Truth #1 As Conductor, You Make the Difference. Before you lead you have to believe you can have a positive impact on others. When you believe you can make a difference, you position yourself to hear the call to lead. Truth #2 Integrity is the Podium on which you Stand. If people don’t believe […]
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Two new carols
The Brown Birds. Unaccompanied mixed chorus. Poem of Eleanor Farjeon. Winner of the Amadeus Choir (Toronto) Carol writing contest. 1 min 20 s Kings Came Riding. Mixed chorus with solo oboe (or substitutes). Poem of Charles Williams. 4 min 30 s. Music of Brian Holmes Published by William Thorpe. http://www.thorpemusic.com/holmes01.html
Schola Cantorum on Hudson announces auditions
Recently returned from a week as choir in residence at Canterbury cathedral, Schola cantorum on Hudson will be holding auditions for the coming season through September 10 as openings remain. Rehearsals begin September 13 and the first concert wil be in mid-October. Solo technique is supported and nurtured through exclusive solo selection from within the […]
Increase your audience
From the Front of the Choir gives us twenty ways to build your audience. The first one is hilarious: use a smaller venue! use a smaller venue – of course you won’t fit a bigger audience in, but the audience you do get will seem bigger and give the choir confidence, you might […]
Carter on Libera
Not enough choral directors review choral concerts! But here is one — Jeffrey Carter reviews Libera: Lovers of the British cathedral sound, and of the boychoir sound (and I count myself among these happy few), were in blissful delight as Libera worked their way through two long sets. To be clear, theirs […]
License to practice
OneLicense.net is a clearinghouse for churches which want to get licenses to reprint hymns, songs, and anthems in their bulletins or project them on screens. Like Harry Fox for recordings, OneLicense.net allows one-stop shopping as a convenience to publishers and musicians alike. Their latest initiative is the "Practice Track License", which allows you to […]