tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90788195679712342032024-02-07T00:14:04.407-04:00Choral BytesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger823125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-70897934805463382162014-02-13T15:52:00.002-04:002014-02-13T15:52:35.437-04:00CHORAL CONCERT, with host Nick Halley Sunday, February 16th, 2014: 9:05 - 10:00 am, (9:35 - 10:30 NT) on CBC Radio 2<b>Basking in the choral sun</b><br /><br />Taking time to sing is a known cure for the winter blues. If you sing in a choir, you already know it is a very cathartic, healthy experience—especially for those who do it just for the love of it.<br /><br />People have known this for a very long time. Back as far as the 1700’s in England people were really starting to get organized about choral singing and began to create choral societies all across the country. The regular folk loved choral singing and were really interested in finding music that they could practice and perform.<br /><br />Well, enter George Frideric Handel. During this period he started writing tons of choral music these new groups could sing, and they loved him for it. It became a golden period with many of the most famous choral works coming out of it.<br /><br />This Sunday on <i>Choral Concert</i> Nick Halley will kick off the show with a great chorus from Handel’s <i>Solomon</i>, and then follow that up with music from the man who inspired both Handel and Bach – Dietrich Buxtehude.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-54186360526923900052014-02-10T14:35:00.001-04:002014-02-10T14:36:41.623-04:00Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod July 8 - 13, 2014 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Once again we will be demonstrating our commitment to ensuring that as many individuals as possible compete at Llangollen 2014 whether that is within dance, instrumental or vocal competitions. <b><br />Deadline 7th March 2014</b><br />
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For information visit our <a href="http://eisteddfodcompetitions.co.uk/">Website</a> or contact the Office by emailing <a href="mailto:music@international-eisteddfod.co.uk">music@international-eisteddfod.co.uk</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-25029440101023482452014-02-08T14:51:00.000-04:002014-02-08T14:51:38.336-04:00VIIIth Edition of Amadeus Choral Composition Contest (2014) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The VIIIth Edition of Amadeus Choral composition contest (2014) is under way in Puebla de la Calzada, (Extremadura, SPAIN). Rules are available at the contest web <a href="http://concurso.coroamadeus.es/bases/es/">http://concurso.coroamadeus.es/bases/es/</a> and in English: <a href="http://concurso.coroamadeus.es/bases/en/">http://concurso.coroamadeus.es/bases/en/</a> The competition is open to composers of all ages and nationalities who may submit as much as four works each, two for mixed voices and two for equal voices. Two prizes will be given to each modality, one for the best work in 2014 and another one for the best work of Extremaduran folklore in 2014.<br /><br /><b>The deadline is March 31st 2014</b> and for composers residing overseas an email address is available.<br />Official website: <a href="http://www.coroamadeus.es/">www.coroamadeus.es</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-81812253004233665502014-02-07T14:48:00.003-04:002014-02-07T14:48:47.804-04:00CHORAL CONCERT, with host Nick Halley Sunday, February 9, 2014: 9:05 - 10:00 am, (9:35 - 10:30 NT) on CBC Radio 2<b>Why you might owe a lot to William Byrd.</b><br /><br />Do you, or does someone you know have anything patented, some sort of copyright, something you've written or an image that's been put to use?<br /><br />If so, you owe a lot to the British composer William Byrd.<br /><br />Back in the 16th century William Byrd was one of the first composers to have his music printed, and in doing so the Queen gave him the right to be the ONLY one who could authorize the printing of his music. It was the first "copyright" for music, and we owe it to Byrd for being the first to get the intellectual property rights ball rolling. <br /><br />This week on <i>Choral Concert</i> Nick Halley will bring you lots of music by the great master William Byrd, along with a feast of choral sounds are both sweet and savoury. everything from J.S. Bach to the French mystic Olivier Messiaen.<br /><br />And don't forget, you can stream choral music 24/7 at the CBC Music choral stream. <a href="http://cbcmusic.ca/choralconcert">cbcmusic.ca/choralconcert</a><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-24727149442718530872014-02-04T17:23:00.000-04:002014-02-04T17:23:06.587-04:00Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute May 26 - June 8, 2014 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Ontario, is an intensive 14-day residency in baroque period performance for instrumentalists, singers and conductors/directors taught by members of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir and distinguished guest faculty. The Institute is open to advanced students, pre-professional and professional musicians.