By Amos Ngaira NAIROBI, KENYA — To the critics of the Moi regime, the sort of music that made Boniface Mganga, who died in a road accident last week, was sycophancy in its rawest form. Quick on praise and short on criticism for the regime’s corruption and tribalism, the genre was bound to attract criticism […]
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Choral Caffeine: A Classroom Technology Project
What would have happened if choral musicians of the mid-15thcentury had told Guttenberg that they didn’t want anything to do with his new-fangled movable-type printing press? Would we have the New World Symphony if Dvorak had been afraid to take a ship to the U.S. in 1892? Imagine if no one thought that […]
Truro Cathedral choristers score a worldwide hit with webcast
CORNWALL, UK — A Westcountry cathedral is so proud of its choral work that it has begun broadcasting to the entire planet. The choir at Truro has recorded and uploaded its first live Evensong – making the Cornish cathedral the first in the UK to broadcast on the World Wide Web. The service, which was […]
Dr. Andrew Crane named Director of Choral Activities at East Carolina University
The East Carolina University School of Music in Greenville, North Carolina, is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Andrew Crane as Director of Choral Activities. Crane will conduct the nationally recognized ECU Chamber Singers and lead the graduate program in choral conducting. From 2005-2011, Crane held the same position at California State University, […]
Studio time with an American producer has NZ choralists whooping for joy
By Calida Smylie AUCKLAND, NZ — Bob Power’s deep American drawl booms out from the laptop. “Okay, once more girls, once more … make it super sweet. Like, mellow.” The New York-based producer, who has worked with De La Soul, Erykah Badu and Miles Davis, is directing a bunch of New Zealand schoolchildren via internet […]
Video Art Based On Choral Music: Clychau Aberdyfi yn Ffwrnais
Clychau Aberdyfi by Hywel Girl’s Choir on a Decca Junior gramophone next to the Einion stream behind Graig Chapel Furnace. Clychau Aberdyfi yn Ffwrnais from jacob whittaker on Vimeo. Presumably the significance of the stream is that Clychau Aberdyfi (“The Bells of Aberdovey”) is a folk song about a submerged kingdom whose bells can be heard […]