NANAIMO, BC — Building community through song on Vancouver Island is the goal of the Malaspina Choir’s new choral director Garry Froese. Froese, who has an extensive background in choral music in both the U.S. and Canada, believes that choral music has a strong role to play in strengthening the fabric of a community. “Whether it […]
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School choirs collaborate on commission
By Jacques von Lunen PASCO, WA — It is difficult to find music for middle school choirs, said JoLyn Glenn, who directs the choirs at Enterprise Middle School in West Richland and Hanford High School in Richland. The teens are too grown up for little-kids’ songs, but don’t yet have the prowess necessary for adult […]
New musical director for Honley Male Voice Choir
By Val Javin HUDDERSFIELD, UK — HONLEY Male Voice choir will start a new year with a new musical director. He is teacher Peter Lynch who will be 55 tomorrow. Peter starts his new job with the choir on January 10 when the singers return from their Christmas break. Though he has spent all […]
Filipino music student starts children’s choir
CEBU, PHILIPPINES — At 20 years old, after a string of chorale experiences, Barret Oliver Richards is already a conductor of his own choir. While leading his group, La Comparza, he pursues music studies and serves as an assistant conductor of a university choir in Cebu City. Despite what seems an already a hectic schedule, Richards […]
Your Choir Can Win 5K with “Joyful Noise”
Oscar® nominees Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton star in “Joyful Noise,” a funny and inspirational story of music, hope, love and renewal. Find out how to sign up for a FREE screening of Joyful Noise by liking our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/NationalChoirAppreciationSunday, National Choir Appreciation Sunday- January 8th On January 8th, thousands of churches across […]
Choir leader helps inmates find their voices
By Lesley Macdonald EDMONTON, AB — She always loved to sing, but would only mumble the words in public. Too many people, including her mother, told her she had a terrible voice. Ironically, it is while being incarcerated at the Edmonton Institution for Women that Rochelle Lalonde finally found someone to get her in tune, […]