<br /><br />If you haven’t received a brochure yet or would like extras to give to friends and colleagues, please email the contact below.<br /><br />Visit <a href="http://tafelmusik.org/tbsi">tafelmusik.org/tbsi</a> for full information and application<br /><br /><b>Application Deadline MARCH 14, 2014</b><br /><br />Contact: Caitlin Cross, TBSI Administrative Coordinator, at 416-964-9562 ext. 241<br />Email: <a href="mailto:tbsi@tafelmusik.org">tbsi@tafelmusik.org</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-7762900259563213012014-02-04T17:18:00.003-04:002014-02-04T17:18:29.492-04:00ONE EARTH CHOIR 2014 - 21 February Many Native Languages, one only Human Dialogue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One day - 21. 02. every year<br />One hour - 11.00 Greenwich mean time, & throughout the whole day<br />Seven continents, people in cities wherever sing - listen - play the same music or celebrate the One Earth Choir with any gesture of sharing: <br />We are one Symphony, all connected by "Bridges of Music~Dialogue" <br />Today 53 Countries - more than 2'450'000 Participants<br />Join the Choir on <a href="http://www.oneearthchoir.net/">www.OneEarthChoir.net</a><br />
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<br />How to participate - <a href="http://oneearthchoir.net/howitwillhappen.aspx?utm_source=SendBlaster&utm_medium=email&utm_term=ONEC&utm_content=Invitation%202014&utm_campaign=Invitation%2DIFCM">Read more</a><br /><br /><a href="http://oneearthchoir.net/videos.aspx?utm_source=SendBlaster&utm_medium=email&utm_term=ONEC&utm_content=Invitation%202014&utm_campaign=Invitation%2DIFCM">Hear the Music</a> ÌNIN of the One Earth Choir<br /><br /><a href="http://www.oneearthchoir.net/?utm_source=SendBlaster&utm_medium=email&utm_term=ONEC&utm_content=Invitation%202014&utm_campaign=Invitation%2DIFCM">See the Gallery of Voices</a><br /><br />You can participate in the Global Symphony from your City: <a href="http://oneearthchoir.net/Form.aspx?utm_source=SendBlaster&utm_medium=email&utm_term=ONEC&utm_content=Invitation%202014&utm_campaign=Invitation%2DIFCM">Join Now</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-18300180058758615172014-01-31T16:06:00.000-04:002014-01-31T16:06:00.225-04:00CHORAL CONCERT, with host Nick Halley Sunday, February 2, 2014: 9:05 - 10:00 am, (9:35 - 10:30 NT) on CBC Radio 2<b>Bach and the people who egged him on...</b><br /><br />Do you have someone you always compare yourself to? Someone who does what you do, but somehow seems to do it so well that they inspire you to push yourself further?<br /><br />Well, in the world of musicians almost everyone has this competitive muse…and for J.S. Bach perhaps Handel fell into this category. There was a healthy competition going on between these two great composers who lived in different countries at just about exactly the same time.<br /><br />Because while Handel’s biblical oratorios were all the rage in London, Bach was doing something very similar in Liepzig—churning out his vast output of Church cantatas. So even though they didn’t actually ever meet face to face, it’s a safe assumption they were keeping pretty good tabs on each other.<br /><br />This week on <i>Choral Concert</i> Nick Halley will bring you a whole slate of composers that had a healthy influence on Bach, including the great Handel, Johan Eckhard and Marc Antoine Charpentier.<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-91711119837995220212014-01-24T18:13:00.003-04:002014-01-24T18:13:54.295-04:002014 World Choral Symposium-—Seoul<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Tenth World Symposium on Choral Music (WSCM10) will be held in Seoul, South Korea, from August 6-13, 2014. Details at: <a href="http://www.wscm10.org/">www.wscm10.org</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-45242308430465530592014-01-24T18:09:00.001-04:002014-01-24T18:09:10.694-04:00CHORAL CONCERT, with host Nick Halley Sunday, January 26, 2014: 9:05 - 10:00 am, (9:35 - 10:30 NT) on CBC Radio 2<b>Great revolutionaries: Beethoven and Gardiner</b><br /><br />On Choral Concert this Sunday Nick Halley brings you two true revolutionaries: the conductor John Eliot Gardiner and the composer Ludwig van Beethoven.<br /><br />In his time, Beethoven’s music was a slap in the face to the ruling musical establishment, he pushed all the boundaries and changed music permanently. Over time though, his music has become more associated with the tried and true—and has in turn become part of the musical establishment of our time.<br /><br />Well move over musical establishment and bring in John Eliot Gardiner. He is breathing life back into Beethoven, and playing it the way it was first heard. Gardiner is blowing off the cobwebs of any normal interpretation of the great master, giving all his musicians the same instruments that were used in Beethoven’s time (without the bells and whistles we have nowadays) and letting them loose to express the joy of the original sound of this incredible music.<br />
