A new arrangement I made of the art song BEAU SOIR by Claude Debussy is now available from ECS Publishing for pre-publication sales. It is scored for SATB chorus and piano. The lyrics are in both French and English; the translation is new. The ECS Publishing catalog number is 7689. The edition is only four pages long; the […]
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HANEIROT HALALU by Stanley M. Hoffman Now Available in TTBB
My popular Chanukah composition Haneirot halalu (tenor solo, SATB chorus unaccompanied, ECS Publishing catalog number 5492), is now available for tenor solo, TTBB chorus unaccompanied (ECS Publishing catalog number 7688) just in time for 2010 holiday programming. (<www.ecspublishing.com>) It was arranged for Matthew Mehaffey and the University of Minnesota Men’s Chorus. Thank you for your consideration. […]
Operation Telstar
ChoralNet member Steve Szalaj shares this with the choral community: Recently, the New York Times ran an article about the Mormon Tabernacle Choir being a part of the first live international satellite broadcast called Operation Telstar on July 23, 1962. The article relates personal stories and the significant cultural/political/social importance of this event against […]
Pronounce any word: Forvo is amazing
My new graduate student Peter Haley keeps pushing new sites my way. First it was the “Sing and Compose” pen and now it is Forvo. Forvo describes themselves as the “largest pronunciation guide in the world.” From their website: Ever wondered how a word is pronounced? Ask for that word or name, […]
Another Step Forward – Online Honor Choir Application
ACDA makes another technological step forward this month with an online application process for the 2011 National Conference in Chicago, IL. Read all about it here. And here is more about the application process. ACDA partnered with “OpusEvent,” a company that also hosts online auditions for the MENC Honor Choirs and the All-American […]
Sing and Compose – computer does it for you
Fascinating. My new student Peter Haley pointed this out to me a couple of days ago. Has anyone tried this?