gave him the big […]
Skype bridges the distance
Conductor Tom Lloyd recently used Skype to communicate directly with the composer about a work he was performing – a practice that is certainly to become more widespread as composers and conductors become more conversant with technology: The Bi-Co Chamber Singers have traveled all over the world—from Turkey and Poland to Ghana and Costa […]
In the Beginning Was the Word
I have a new setting of John 1:1, 14 – the Gospel Canticle for Christmas set for unison choir (with optional divison into two groups, i.e., women and men) , piano and flute. Written for church choirs whose ranks are depleted at Christmas. It is somewhat Celtic and chant-like. I have a preview copy available […]
Portland’s choral music scene is flourishing
The past few years have seen a changing of the guard in Portland’s choral music scene. Last year, the city’s two most influential veteran choral conductors, University of Portland professor Roger Doyle and Lewis & Clark College’s Gil Seeley, retired after three-plus decades of leading two of the city’s three most important choral organizations: Choral […]