By Michael O’Connor MASON CITY, IA — For many families, the book is a bedtime tradition. Its words are simple, yet filled with emotion. Now there is a new way to enjoy the classic children’s tale, “Goodnight Moon,” by Margaret Wise Brown. A choral group in Mason City, Iowa, recently performed the world premiere […]
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UK children join global choir to make Olympic song
By Natalie O’Neill LONDON — A choir from Potters Bar sang in harmony with schoolchildren across the world to create an Olympic record. Capital Arts Children’s Choir in Darkes Lane recorded their part of Gloria in Londinium at Abbey Road Studios, to mark the 2012 London Games. The song, which is sung by hundreds of […]
New Houston Community Children’s Choir in the Heights
Zion Lutheran Church announces its newest outreach program, the Heights Community Children’s Choir, open to all children in grades 2 through 5, and intended to serve 6 Heights area elementary schools. The children will rehearse Thursdays after school from 4:00-5:30 and will then be offered enrichment activities such as art, movement, piano, and tutoring on […]
Salute for retiring boys choir director
By Alma Gaul MOLINE, IA — More than 200 people, young and old, crowded into a banquet room Sunday at the Quad-City Botanical Center in Rock Island to say formal goodbyes to Kermit Wells, who is retiring after 40 years as director of the Moline Boys Choir. Wells, 76, took over on a “temporary” basis […]
New/new-ish pieces for ambitious SATB choirs
Hi folks, I have some new and new-ish pieces for ambitious SATB college/pro (and perhaps top HS) choirs I’d like to tell you about. All are available directly from me in pdf form and free sample copies are available: “Dirge for Love” (SSAATTBB a.c.) written for Dr. Paul Crabb’s pro group “Prometheus”, recently […]
CA teacher part of virtual choir at Olympics
By Heidi Hirvonen SONOMA, CA — Bren Norris, Sonoma Valley resident and music teacher, will be participating in the 2012 Summer Olympics, but she will not be in London. From the comfort of her own home, Norris and 3,745 others from around the world will serenade millions attending the London Olympics as part of a […]