Congratulations to ACDA’s National Women’s R&S Chair for her recent feature in the Chronicle of Higher Education: Women’s choirs . . . are now well recognized as a means to not only broaden students’ musical experience but to help keep them enrolled. Ms. Levine, chairwoman of the music department at California State Polytechnic University at […]
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Donald Nally to resign from Lyric Opera of Chicago
By now, nobody in Philadelphia should be surprised that conductor Donald Nally is making a hard-to-explain departure: Lyric Opera of Chicago is expected to announce this week that chorus master Nally is leaving at the end of the 2010-11 season to spend more time with his Philadelphia choir, The Crossing. What wasn’t said: He’s leaving […]
Wavelyn Hine hired as Artistic Director of Berkshire
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Concert Choir has appointed Wavelyn Hine as artistic director for the 2010-2011 season, following the retirement of John E. Cheney, who has served in the post for 14 years. Hine has been a soloist with choir and other local choral groups as well as a regular vocalist at St. […]
Photocopy Our Music Books!!
Planning for your anthem schedule? Deerwood Music has photocopyable books on offer. Buy one at $65 plus shipping and photocopy the entire contents. Our music is sung by choirs of all types in parish churches and cathedrals from Australia to the UK. Anthems, Hymn-Anthems, Celtic Hymnal, Book of Service Music: all available at www.deerwoodmusic.com
Bruffy in Rehearsal
More choir directors seem to be blogging these days! In this blog post, Chuck King discusses some of the things he took away from the IL-ACDA Summer Retreat. Charles Bruffy was the guest conductor and this is what impressed Mr. King: This year’s guest conductor was Charles Bruffy. Mr. Bruffy is the artistic […]
FOUR CHORAL CONDUCTORS receive THE AMERICAN PRIZE EXCELLENCE in MUSIC EDUCATION Citations
FOUR CHORAL CONDUCTORS receive THE AMERICAN PRIZE “EXCELLENCE in MUSIC EDUCATION” Citations Excellence in music education is not confined to the classroom or to the applied music studio. Conductors, whether leading school ensembles, community or professional organizations, have a major role in education, not only of the performers they lead with such diligence, but […]