Next week, American Choral Directors will hold our 2011 Biennial National Conference in Chicago. If you are attending, I look forward to seeing you there. If you are not attending, this posting is for you. First of all, there is still time to plan on attending, but that is not my main point. ACDA Conferences […]
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Philippine Choral News – February 2011
2011.02.26 Velasco premieres Pamintuan works with Asia Pacific Youth Choir 2011.02.25 Soliman elected to NCCA national music committee2011.02.24 Velasco attends Asia Pacific Choral Summit in Macau 2011.02.23 NCCA Ani ng Dangal honors 2010 victories of 3 choirs 2011.02.20 Madz alum represents Philippines in first Asia Pacific Youth Choir2011.02.19 Santos wins Pampanga tilt 2011.02.15 Varna confirms […]
Whisper
Amelia Nagoski describes the power dynamics in choir in terms of the conductor's demeanor: Calm, assertive energy. My husband has it in spades. He is the Choir Whisperer. He’s chill, but he’s authoritative. …His highly-skilled competence and thoughtful artistry are distilled through channels of calm assertion that make him powerful beyond the typical high school […]
Lewis University to honor choral director Philip Spencer at Arts Gala event
Lewis University will present Philip Spencer, Professor and Director of the Choral and Vocal Music at Joliet Junior College, with the 2011 St. Genesius Award at its annual Arts Gala, to be held Saturday, March 5, on the Lewis campus on Route 53 in Romeoville. Noted for his accomplishments as a music educator, conductor, composer […]
Sing Out, Mr. President: NPR Music Premieres New Presidential Songs
by Thomas Huizenga Thomas Jefferson was a fiddler. Harry Truman played piano. Bill Clinton works the saxophone. But choral conductor and educator Judith Clurman makes them all sing. Clurman commissioned 16 contemporary composers to write short choral pieces based on the words of American presidents for a cycle she calls Mr. President. In celebration of […]
Erica Washburn of Pembroke appointed director of choral activities at NEC
Pembroke, MA — Erica Washburn of Pembroke has been named director of choral activities at New England Conservatory. Washburn, who has been serving as interim director since fall 2009, has led NEC performances of the “Requiem” and “Oratorio de Noel,” works of Irving Fine, Charles Ives, and a premiere by Anthony Maglione based on Edgar […]