By Cathalena E. Burch University of Arizona choral conducting doctoral student Phil Moody won the 11th National Choral Conducting Competition Graduate Division in Chicago March 11. Moody began his journey to the national contest, sponsored by the American Choral Directors Association, last September, when he competed against his 12 fellow UA choral conducting doctoral colleagues […]
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At choral event, boys mull the question: Keep singing?
By LAUREN BOYER York, PA – The lopsided ratio of female to male in some grade school choirs is no secret. “It doesn’t seem like a guy-ish thing to do,” said Adam Bissell, a seventh-grader at Northern Middle School. “But guys do it too. Look at all the famous people.” On Saturday, Bissell joined about […]
TERRY KNOWLES PROMOTED TO PRESIDENT AND CEO OF LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE
Terry Knowles, long-time executive director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC), has been promoted to President and CEO of the world-renowned chorus effective immediately, announced LAMC Chairman Mark Foster. Terry has served as executive director since 2000. The Los Angeles Master Chorale is a resident company of the Music Center and is the resident […]
Choral Parade From Hudson River to Rensselaer Campus Is a First
TROY, NY — A choral parade combining four university choirs, accompaniment broadcast via WRPI, and a route leading from the Hudson River to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus will be a first-of-its-kind experience for Rensselaer and the city of Troy next month. The “Troy Paradio” performance is the opening piece of a larger concert presented as […]
More than 300 voices will come together in choral event Singing for Peace
By GUY D’ASTOLFO YOUNGSTOWN — Hae-Jong Lee is plunking keys on a piano in his office at Youngstown State University. The choral music professor is demonstrating how disparate notes blend together to make a perfect-sounding chord. It’s lesson, he says, that applies not only to music, but to society. To turn his analogy into reality, […]
ACDA Chicago from another perspective
Micheal McGlynn attended the Chicago 2011 Conference and has some valuable international insight on his Anuna blog: On the opportunity to chat with other choral composers: A highlight of my visit was getting the opportunity to meet with other choral composers. The thing that struck me most of all on meeting them was how […]