By Ricardo Baca There’s something deeply moving — disturbing, even — about the recordings of the performers known as Scala & Kolacny Brothers. The ensemble is built around a Belgian girls choir that takes on contemporary rock standards with a straight-faced, postmodern ferocity that catches listeners unaware. If you thought you knew Radiohead — or […]
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Anti-perfect
Chris Rowbury comes out against perfection: Which is why I don’t like singers or choirs or music which is just so, so perfect. The blend is perfect, the rendition is perfect, the enunciation is perfect, the costumes are perfect. I may as well stay at home and read the score and imagine the music in […]
Sing for Japan
If you are like me, when disaster or tragedy strikes the world community, after the shock subsides, there is a helplessness that sets in related to how we can fully empathize, react, and help. We look at what we do for a living and ask the question, “How does what we do make a difference?” […]
MO High School Teacher MaryRuth Boone Honored
DEXTER, Mo. – For nearly 30 years there has been friendship, fun times, achievements, and dedication within the Dexter High School Choirs. And now, as she prepares to step down and retire after a highly successful career, MaryRuth Boone’s students have something they would like to say to the DHS choral music director: “Thank you.” […]
Handling turnover
Liz Garnett writes about membership “churn”: You are constantly having to cover the basic ground for new members, which leaves less time for building on them to develop advanced skills. And a piece you worked up to a good performance standard just a few months ago loses its polish much faster if 25% of the […]
Six hundred men find their voices
Katherine Feeney BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA — What could be so special about 'male voice' that warrants three days of celebration and over $25,000 in public funding? Plenty, according to organisers of the Pemulwuy Male Voice Festival, which is set to launch 600 Australian voices from 16 choirs into song across three days this month. Because, […]