Commonwealth Youthchoirs Announces Appointment of Vincent Metallo as Music Director for Pennsylvania Girlchoir Philadelphia, PA April 13, 2012 – Commonwealth Youthchoirs, the parent organization for the Pennsylvania Girlchoir and Keystone State Boychoir, is pleased to announce the appointment of Vincent Metallo as the new Music Director for the Pennsylvania Girlchoir. Mr. Metallo officially begins […]
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Start your own choir in one not-so-easy lesson
A number of readers have started their own choirs. But have you done it in equatorial Africa, with no instruments, no music teachers, no music literacy? And what would be your first piece? Why, Carmina Burana, of course. 60 Minutes reports. (Sorry, can't embed.) The video starts with lots of discussion on how the […]
Profile: Boston Boy Choir School
By Judy Valente BOSTON, MA — These boys, grades six through eight, are having fun examining mollusks and worms in a typical science class. The school they attend is anything but typical, however. There are only 40 students here—all boys—and though they study the usual subjects, these boys are here for something more. This is […]
Sopranos in Evansville church choir prepare for Easter
By Ryan Howe EVANSVILLE, IN — Six girls stand behind podiums waiting for their choir director, Robert Nicholls, to announce the page number for “Hallelujah.” They stand, eyeing the competition, fingers dangling over their closed music books. Each one is ready to fling open the book to be the first one on the right page. […]
Leipzig’s St. Thomas Boys Choir copes with voices deepening at a younger age
By Michael Birnbaum LEIPZIG — For 800 years, the St. Thomas Boys Choir has been filling churches with pure, young voices. Now it’s confronting a confounding phenomenon: Every year, those voices are cracking with teenage angst just a little earlier than before. Other boys choirs have been noticing it, too, as an unrelenting march of […]
Ola Gjeilo/CWU Chamber Choir – the final “In the Moment” video (Ubi Caritas – a second improvisation by Ola)
Announcing the release of the final video of “In the Moment” – a series of six videos with composer/pianist Ola Gjeilo joining the CWU Chamber Choir. Ubi Caritas (rendition two): www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1hQoMAgNX4 In this video, Gjeilo adds a second, different, improvised accompaniment to his Ubi Caritas, which is published as an a cappella […]