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A Choral Reckoning with the Imperfect History of the United States: Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Choir Project
What’s the power of a folk song, rearranged for a choir and a modern age? Last fall, we reached out to Anne Miller, the choral director at the Oakcrest School in Vienna, Virginia. We challenged her and her students to find a song from the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings catalog that spoke to them and create […]
Young Trebles: The Silence of a Children’s Choir in the Time of COVID-19
By Corey Carleton The treble voices are clear, strong, and at times overwhelm the acoustics of Fellowship Hall at a Presbyterian church on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena. It’s a large, live room. “Are you heavy or light?” Fernando Malvar-Ruiz asks his Concert Choir. Malvar-Ruiz is “Mr. Fernando” to his singers, and Artistic Director of the […]
Festival of Song 2020 – International festival of choirs & youth orchestras – special edition
First a Voice, Then a Choir
By Frank R. Lloyd When I entered Occidental College in 1965 a friend from my hometown who was a year ahead of me urged me to take at least one semester of choir because the director was an extraordinary teacher and a dynamic personality. I took her advice and joined Occidental’s College and Chapel Choirs. […]
Repertoire suggestions for medium HS and College SATB Choirs with keyboard or strings
In the hopes that you will have some sort of choir this coming school year, either in person or online, here are several pieces that work well with medium level high school and college SATB choirs, accompanied by either keyboard or medium level strings, composed by Giacomo Puccini “senior”, the great great grandfather of the […]