HARROGATE DISTRICT, UK — he Dean of Ripon Cathedral’s vowing to ensure choristers maintain their role at the heart of music and worship at the Cathedral. It follows the closure of the Ripon Cathedral Choir School after more than fifty years. The Choral foundation will be set up in a new form to continue the 1000-year old tradition […]
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The Chick-fil-A Choir Concert
This Chick-fil-A controversy was brutal, wasn’t it? I stayed on the sidelines – I didn’t express an opinion or buy a sandwich or protest or anything. I watched Facebook erupt with pictures of chicken sandwiches and thoughtful condemnations of those that bought them. I’m sure you saw plenty of the same thing; none […]
Sunday Inspiration: Mississippi Mass Choir
Alumni choir celebrates 10 years
By Brad Cole NORWOOD, MA — In April 2003, two Norwood High School alumni decided they wanted to sing during the summer. Ten years later, the Norwood High School Alumni Choir is still going strong. “I would never have expected it. It’s really exciting. It’s really inspiring. That they want to come back after all these […]
Norwood High School Alumni Choir celebrates 10 years of music
By Brad Cole NORWOOD, MA — In April 2003, two Norwood High School alumni decided they wanted to sing during the summer. Ten years later, the Norwood High School Alumni Choir is still going strong. “I would never have expected it. It’s really exciting. It’s really inspiring. That they want to come back after all these years […]
Pontypool choir conductor bowing out
By Katie Pigden PONTYPOOL, WALES — A Pontypool man who has been a musical director for a local choir for more than 40 years is to retire. Musician Walford Hutchings, 78, from New Inn, was appointed as musical director for Pontnewydd Male Choir in 1970, three years after being made the accompanist. Mr Hutchings was […]