Dr. Ronald Arnatt passed away on August 23, 2018. Born in 1930, he had an exceptional professional career spanning both sides of the Atlantic. After receiving his music education at Trinity College, London, and Durham University in England, he emigrated to the United States. In the United States, Dr. Arnatt held professorial or Director of […]
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A Choir to Premiere and Record THE GALE Is Chosen
I am pleased to announce that my recent musical composition titled THE GALE for mixed chorus and piano or chamber orchestra will receive its world premiere performance with piano accompaniment this year. It is a setting of a text by Abraham (“Abramek”) Koplowicz, a talented young boy who died in the Holocaust. The performance will […]
One from the Folder: Weekly Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
Week 20: Friday, August 3, 2018 “Ave Maria” by Gustav Holst Marian antiphon SSAA/SSAA, a cappella This blog on ChoralNet is now 20 weeks old, just slightly older than my infant son (currently 13 weeks!). So far, much of the repertoire has been from the 20th and 21st centuries, with one week each of the […]
Kevin Siegfried – New Christmas Cantata for SATB chorus and brass quintet
Vidimus Stellam by Kevin Siegfried ECS Publishing #8634 I’m excited to announce the publication of Vidimus Stellam (We Have Seen His Star), a Christmas cantata in five movements for SATB chorus and brass quintet or organ. Originally commissioned by ChoralArt of Portland, Maine and four commission partners (Capitol Hill Chorale, Georgetown University Concert Choir, Manchester […]
Music Within Reach: Three SATB Poem Settings
In my humble opinion, there can never be an overabundance of great text settings for choir. The text of a piece is usually the first thing I notice, and I have a special fascination for how different composers treat the same text with individual senses of meaning, nuance, and texture. This week’s post will focus […]
2013 Edition of “Kol Nidre” – Setting by Henry Russotto – Adapted and Edited by Stanley M. Hoffman
If you are looking for a new engraving of this public domain setting in its original form, you have come to the wrong place. When I set about the task of typesetting it, the reason was that I could not find a clean copy of it anywhere, either in paper form or as a PDF […]