Story ideas

April 2015

• End of the Symphony NH Chorus (ask Holly)
• Sing That Things goes live (broadcasts in April & May); see Globe story
• Choral music outside New England (e.g., California)

January 2015

• Chorus America conference update
• Sing That Thing
• Grammy nominations (choral + New England)
• Grants available! Give guidelines and suggestions, maybe a history of grants program?

Here are some possible stories:

• New ideas in academia—get people at Harvard, Yale, Hartt, UMaine, UMass, and elsewhere to describe new and innovative performances.
• Longfellow Chorus (Maine)
• Bagaduce Library (Maine)
• Together in Song (WGBY, Amherst) - follow-up
• George Kent retirement
• Generally, personnel changes
• Reviews
• Description of ACDA. What is it, how is it organized, how can we cooperate with them? What do they offer to choruses? (ACDA regional meetings and publications, among other things).
• Profiles of other regional choral organizations (see my list elsewhere - e.g., GBCC, Association of CT Choruses).
• Eyes and Ears: An Anthology of Melodies for Sight-Singing by Benjamin Crowell (http://www.lightandmatter.com/sight/sight.pdf)
• Threshold Choir at Indian Hill (singing at the deathbed) — and other special choral communities
• Fundraising software (e.g. Raiser's Edge). Generally, development or grantmaking-oriented stories...
• Chorus America awards: http://www.chorusamerica.org/awards (or more generally awards from any organization)
• The American Prize in Choral Performance: http://www.theamericanprize.org/Choral.html (Recognizes and rewards the best performances by choruses in America, based on submitted applications. It is offered in as many as six categories, based on the membership in the ensemble, and on the number and quality of entries.) Application fee is $65.
• Other grants
  • The Music Drives Us Foundation (Ernie Boch): http://www.musicdrivesus.org/Foundation.aspx
• Musica International: virtual database of choral music: http://www.musicanet.org/en/ (more generally, where to get scores?)
• Stories from (or about?) Voicebox: http://kalwvoicebox.podbean.com/about/
• How to successfully commission a choral work
• Other choral publications (list/describe)
• Feature: People who have had a special relationship to choruses, choral singers (as teachers, for example), or to the choral community. Probably most would be very well known within a single community. Soloists (RH, PD), accompanists, conductors.
• Alfred Nash Patterson grant reports (descriptions/reviews of projects).