By Amy Ryan WAUSAU, WI — Karen Haines, former choral director for D.C. Everest Senior High School, received the Morris D. Hayes Lifetime Achievement Award on Jan. 21 at the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association state convention in Green Bay. The Morris D. Hayes Award is given to Wisconsin residents who show a commitment to choral […]
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Finding Hope in Wilmington
The sense of individual caring and sharing among students is what impresses David Beck most. The Wilmington High School choir director says he has seen suffering on their faces. “Many have been personally affected by this (economic crisis),” he said. “Still, I see them share and come together in a meaningful way, just like the […]
Choral Grammy winners UPDATED
Verdi Requiem (Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, Riccardo Muti): Best Classical Album Best Choral Performance Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin (Rundfunkchor Berlin; Kent Nagano) Best Opera Recording Dinastia Borja (La Capella Reial De Catalunya, Jordi Savall) Best small ensemble performance Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns (Anonymous 4, Soweto Gospel Choir, Lucas Richman) Best classical crossover album
Simon Carrington previews his ACDA session
You don't want to miss the ACDA National Conference in Chicago. One of the things I am most excited about is Simon Carrington's session on Wednesday morning. It promises to be excellent. I had an opportunity to interview Simon Carrington last Friday and I've turned the first part of that interview into the […]
René Clausen interviewed on Blog Talk Radio!
Rene Clausen, celebrated composer and conductor of the famed Concordia Choir recently dropped in on “The African-American Voice of Classical Music” host Patrick D. McCoy on Blog Talk Radio in February 9th to discuss the choir’s upcoming concert tour, beginning in Washington, D. C. on February 19th with a concert at the National Presbyterian Church. Repertoire […]
CD of choral settings of Scottish poetry
Delphian Records has issued a CD entitled “Scotland at Night” featuring award-winning chamber choir Laudibus conducted by Mike Brewer. The CD features choral settings of Scottish poetry, from Burns to Alexander McCall Smith. The compositions are by Tom Cunningham, James MacMillan, Arvo Pärt and others. Full details are on http://www.tomcunningham.org.uk/recordings. What a joy! […]