What happens when the members of Chanticleer have two rare afternoons off while on the road? Why, they whip out their iphones and web cams and make a music video! This happened earlier this fall when Music Director, Matthew Oltman and Tenor, Brian Hinman wanted to devise a new way to expose listeners to one […]
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Northwest Choral Society welcomes Alan Wellman as its new Music Director
After a yearlong search process, Northwest Choral Society welcomes Alan Wellman as its new Music Director Alan Wellman Mr. Wellman is pleased and proud to take the baton and conduct his inaugural concert as the newly appointed director of the Northwest Choral Society. Collaborative pianist Lori Lyn Mackie will accompany the chorus. The Northwest Choral […]
Polifonia.info – The choral social network
Polifonia.info (www.polifonia.info) is a Social Network Web site that came to live on the 12th of November 2011, and it will be running in “beta testing” until the 31st of December 2011. The idea behind Polifonia.info is to bring together people passionate about choir music. Through Polifonia.info, members will be able to find (and/or invite) […]
Making it Small
Last summer, I found myself dealing with the travel challenge of going half way around the world for a choral event, only to need to travel even further away for each succeeding event. It became apparent I would be traveling more if I came back home between destinations, than if I just kept traveling east. The solution resulted in my […]
More Transparency
Two ChoralBlogs back I wrote about the efforts the American Choral Directors Association continues to make as it works at being a transparent organization. My previous blog highlighted the ACDA audition process, the Choral Journal publication process, and our election of leaders. Today I would like to outline what we are doing to be transparent […]
Homeless Choir Sings Against Sit/Lie
Singers of the Street continues Bay Area tradition of protest songs By Chloe Veltman on November 1, 2010 – 6:21 p.m. PDT Opponents of Proposition L, a proposed San Francisco initiative known as sit/lie that would criminalize sitting and lying down on public sidewalks, have made their presence felt across the city in a variety […]