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Tune in this Sunday to hear Beethoven’s revolutionary music played with punch, in John Eliot Gardiner’s performance of Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis”.<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-60586394582362288342014-01-23T15:19:00.006-04:002014-01-23T15:19:44.387-04:00Chor Leoni Announces New Website<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Vancouver’s Chor Leoni Men’s Choir and Artistic Director Erick Lichte are pleased to announce a completely revised website, <a href="http://chorleoni.org/">chorleoni.org</a>. Built by Vancouver’s Raised Eyebrow Web Studio, the choir’s new site is built on the Wordpress platform and sports a clean, modern look. Mobile responsiveness was a major consideration, and the new <a href="http://chorleoni.org/">chorleoni.org</a> easily scales for viewing on everything from smartphones and tablets to desktop computers.<br /><br />
The site showcases Chor Leoni’s music with extensive use of video throughout, and is built to encourage social media sharing and interaction. A new system of online reviews for CDs, events, and blog posts also includes audience interaction, as once a review has been submitted other readers are welcome to rate its usefulness on a scale of one to five.<br /><br />
Chor Leoni’s musical products include CDs, digital download cards, and iTunes-only releases. These are beautifully showcased alongside integrated sample tracks in a new Music Store, which is searchable by category, seasonal offerings, and genre.<br /><br />
“Chor Leoni is proud to have a website that seeks to communicate with our audience with the same clarity as our singing, “ says Artistic Director Erick Lichte. “We hope that this new site will help us connect with many more people around the world and help us spread the love and joy of choral singing.”<br /><br />
Listen to music, watch videos, purchase tickets for an upcoming performance, read press releases or blog posts, submit a review, or browse the music store: Experience <a href="http://chorleoni.org/">chorleoni.org</a>!<br /><br />
About Chor Leoni<br /><br />Known internationally and loved locally, Chor Leoni Men’s Choir is recognized as one of the vanguard male vocal ensembles in North America. With stylistic grace and an adventurous spirit, Vancouver’s Singing Lions have enriched and transformed people’s lives through singing for over twenty years. Chor Leoni performs in many languages and styles and genres, always aiming to communicate, engage, and entertain.<br /><br />
Chor Leoni was founded in 1992 by Diane Loomer C.M. and is currently conducted by Erick Lichte. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-68875234969973687912014-01-22T14:53:00.002-04:002014-01-22T14:53:48.723-04:00Canadian Choral Celebration: Special Offer from Soundstreams<b>Soundstreams is pleased to offer a 20% discount to choral community members for our February 2 concert at Koerner Hall, <i>Canadian Choral Celebration</i>.</b><br />
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A celebration of 60 years of professional choral singing in Canada, the concert features the Elmer Iseler Singers, Pro Coro Canada and the Vancouver Chamber Choir, conducted by Kaspars Putnins. Highlighted works include Gorecki’s monumental <i>Miserere</i> and a world premiere by R. Murray Schafer.<br /><br />This discount is good for tickets priced $45-$65 and can be used by quoting the code SSCHORAL when calling the box office at 416-408-0208 or buying online at <a href="http://soundstreams.ca/canadian-choral-celebration">http://soundstreams.ca/canadian-choral-celebration</a>.<br /><br />There are also a series of three 1-hour recitals taking place on February 2 with each of the choirs. Tickets to these are $25 each or $60 for all three. More details here: <a href="http://soundstreams.ca/choral-recitals">http://soundstreams.ca/choral-recitals</a><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-44560684327002147342014-01-21T16:14:00.003-04:002014-01-21T16:14:46.289-04:00TheC7Prize FOR CHORAL COMPOSITION 2014 Edition: SATB choral works. Deadline March 10, 2014<b>TheC7Prize–calling all Composers, Conductors, and Choirs…</b><br />
