By James H. Burnett III BROOKLINE, MA — That anyone questions the wisdom of his latest career choice makes Andy Icochea Icochea chuckle. A thin man with dark eyes and frizzy dark hair, Icochea Icochea (twice named, because his mother’s maiden name and father’s surname are the same) was, until a couple of months […]
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Choral Caffeine: You’re NOT Alone
She thought she was all alone . . . While talking with a newly-minted choral music teacher about the initial couple weeks in her first job, it soon became all-too apparent that she was the only music teacher in that school. Sadly, she was already feeling lonely. Rather than being surrounded by other choral […]
“sequel” to Peace oin Earth and lots of l;ittle crickets
Following the overwhelming popularity over the last few years of my SA/percussion Walton publication “Peace on Earth…and lots of little crickets”, I’m happy to announce a sort of sequel to it. It’s an uptempo SA/piano arrangement of the American folk tune “Clap your Hands” which shares its melody with “Old Joe Clarke”. It was commissioned […]
9/11 WE ARE ONE (America’s Day of Wrath)
A poem by Sheryl Sawyer, a wonderful poetess, so moved me that I composed music to it. Since schools start in late August, and September 11 occurs so soon after that, no one has time to prepare this piece for any event regarding the tragedy. Maybe someone will consider preparing the piece at the end […]
Robert Moran Requiem to be debuted at 9/11 concert
“Trinity Requiem” was commissioned by Robert Ridgell for his Trinity Youth Group, comprising young people from the five boroughs of New York. Most of the performers were born around the year 2000, too late for any personal recollections of the tragedy the music attempts to address. Moran tried to keep his musical vocabulary direct, and […]
Gayle Marcus to lead Prairie Arts Chorale
GRANITE FALLS, MN — The Prairie Arts Chorale, composed of singers from southwest Minnesota, is now under the direction of Gayle Marcus from Willmar. Marcus, who has a master’s of music degree with specialization in choral conducting, currently is an adjunct music instructor at Ridgewater College Hutchinson Campus. Marcus’ first endeavor with Prairie Arts Chorale […]