The Huelgas Ensemble, The King’s Consort, the Moscow Chamber Choir and theTallis Scholars will be featured in the first hour of Great Sacred Music this Sunday beginning at 8 a.m. eastern. They will sing music by Matthaeus Pipelare, Andrea Gabrieli, Franz Joseph Haydn, Sergei Rachmaninov and Thomas Tallis. At 9 a.m. you can enjoy the […]
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Andrew Housholder, 78, remembered as a “truly extraordinary, yet ordinary man.”
By Sasha Abraham BOWLING GREEN, OH — Andrew Edward Housholder, Huntington High School’s choral director from 1965 to 1988 whose passion for music helped shape the lives of generations of students, died Sept. 8 in Bowling Green, Ohio. He was 78. “When I am asked about teachers that shaped my life; only a handful come […]
Fron trip to NYC televised
By Karen Price CARDIFF, WALES — ALL the drama, emotion and excitement of the Fron Choir’s debut visit to New York will be relived this week in a television documentary – including the moments they were caught up in a hurricane. Members of the North Wales-based choir have had a memorable few years since signing […]
ACDA announces U.S. / Cuba Choral Summit
An historic opportunity has become available to American Choral Directors Association members and selected choral ensembles. After fifty years of separation between Cuba and the United States – a period during which both countries have developed a thriving choral tradition – ACDA, through the auspices of its International Choral Exchange Program, has established the first-ever […]
Bath Choral Society appoints new director
BATH, UK — Bath Choral Society has announced the appointment of Will Dawes as its new musical director from September, following the retirement of Matthew Bale in July. Based in Oxford, Will Dawes graduated with a degree in choral conducting from the Royal Academy of Music in 2006, being awarded the Thomas Armstrong Prize for […]
LA Children’s Chorus appoints Larissa Donnelly
By Barbara Kaplan LOS ANGELES, CA — Larissa Donnelly has been appointed director of the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) Apprentice Choir. Donnelly will oversee all aspects of the Apprentice Choir, geared for young singers with little or no previous vocal training, including selecting appropriate repertoire to match the singers’ skill level and conducting […]