By Roxann Miller MARTINSBURG, W.Va.— Angela Pittinger has been practicing her routine since last month, but dealing with strained vocal chords and blistered feet would be worth the sacrifice if her school walked away with a trophy at this weekend’s Martinsburg High School Concert and Show Choir Festival. Pittinger, the dance captain at Washington […]
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Free a cappella CDs for student choirs
If you direct a junior high or high school choir, introduce your students to the fast-rising world of a cappella music. Tunes To Teens is a program of the nonprofit Contemporary A Cappella Society (CASA) that sends a cappella CDs (for free!) to junior high and high school choruses across the US and around the […]
Courts second-guessing choir membership decisions
Pretty soon we're going to have to hold auditions entirely by lottery, at least in Ireland: A YOUNG man with an intellectual disability has been awarded €2,500 compensation against Wexford Male Voice Choir for ejecting him from their membership. The 24-year-old former member who was born with a rare genetic disorder was asked to leave […]
Nairobi Chamber Choir invited to Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
By George Orido NAIROBI — Maisha ya mjini ni tabu tu madeni tu, Pesa za mjini ni kama chumvi huyeyuka ni bure tu! Baba nipe shamba, nitafanya kazi kwa mikono yangu, nijilishe mwenyewe… (Life in the city is just problematic; the money you earn melts away like salt. Dad, give me land I will work […]
Choir’s resurrection culminates at Carnegie Hall
By Matthew Tully NEW YORK — They came. They saw. They sang. And although the Big Apple was a big deal to the 19 Manual High School students who made the trip east, they handled their Carnegie Hall debut without missing a note, overcoming this challenge just as they’ve overcome many personal obstacles in their […]
ACAPPELLA Contest Announces Choirs
Young international vocal talents compete at the 6th International A CAPPELLA Contest Leipzig 2012 The groups admitted to the 6th International A CAPPELLA Contest Leipzig 2012 are chosen. Out of several talented groups, eight could convince the jurors and were admitted to participate in the contest, which is staged within the esteemed meeting of […]