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<b>TheC7Prize:</b> “Conductors, Choirs and Composers Collaborating on a Choral Composition Competition” is a competition with one to three top monetary prizes, and ‘performance prizes’ in the form of performances of two-dozen or more works as one of its chief aims.<br /><br /><b>COMPOSERS: TheC7Prize</b> is open to citizens of, and all full-time students in, Canada and the USA.<br /><br />Website: <a href="http://www.thec7prize.com/home.html">http://www.thec7prize.com/home.html</a><br /><br /><b>CONDUCTORS:</b> TheC7Prize invites conductors everywhere to join in the Marketplace Showcase adjudication aspect of the competition. Once signed up, conductors are asked to peruse ‘Recommended Works’ with a possible view to performing one or more of them.<br /><br />See: <a href="http://www.thec7prize.com/adjudicators.html">http://www.thec7prize.com/adjudicators.html</a><br /><br /><b>PRIZES:</b> There is a top monetary prize for as-yet-unperformed works. As well, there is the likely possibility of performance by choirs around the world. (see ‘Conductors’ above).<br /><br /><b>SPECIAL FEATURES:</b><br /><br />Due the innovative nature of <b>TheC7Prize</b> competition, this allows for<br />
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<li>sacred or secular works </li>
<li>original and arranged works</li>
<li>piano-accompanied or a cappella works </li>
<li>any language </li>
<li>performed as well as not-yet-performed works </li>
<li>works from 2’30” to 5 minutes </li>
<li>composer-published (though not ‘traditionally’ published) works </li>
<li>works composed within five years of the entry deadline </li>
<li>a wide variety of styles & genres which, while embracing mainly classical and art music traditions, also include world music, jazz–influenced, gospel… </li>
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Complete information, at <a href="http://www.thec7prize.com/home.html">http://www.thec7prize.com/home.html</a><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-62749667164193556242014-01-17T17:08:00.000-04:002014-01-17T17:08:00.534-04:00CHORAL CONCERT, with host Nick Halley Sunday, January 19, 2014: 9:05 - 10:00 am, (9:35 - 10:30 NT) on CBC Radio 2<b>Great choral music with an Elizabethan bent</b><br /><br />On <i>Choral Concert</i> this Sunday Nick Halley brings you the music of Orlando Gibbons, along with some composers from our time that were inspired by him.<br /><br />Now here’s something you might not think about every day—what did this music actually sound like, sung in the English of that time? We know that 500 years ago, people weren’t talking the way they do now (not even the funniest accent in England is really approaching it), but how DID they talk?<br /><br />Well the great tenor Charles Daniels has wondered just that and thought about it a lot. He’s come up with some great performances that do sound pretty funny—just a little bit like a cross between a Scottish bard and a Monty Pythonesque cockney crooner. But it is done so brilliantly, it just makes you want to dance.<br /><br />You'll hear Charles tackle Orlando Gibbon's "This is the record of John" along with a lot more choral music that is sure to lift your winter-worn spirits. <br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-3468552562163667682014-01-15T15:12:00.004-04:002014-01-15T15:14:00.316-04:00Reminder - NewWorks Deadline February 17th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just over one month remains until the entry deadline for our 5th annual, national choral composition competition, NewWorks. <br />
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The purpose of the NewWorks competition is to foster new and engaging choral works by Canadian composers. The DaCapo Chamber Choir was founded in 1998 and is dedicated to exploring unaccompanied music, primarily of the 20th Century and later. We are continually looking for new pieces to perform which will challenge us and our audiences - both musically and emotionally. In the past number of years we have premiered a number of exciting works discovered through the NewWorks competition, most recently <i>This Evening of our Life</i> by Matthew Emery (a 2011 NewWorks submission).<br />
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For this year's competition, all entries must highlight a Canadian text. The winning entry will receive a $1,500 cash award plus travel expenses to Kitchener to attend the premiere of his/her composition by the DaCapo Chamber Choir, under director Leonard Enns, in the choir’s 2013/2014 season. We are also inviting young composers (aged 25 and younger) to submit compositions for consideration in our Young Composers Reading Sessions. <b>Entry deadline is February 17th, 2014.</b><br />
