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Chorus America's national
study, released February 2003, finds 28.5 million Americans singing in
choruses and estimates the number of choruses in the US to be 250,000.
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Winter Harbor Music Festival announces inaugural season
Posted 6/25/2009
The
first annual Winter Harbor Music Festival will take place this August 16 through
23 in a spectacular setting at the "down east" tip of Schoodic Point in Acadia
National Park, where the pounding Atlantic surf meets the rockbound coast of
Maine.
This week-long festival offers experienced singers and instrumentalists a
unique opportunity to study and perform together, as solo, chamber, choral and
orchestral musicians. Participants work with a faculty of acclaimed artists and
teachers in ensemble coaching sessions, master classes and choral-orchestral
rehearsals; private lessons are available, as well. Advanced performers may
collaborate in concerts with faculty and guest artists.
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- Visit YouTube to view a CBS Sunday Morning feature follow-up to the recent Chorus America study of choral singing in the US. (2009-6-30)
- Singing is good for you! So says a new study by Chorus America that finds that singing "is strongly correlated with qualities that are associated with success throughout life." Read the full story at www.chorusamerica.org/about_choralsinging.cfm. (2009-6-8)
- See TimeOut New York's article on the best a cappella groups in New York City. (2009-4-1)
- Constance Chase is the new music director of the Connecticut Chamber Choir. She succeeds Richard Erickson, founder and director of the group for 30 years, who retired in April 2008. (2009-3-14)
- Here are the results from the New York Regional Harmony Sweepstakes, held March 7 at the Miller Theatre, as provided by producer Colette Thompson. Best original song: "We Rub," written and arranged by John McMahon of Rub. Best original arrangement: "Damaged," arranged by Nick Fox of Kelso. Audience favorite: Cartoon Johnny. Best solo: Julie Seda of Classic Sounds for "At Last." Third place: Classic Sounds. Second place: Rub. First place: Cartoon Johnny. (2009-3-10)
- Hear all 185 solo vocal works of Charles Ives, the recalcitrant master of the art song, during the Ives Vocal Marathon, January 29 to February 1, 2009 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. For the first time, these songs will be performed end-to-end in one venue, in six concerts, supplemented with selected instrumental pieces, additional lectures and panel discussions by Ives authorities. Organized by Ives scholar, composer, pianist and educator Neely Bruce, the Marathon is the culmination of a four-year presentation of these songs in 14 major concerts and many smaller recitals. For details, visit www.ivesvocalmarathon.com. (2009-1-12)
- Fenno Heath, choral composer, arranger and director of the Yale Glee Club from 1953 to 1992, died on December 5. For more about Fenno Heath, visit www.fennoheath.blogspot.com. (2008-12-6)
- Christopher Clowdus is the new artistic director of the Empire City Men's Chorus. (2008-9-13)
- Robert Bass, Music Director of the Collegiate Chorale, has died. He was 55. See the obituary in The New York Times. (2008-8-26)
- Read about the New York City chapter of the Complaints Choir in this article from the Village Voice. (2008-8-15)
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- June 25, 2009: New link for the Winter
Harbor Music Festival for singers and instrumentalists, in Maine in August.
- June 16, 2009: The Rye Town Federico Singers are now known as The Village Singers of Westchester.
- June 11, 2009: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Con Brio, an auditioned classical chorus in the Essex area of Connecticut. New Choir Directory listing for the Children's Chorus of Bay Ridge.
- June 1, 2009: New link for Atlantic Harmony Brigade, a gathering of barbershop quartet singers in Wilmington, DE in August.
- May 31, 2009: Promote your group's summer and fall auditions. Take advantage of the VAN Ads banner advertising summer special: run a banner ad from now until Labor Day for the flat rate of $100. Details on the Advertising page.
- May 25, 2009: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Church of the Village Chancel Choir.
- May 19, 2009: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Madrigalia Via, a Manhattan-based chamber ensemble directed by David Recca. New Choir Directory listing for All Saints Schola Cantorum, based in Corning, NY.
- May 12, 2009: New web site for the Queens College Choral Society.
- May 9, 2009: New link for the International festival of choirs and orchestras in Prague (Czech Republic), 4 - 6 December 2009.
- March 10, 2009: New link for FlexiMusic Audio Editor, developers of audio editing, recording and composing software for
professional and home music makers.
- March 8, 2009: The Choral Workshop is now known as The Clurman Singers.
- March 4, 2009: New link for The Modern Vocalist, a new social network specifically designed for vocalists, voice instructors, scientists, voice health practitioners, and audio production and engineering professionals.
- February 15, 2009: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Carrollton Chorale, a 21-voice a cappella choral ensemble in Elizabeth, NJ.
- February 4, 2009: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Renaissance Vocal Ensemble, a chamber choir based in Peekskill, NY.
- January 12, 2009: New link for The Renaissance Chorus Association, collecting, cataloguing and circulating the music of the Renaissance period and of Harold Brown.
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- Need some exquisite beaded jewelry to complement your concert
attire? Or perhaps a distinctive gift for that special singer in your
life? Or maybe you'd like to host a jewelry show to benefit your
favorite non-profit organization? Try Carnelian
Knoll, where you'll find necklaces, bracelets and earrings of
vintage beads and silver handcrafted by Julie Siegmund.
- Looking for rehearsal space or performance venues? Try NYC
Music Places, New York City's free database of available rehearsal
and performance spaces for instrumental and vocal musicians. You'll
find places to rent, from studios to large venues, for classical,
jazz, rock--whatever you need to rehearse or perform in NYC. NYC Music
Places is a service of Exploring the
Metropolis, the only nonprofit organization that focuses solely
on resolving performing artists' needs for work space.
- Looking for an outstanding vocal ensemble coach? Mark
Johnson, possessor of an amazing ear and terrific
interpretive insights in a variety of styles, is available to coach
your group. To arrange for Mark's services, e-mail Colette
Thompson.
- Liz Fleischer's Sight-Singing Program is offered each season
at the Kaufman Center (129
West 67th Street). Classes include ear-training, rhythm and pitch
reading, music theory, basic notation and terminology, with emphasis
on learning to hold a part with confidence. For more info, visit www.kaufman-center.org/lucyadults_mus_sight.htm,
e-mail fleischerliz@aol.com
or adultdivision@kaufman-center.org
or call (212) 501-3362. The sight-singing program is just one of the
classes offered by the Kaufman Center's Lucy
Moses School.
- Candy Ear Studios in Soho offers
digital recording to ADAT, DAT or CD. Owner David Strahl
does very nice work with voices. Mention Vocal Area Network and get a
10% discount on six hours or more of recording and editing time. Visit
Candy Ear on the web or call (212) 965-0927.
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