TORONTO — With the rich monastic history of some of England’s universities, the tradition of choral evensong still thrives, creating a thirst for new settings for new settings of the canticles – a collection of texts from the Bible which have been used as songs or chants for hundreds of years. As Canada is not […]
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A Festival for Boys and Men’s Choirs
The American Choral Directors Association is pleased to contribute to the sponsorship of the International Boys and Men’s Choral Festival this coming July 25-August 1, 2011. This unique event offers exceptional singing opportunities for choirs as well as individual singers, and includes the added bonus of the promotion of global understanding as well as encouragement […]
Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir will be unveiled Thursday
By Marcia Adair LOS ANGELES — Orchestral musicians had their date with Internet destiny a few weeks ago with the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. Now the spotlight moves to choral singers with Thursday’s release of the Virtual Choir. Los Angeles-based choral composer Eric Whitacre created a choir that allows lone choristers from Lebanon, Kazakhstan and Madagascar […]
Budget cuts can’t stifle the choir at Detroit Southeastern High
By Eric T. Campbell and Zenobia Jeffries DETROIT — Students at Detroit Southeastern High School have staged three walk-outs and a sit-in after DPS budget cuts left them with no music programs. In a final show of protest, the Voices of Southeastern chorale singers gained entry to the March 11 Michigan State Vocal Music Association […]
Vancouver Chamber Choir: 40 years of glorious sound
By Stuart Derdeyn VANCOUVER — Back in the early 1970s, future conservative squares were dropping tabs of purple microdot, tuning into laughable tracks such as “Almost Cut My Hair,” turning on to their own self interest and dropping out of whatever it was that wasn’t “cool” according to Madison Avenue advertising companies selling them over-the-counter […]
Shelter House, U of Iowa collaborate to form choir
BY SARAH BULMER The sound of music floated through the halls of the Shelter House. Ten choir members, including several residents, sat in a small room singing “Prayer, Love, Light, and Peace.” The sound drifted into the lobby, where fellow residents slowly trickled in to listen. “When we were singing, some residents stopped by, and […]