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Full information is available on our web site: <a href="http://dacapochamberchoir.ca/newworks/">www.dacapochamberchoir,ca/newworks</a> and we hope you will share this information with your students and/or colleagues. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-33332518230029080092014-01-13T11:11:00.002-04:002014-01-13T11:11:21.365-04:002014 Auditions Choral Conducting Université de SherbrookeAuditions for the University of Sherbrooke's graduate programmes in choral conducting will take place at the Longueuil campus on April 13, 2014 .<br /><a href="https://www.usherbrooke.ca/flsh/fileadmin/sites/musique/Bulletins_musique/25320_Master_Choral_Conducting.pdf">https://www.usherbrooke.ca/flsh/fileadmin/sites/musique/Bulletins_musique/25320_Master_Choral_Conducting.pdf </a><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-13675664072008231282014-01-13T11:09:00.000-04:002014-01-13T11:09:29.288-04:00Auditions 2014 Direction chorale Université de Sherbrooke<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">Les auditions pour les programmes de 2e cycle en direction chorale de l’Université de Sherbrooke auront lieu le 13 avril 2014 sur la le Campus de Longueuil.<br /><a href="http://www.usherbrooke.ca/musique/fileadmin/sites/flsh/musique/maitrise_dir_chorale.pdf">http://www.usherbrooke.ca/musique/fileadmin/sites/flsh/musique/maitrise_dir_chorale.pdf</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-84369333461562655472014-01-09T15:18:00.000-04:002014-01-09T15:18:04.862-04:00CHORAL CONCERT, with host Nick Halley Sunday, January 12, 2014: 9:05 - 10:00 am, (9:35 - 10:30 NT) on CBC Radio 2<b>Great choral music inspired by nature</b><br /><br />On <i>Choral Concert</i> this Sunday Nick Halley brings you an hour of some of the finest secular choral music composed through the ages. So much great choral music is inspired by religious words, but if you look a little deeper, there is also a lot of wonderful choral music that uses secular texts.<br /><br />Ok - what is “secular” music? Well, maybe it’s easier to say what it isn’t. It’s choral music that uses texts that do not come from a religious tradition, so if your text is from the Bible, the Koran, the Hebrew scriptures or the Tibetan book of the dead, well – you aren’t secular.<br /><br />There are TONS of secular themes to choose from and one of the finest is nature. And on this Sunday’s <i>Choral Concert</i> you will hear some beautiful songs about nature – about the sea, about natural hot springs, about spring, about the beautiful Irish air, and even one about the mapping of the planetary cosmos.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-91643349206462347592014-01-09T15:14:00.004-04:002014-01-09T15:14:55.850-04:00Student Chapter Deadlines for Podium Extended!We've extended the application deadlines for everyone applying to present at the <a href="http://incantoblog.com/poster-session/">ACCC Student Chapter Poster Session</a> at Podium 2014 conference in Halifax.<br /><br />If you're interested in applying to conduct in one of two public <a href="http://incantoblog.com/conducting-master-class/">Conducting Master Classes</a> with Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt and the National Youth Choir, we've extended your application deadline as well!<br /><br />Materials for both events are <b>due on 3 February 2014</b>. For more information, please contact us at <a href="mailto:incanto.blog@gmail.com">incanto.blog@gmail.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-29273481730355365782014-01-09T15:10:00.002-04:002014-01-09T15:10:13.805-04:00Vancouver Chamber Choir Auditions Sunday, January 26, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Vancouver Chamber Choir is holding auditions for professional-level singers. <b>All voices (SATB) are invited.</b><br /><br />The Vancouver Chamber Choir is a fully professional choir of 20 experienced, well-trained singers. The key activities of the Choir include a subscription series that is unique in Vancouver, extensive touring in Canada and abroad, broadcasting live concerts, recording, commissioning and premiering new choral compositions, and presenting four to five educational programs throughout each season. <br />The Choir demands a major commitment of time and needs to be the singers' top priority. <br /><br />The Vancouver Chamber Choir usually rehearses on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings. <br />A list of substitute singers is maintained; these people may also be used to augment the Choir if a larger group is needed. <br /><br />An audition lasts approximately one half hour and singers will be required to sing three or four pieces in different styles and languages. There will also be an interview with Jon Washburn. A formal résumé is required. Singers are expected to provide their own accompanist for the audition. <br /><br />
