Reno, known as a city of gambling, is now also a festival city of choirs. Happy faces of the singers confirmed this impression after the Closing Event of the second American International Choral Festival (AICF, 4 – 8 May) in the United States. “This is the best festival so far,” raved U.S. conductor James Reddan […]
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Great teaching in Louisville
This came across my email a couple of days ago . . . congrats, Alexis! Noe Middle School was celebrating the arts Wednesday, and they were celebrating their choral teacher who is the newest Excel Award winner. Alexis Paxton has been teaching choral music at Noe Middle School for ten years. In that time, the […]
An Open Letter to the U.S. Secretary of Education
Dear Secretary Duncan, Thank you for your open letter to America’s teachers. We appreciate that you want to work with us and that you respect our opinions. Therefore, we would like to bring a few items to your attention on behalf of the music education community. As you know, local budget cuts are […]
Dawn Kranz honored by MENC
NORWAY, MI – Dawn Kranz, choral director and music specialist at the Norway-Vulcan Area Schools, has been selected as April 2011 choral director Mentor of the Month by the Music Educators National Conference. The conference an organization compromised of 175,000 music educators throughout the country. Mentors are chosen for their musical contributions to their school […]
St John Passion gets new angle
By Bob Karlovits PITTSBURGH — Thomas Wesley Douglas is taking “The Passion According to St. John” away from the holiday to which it is connected and the churches in which it often is presented. “I think if you take it away from Easter, you have more of a chance to think about the human side […]
The Wachner Project
By Patrick McCoy WASHINGTON, DC — The life of a conductor is sometimes perceived to be uneventful, conservative and perhaps by some even boring. For Julian Wachner, life is anything but boring. Between conducting The Washington Chorus, teaching at McGill University in Montreal and directing the Trinity Church Wall Street Choir and Baroque Orchestra, Wachner […]