Submitted by Peter Pulsifer on Sun, 02/24/2013 - 23:00
Spectrum Music, a music retailer in Lexington, Massachusetts, publishes a quarterly newsletter "for the choral professional." Each issue contains a feature article, often written by Marie Stultz, as well as reviews of new choral issues, both sacred and secular, in all voicings. They are good resources both for programming and for teaching. All issues since Fall 1997 are available online as PDF files at http://www.spectrum-music.com/BackIssues.html.
Submitted by Laura Prichard on Sun, 02/10/2013 - 23:16
Vermont Sings for Peace is an annual concert where five or six Vermont choruses perform short sets and the money raised is given to a peace-related charity, usually one based in Vermont. This September will be the sixth annual concert. Counterpoint is the host ensemble, and Robert De Cormier the presiding spirit.
Submitted by Laura Prichard on Sun, 02/10/2013 - 23:11
One of the projects funded by Alfred Nash Patterson grants in 2012 is a set of high school workshops conducted by the Vermont professional chorus Counterpoint. Those workshops are scheduled for early April and early May 2013, at Mill River Union High School in Clarendon VT, Mount Abraham Union High School in Bristol VT, and one other school to be determined soon. Director Nathaniel Lew works directly with choral directors at each school to tailor the workshops to the school's needs and the repertory that the kids are studying.
Submitted by Editor-In-Chief on Tue, 02/05/2013 - 13:11
Amelia LeClair is Director of Cappella Clausura, an ensemble of voices and early music instruments in Boston whose goal is to research and bring to light works written by women from the eighth century to the present day. While they perform music of all time periods, their specialty is repertoire by women in the cloister, or in clausura, during the Italian baroque period.
Submitted by Editor-In-Chief on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 14:00
Here are some highlights of the spring choral season in the greater Boston area. There is far too much going on to print; for more, and for concert details, including links to performer web sites, check out our new online choral events calendar: www.choralarts-newengland.org/Calendar.
Submitted by Editor-In-Chief on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 11:58
Singers and choruses might be interested in a new commercial lyric diction website, called SingersBabel, which is devoted to helping singers be more expressive and communicative in foreign languages. It features web-based learning tools that include language tutorials, sound sets, and videos of over 300 word-for-word translations and IPA transcriptions with texts spoken at normal and at slow pace by native speakers. There is a free limited-access user subscription and a three-day free trial subscription with full access.
Submitted by Editor-In-Chief on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 11:56
Choral Arts New England held its 28th annual awards ceremony on October 14, 2012 at the Commonwealth Club in Boston, where the following grants were presented. (Concert dates listed are subject to change within the current season.)
Submitted by Editor-In-Chief on Tue, 01/01/2013 - 10:18
Choral Arts New England now hosts an online calendar, a list of choral performances and other events of interest to choruses and choral singers in New England. Events may be displayed for the entire region or for selected states. A convenient bookmarkable link for one or more states can be constructed using the state abbreviations CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT; for example, the following links show only events in single states:
Sonja Pryor recently celebrated her 50th anniversary as Music Director of Chorus North Shore in Rockport, Massachusetts. Ms.