Contact Lucy for an appointment at <a href="mailto:lucy@madelinelucysmith.com">lucy@madelinelucysmith.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-79202465635728026922013-12-24T16:10:00.002-04:002013-12-24T16:10:34.970-04:00ACCC National Choral AwardsThe National Choral Awards program was established in 1988 to honour outstanding contributions to Canadian choral music. The awards are presented publicly every two years during our national conference, Podium, to honour and celebrate excellence in achievements during the previous two seasons. Each winner receives a certificate. The full list of award winners is posted on the website. <br /><br />Members of ACCC are eligible to participate in our National Choral Awards program by nominating those in the association who have excelled in areas of artistic achievement, innovative sponsorship or philanthropy, academic achievement, or distinguished service. Nomination Deadline is February 15, 2014. <br /><br />Winners are selected by a panel of choral experts appointed by ACCC; there is a new roster of people serving on the award jury panel for each competition. <br /><br />See <a href="http://choralcanada.org/ACCC_en/national_choral_awards.html">National Choral Awards </a><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-43652958093756266722013-12-24T16:00:00.000-04:002013-12-24T16:13:16.423-04:00Prix nationaux de chant choral de l'ACCC<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">Le programme de prix nationaux de l'ACCC a été créé en 1988 en vue de récompenser l'excellence en matière de contributions au chant choral au Canada. Les prix sont décernés publiquement tous les deux ans lors de Podium, notre congrès bisannuel, et reconnaissent les accomplissements effectués pendant les deux saisons précédentes. Chaque lauréat reçoit un certificat. La liste complète des gagnants est affichée sur notre site web. <br /><br />Les membres de l'ACCC sont invités à participer au programme en nommant d'autres membres de l'Association qui ont excellé dans un des domaines suivants: réalisation artistique, parrainage innovateur ou philanthropie, réalisation scolaire, service exceptionnel. La date limite pour les nominations est le15 février, 2014. <br /><br />Les lauréats sont sélectionnés par un groupe d'experts désignés par l'ACCC. Les membres du jury changent en fonction du concours. <br /><br />Voir <a href="http://choralcanada.org/ACCC_fr/Prix_nationaux.html">Prix nationaux de chant choral </a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-28835875535517387482013-12-18T11:00:00.000-04:002013-12-18T11:14:18.382-04:002nd Annual HALIFAX SUMMER CHORAL CONDUCTING SYMPOSIUM July 22-26, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Join us this summer for the <b>Halifax Summer Choral Conducting Symposium</b> - July 22-26, 2014 in Halifax, Nova Scotia!<br />
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The Halifax Summer Choral Conducting Symposium is a 5-day intensive workshop offering group instruction in choral/vocal pedagogy, conducting technique, choral repertoire, and Dalcroze Eurhythmics; and individual instruction in conducting, voice, piano and organ. Designed to support the practical work of all levels of choral conductors, we invite school/university educators, church musicians, studio teachers, and undergraduate/graduate music students to participate. <br />
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This summer, we welcome Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt, Director of Choral Activities at the University of Toronto, as our guest clinician. <br />
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We also welcome Dr. Caron Daley (Choral Pedagogy, Dalcroze Eurhythmics), Dr. Susan Boddie (Vocal Pedagogy), Lynette Wahlstrom (Church Music, Piano), and Shawn Whynot (Church Music, Organ) to our teaching faculty. <br />
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There are four ways to participate in the symposium:<br />
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To learn more about the event, or to register, please visit <a href="http://www.halifaxsummerchoral.com/">www.halifaxsummerchoral.com</a>* <br />
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To join our list-serve for monthly updates, please email <a href="mailto:halifaxsummerchoral@gmail.com">halifaxsummerchoral@gmail.com</a>. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*The Halifax Summer Choral Conducting Symposium operates in cooperation with the Nova Scotia Choral Federation, the Royal College of Organists, the Nova Scotia Department of Education and Long and McQuade. Members of any Canadian provincial choral federation receive a discounted tuition</span>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-4625074402303901192013-12-17T17:02:00.002-04:002013-12-21T16:19:51.090-04:00NYC 2014 Conducting Apprentice Announced<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Congratulations to Irene Apanovitch who has been selected as the 2014 National Youth Choir Apprentice Conductor. Irene will spend two weeks working and studying with NYC/CNJ 2014 conductor, Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt. During this time, she will have the opportunity to observe rehearsals, discuss choral techniques and conduct the NYC/CNJ in performance. <br />
