August 29, 2010 This fall, SJSU will be welcoming back a former choral director as the new acting director of choral activities. Charlene Archibeque said she has been retired from her position for four years. Prior to her retirement, she said she helped the SJSU Choir, once called the “Choraliers,” win seven international choral competitions. […]
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Lemonade
Liz Garnett makes the lemons of a bad rehearsal day into lemonade: When things don’t go right, that forces us to pay more attention to how to do what we’re aiming for. We have to think more diagnostically, and listen more carefully to what the choir is struggling with. We have identify more precisely what the obstacles […]
Premiere of work inspired by Under Milk Wood
An original piece of music inspired by Dylan Thomas’ play Under Milk Wood is to be performed for the first time. Female choir Côr Merched Canna commissioned the work by composer Gareth Glyn with the help of a BBC scheme for choirs. Canu’r Wenallt (Songs from Milk Wood) also features extracts from a Welsh language […]
Easy Introit for St. Francis’ Day (Blessing of the Animals)
Click here to hear Clare Shore’s Tropical Blessing (a Blessing for St. Francis’ Day) for SAB Chorus and Handbells: http://www.clareshore.com/LRoom.htm The words are by the composer: Praise God, the Father, our Creator!/Bless all of us, He is our maker!/Bless paw and hoof, burrow and roost;/Bless equine, bovine, canine, feline, Osprey, egret, woodpecker, Little Blue;/Bless Spot […]
ASU student starts ‘Glee’-inspired high school club
By Mary Shinn September 7, 2010 at 9:44 pm Inspired by the hit TV show “Glee,” a group of ASU students will be heading back to high school this semester to start a show choir. GLEEders, a group of ASU mentors, will be advising three show choir groups of students from Corona Del Sol High […]
In defense of music publishers
A recent ChoralBlog post by Philip Copeland discussed the changes to the publishing industry brought about by technology and accused music publishers of sticking with a 20th-century model. Many of the commenters to that thread suggested that the best solution would be self-publishing. Without taking a stand on Philip's main point for the moment, […]