I’m looking for a chorus to record a setting of Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Winter Time” for SSAA and two hand bells that also uses vocal sounds and crinkled paper to create the feeling of winter. It is being published by Pavane and they have agreed to cover any recording costs. The recording will be used […]
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Hot Off The Presses for SATB Choirs: CONFITEBOR TIBI by Johann Caspar Aiblinger
HOT OFF THE PRESSES! My new edition of 18th Century composer Johann Caspar Aiblinger’s CONFITEBOR TIBI (Psalm 111) for SATB choir with keyboard or optional strings (Carl Fischer CM9655). Highly accessible for younger mixed choirs and beyond. Aiblinger adds some striking harmonic twists to this Classical period piece!
3 Non-Choral Activities My Choir Does In February
February is a very busy month for my high school choral program and yet we have no choral concerts scheduled for the entire month. Here are: 3 Non-Choral Activities my Choir does in February
Last minute conducting opportunity! Vancouver Chamber Choir 40th Conductors’ Symposium
February 10-15, 2020 – A week with Kari Turunen, Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir at the 40th Annual National Conductors’ Symposium in Vancouver, BC One conductor position has just become available! Apply by Feb 5, 2020: https://vancouverchamberchoir.com/outreach/#ncs “The most profound musical experience I have had yet in my career.” The Vancouver Chamber Choir’s […]
An Overview of Vowels (and Consonents) for the Singer, and for the Choir: A Practical Primer
The singer lives or dies on vowels. – Vocal proverb As conductors and artists, it is incumbent upon us to help young or learning performers and students to communicate text, with clarity and expression. That is only possible once the basics of diction, no matter in what language we sing, are mastered agreed upon, so […]
The American Prize congratulates HOUSTON CHAMBER CHOIR
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts send bravos and hearty congratulations to The American Prize laureates, the HOUSTON CHAMBER CHOIR and music director ROBERT SIMPSON on winning a Grammy Award last evening (January 26, 2020) for Best Choral Performance: “Durufle: Complete Choral Works.” In 2015, the Houston Chamber Choir received The […]