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This program is made possible through the generous support of The Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-64153219421663550252013-12-06T18:27:00.003-04:002013-12-06T18:27:42.773-04:00Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Announces Conductors Selected for the 4th Annual Choral Conductors’ Symposium in January 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s annual Choral Conductors’ Symposium brings together five emerging conductors for a week of intense master classes and workshops with acclaimed conductor Noel Edison. During the week of January 28 – February 1, 2014 the conductors, selected through a juried application process, have the rare opportunity to conduct both the chamber-sized Elora Festival Singers and the large-scale Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. The Symposium concludes with a free public concert on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 3 pm at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church in Toronto.<br /><br />This year the Symposium will focus on Canadian composers; the conductors will work with the choirs on music by Calvert, Chatman, Corlis, Daley, Holman, Raminsh and Willan. They will also work on excerpts from some of the classical masterworks as well, including <i>Dona nobis pacem</i> from Bach’s <i>B Minor Mass</i>, <i>The Lord is Great</i> from Haydn’s <i>The Creation</i>, and <i>Hear my prayer, O Lord</i> by Purcell. <br /><br />The five conductors coming to Toronto for the 2013 Symposium are:<br /><br /><b>Renata Dworak</b> is currently a graduate student in Choral Conducting at the Eastman School of Music. She is the Director of the Repertory Singers at Eastman and Music Director of Lakeville United Church of Christ in Lakeville, NY. She graduated from DePauw University with a Bachelor of Music Education and taught choral music at a High School in Indianapolis.<br /><br /><b>Jeffrey Moellman</b> is a choral conductor, organist and member of the Royal Canadian College of Organists. He has been Director of Music at Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Orillia, Ontario since 2010. He received his Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Kent State University and his Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance from The Cleveland Institute of Music.<br /><br /><b>Sarah Morrison</b> is a music educator, choral conductor and soprano soloist. She began her singing career with the Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir. Sarah has a Master of Music Education from the University of Toronto and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education. She sings first soprano in the Canadian Chamber Choir and has been the Artistic Director of The Oakville Children’s Choir since 2007. Sarah was awarded the Leslie Bell Prize in Choral Conducting in 2010.<br /><br /><b>Raymund Ocampo</b> currently lives in Tampa Bay, Florida where he is Associate Conductor of Master Chorale of Tampa Bay and completing his Master of Music in Choral Conducting studies at the University of South Florida. Prior to the move to Tampa Bay, Raymund was the Director of Music Ministry at Mt. Washington Presbyterian Church and the Founder and Artistic Director of ascend, a professional choir, in Cincinnati, Ohio.<br /><br /><b>Zachary Maxwell Thompson</b> is a tenor and conductor. He has a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Voice and is currently completing his Master of Music in Choral Conducting at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee. Zachary is Director of the Community School of the Arts Adult Chorus in Clarksville, Tennesse and is Assistant Conductor of the Unviersity Choir and Opera Chorus Master at Austin Peay.<br /><br />Observers are welcome during the Symposium workshops; observer fees are $20 per session or $50 per day.<br /><br />Find out about the Symposium Schedule: <a href="http://www.tmchoir.org/education/conductors-symposium.cfm">http://www.tmchoir.org/education/conductors-symposium.cfm</a>.<br /><br />Find out more about the Free Public Concert: <a href="http://www.tmchoir.org/tmcPerformances/conductors-symposium-concert.cfm">http://www.tmchoir.org/tmcPerformances/conductors-symposium-concert.cfm</a>.<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078819567971234203.post-50010218617258341502013-12-04T15:23:00.000-04:002013-12-04T15:23:02.944-04:00CHORAL CONCERT, with host Nick Halley Sunday, December 8, 2013: 9:05 - 10:00 am, (9:35 - 10:30 NT) on CBC Radio 2<b>Things you never knew about famous Christmas tunes</b><br />This Sunday on <i>Choral Concert</i> Nick Halley takes you on a little tour of the mysterious stories behind famous Christmas tunes. Your take on "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "Silent Night" will never be the same.<br /><br />As Christmas comes down the pike you can also be sure that whether you're a grumpy Scrooge or a chipper Christmas elf, Nick Halley will bring you choral music that is bold, beautiful and fun - starting this Sunday with the bombastic "Christmette" by Michael Praetorius.<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0