By John von Rhein CHICAGO — Amid a hectic transatlantic schedule that has Christopher Bell shuttling each season between engagements in the United Kingdom and Chicago, he looks forward to the balm of summers spent working with his Grant Park Chorus. This year he is celebrating his 10th year as its director, and the milestone […]
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Kyrie for Norway
Kyrie for Norway – a musical expression dedicated in loving memory of all the people who passed away on July 22 in Oslo and Utoya. As the video below will tell you, the following piece of music was written and a choir was formed to perform and produce the work in 48 hours. Words […]
Choral Art Society of NJ – 50th Anniversary Season
The Choral Art Society of New Jersey is celebrating its 50th year as an organization dedicated to learning and singing great choral music. During this Golden Anniversary year it will be performing Felix Mendelssohn’s Oratorio, Paulus (St. Paul), Op. 36. This is a magnificent composition which was first performed in Dusseldorf, Germany, on May 22, […]
Estonians sing Japanese music
Female Choir of Estonian Choral Conductors, Tallinn, singing Ave Regina coelorum by Japanese composer and conductor Ko Matsushita. http://youtu.be/eufyAOiG1Kg
Kent Tritle Named Director of Music at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
NEW YORK — The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine has announced the appointment of Kent Tritle, one of America’s leading choral conductors and organ virtuosos (he is organist of the New York Philharmonic), as its next Director of Cathedral Music and Organist, to begin his tenure on September 1. He succeeds former director Bruce […]
Robert Shafer Receives Ovation Award from the Choralis Foundation
Robert Shafer, Artistic Director of The City Choir of Washington, was honored by The Choralis Foundation Board of Directors and Artistic Director Gretchen Kuhrmann as the winner of the 2nd Annual Greater Washington DC Area Choral Excellence Award, given to a person or organization that has made significant lifetime contributions to the art of choral […]