Astoria Symphony 9th Annual Holiday Jubilee Sunday, December 18, 7pm, St. Joseph’s Church, 43rd St. and 30th Ave. The Astoria Symphonic Choir and Astoria Symphony present an evening of ancient and modern masterworks in the beautiful setting of St. Joseph’s Church. The program includes a world premier by New York composer, Matthew Harris. […]
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New Nebraska children’s choir
GRAND ISLAND — Starting this fall, 150 young voices are hoping to wow audiences from Nebraska to New York City. A new musical group, called the Great Plains Children’s Chorus (GPCC), was started this summer by Centennial High School graduate, David Shack. Shack is currently the director of choirs at Northwest High School in Grand […]
BERKSHIRE CONCERT CHOIR APPOINTS NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Concert Choir is pleased to announce the appointment of Carlton Maaia II as their Artistic Director for 2011-2012, their 34th season. A classically-oriented composer, pianist and organist, who also spends much of his time playing and writing jazz, Mr. Maaia seeks to offer the best from a wide range of musical […]
Beijing Philharmonic Choirs win Singing World Competition
VII International Choir and Vocal Ensembles Competition «THE SINGING WORLD» named after Y.Falik 31 July – 2 August of 2011, Saint-Petersburg, Russia In the Yuri Falik International Contest of Choral and Vocal Ensembles (named for the famed St. Petersburg composer), 25 choirs had to compete for the best in technical and artistic performance and overall […]
The only thing I’m looking forward to is choir . . .
School is starting again. (surprise) I know many of you are in class already – I start later this month. I saw this remark on twitter today: “I got my school schedule today. The only thing I’m looking forward to is choir.” Believable, isn’t it? This particular student needs to work […]
Choral Caffeine: Every Choir is Full of Kids
At one of the colleges where I taught, the full faculty gathered once a month for a (usually incredibly long) meeting. Of the many things I took away from those sessions was one item that has left an indelible mark: once away from critical gaze of their students and left to their own devices a […]