By Ben Schofield LIVERPOOL, UK — CHORISTERS performing Handel’s Messiah escaped injury when a piece of rubble fell amongst them from the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall roof. It dropped from a duct in the ceiling after being dislodged from a vent in the art deco auditorium. But onlookers said the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir did not […]
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Former Sherman (TX) choir director Duane Gohlke dies
BY KATHY WILLIAMS SHERMAN, TX — Generations of Sherman High School choir alumni mourned the passing Monday of Duane Gohlke, who directed choirs at Piner Middle School before moving to SHS in 1972. At a reunion of former SHS Choir members last summer, family and friends took the opportunity to honor Mr. Gohlke and express […]
New Director Takes Singing Into Future at Last Boys’ Choir School
By Susanna Baird As enrollment declines at Catholic schools around the country, the last remaining Catholic boys’ choir school in the United States has hired a new director, reports The Boston Globe. Supplying a positive answer to the question of falling student numbers, the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School welcomed a young Englishman, John Robinson, into […]
Danville Children’s Choir returns with new conductor
By JENNIFER BRUMMETT The popular Danville Children’s Choir is returning after an almost-six-year absence, with a new conductor and assistant conductor/accompanist. Meg Stohlman is the new conductor, and Daniel Wesley is the new assistant conductor/accompanist. Auditions for the new choir will be held this month. The original Danville Children’s Choir ran for 15 years under […]
Elektra Women’s Choir Announces New Online Repertoire Resource for Women’s Choirs
Vancouver’s Elektra Women’s Choir is pleased to announce that their new Repertoire Resources section of their website (elektra.ca) is live. Everything Elektra has sung for 24 seasons is there including, in some cases, notes on what the piece is like to teach and conduct, notes from composers, links to composers and publishers, texts and […]
New rose to commemorate Honley Male Voice Choir anniversary
A SPECIAL rose has been created – to mark a choir’s 75th anniversary Honley Male Voice Choir are now the proud “parents” of a beautiful primrose-coloured rose that is unique to them. The Choir rose has been developed by choir member Ronnie Rawlins, an expert rose grower, who has bred many new roses which have […]