Singing Seniors

Good for the Body, Good for the Soul

Kelsey Menehan | Adults/Seniors, Community Outreach, Health, Impact/Value, Participation, Singing

Senior choruses are springing up all over, and singers are reaping the benefits of meaningful community involvement, increased social interaction, and better health. Read more

New Voices on Composing and Commissioning

Chorus America Staff | Composing/Commissioning, Technique/Tool

Are more composers increasingly looking to the choral genre as a means for expression? We explore the issue in this roundtable discussion featuring Heather Hitchens of Meet The Composer, John Nuechterlein of the American Composers Forum, and Joanne Hubbard Cossa of the American Music Center. Read more

Choral Music: Worth Listening To

Tom Hall | Audiences, Impact/Value, Marketing/Public Relations, Performance

When choruses take the time to really sing the text—be it biblical or poetic, somber or silly—we demonstrate the moral consequence of lives that are animated by beauty, passion, and love. Read more

Learning for Life: A Conducting Masterclass

Karen Deans | Careers, Conducting, Education

Cellists hang out with the other cellists, singers hang out with other singers, but conductors—who do they hang out with? Stephen Czarkowski and 31 other conductors hung out together for four days in May 2006 to share with each other, explore some of the great works in the choral-orchestral repertoire, and learn from some of the nation's finest choral conductors. Read more

John Corigliano's Of Rage and Rememberance

Community and Ritual in the Age of AIDS

Chorus America Staff | Repertoire

American Choral Review 54 includes an analysis of John Corigliano's work inspired by the AIDS crisis as well as reviews of summer festivals. Read more

Renaissance and Baroque Performance Practice: Invaluable Resources for the Choral Conductor

Chorus America Staff | Conducting, Research/Data

Research Memorandum Series No. 200. A thorough and definitive compilation of resources in Renaissance and Baroque performance practice spanning, approximately, the past 70 years. This issue provides a broad yet in-depth overview of the manifold issues faced by choral conductors in preparing performances of music from these time periods. Read more

Kent Tritle on Monteverdi Vespers

Kent Tritle | Conducting, Performance, Repertoire

Conductor Kent Tritle, who conducted Monteverdi's Vespers at the 2011 Berkshire Choral Festival, offers his insights on the challenges of singing this seminal choral work. Read more

Singer Audition Form

Chorus America Staff | Evaluation, Operations, Recruitment, Sample/Template, Singing

A sample form for conductors to use when evaluating potential singers. Read more

ELIOGABALO

New York City

emilymt | Performance

Gotham Chamber Opera continues its 2012-2013 Season with ELIOGABALO (1667) by Francesco Cavalli. This production of Eliogabalo will be staged by James Marvel and produced in cooperation with Randy Weiner (Sleep No More) in one of New York’s most decadent nightspots: The Box, on the Lower East Side. Read more

Santa Barbara Choral Society Presents Handel’s Messiah/Holiday Concert

3200 Calle Cedro, Santa Barbara, CA

John A. Lynn | Audiences

  Let the power of 100 singers uplift you as the Santa Barbara Choral Society presents Handel’s Messiah Part 1 in a special holiday concert. Giving voice to the deepest sentiments of the holidays, the Santa Barbara Choral Society, soloists and orchestra, will fill the brilliantly resonant space of San Roque Catholic Church with sounds of comfort and joy.    Artistic Director JoAnne Wasserman will lead soprano Celeste Tavera, mezzo-soprano Diana Tash, tenor Ben Brecher, and Music Academy alum, bass DeAndre Simmons, along with the Santa Barbara Choral Society orchestra and the members of the Choral Society in the performance of Handel’s Messiah Part 1, and evocative arrangements of traditional holiday texts from chant to contemporary. Following the Messiah Part 1, the second half of the concert features some new pieces that the Choral Society has never performed before as well as several traditional holiday pieces.    Date: Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 3 p.m. Location:  San Roque Catholic Church – 3200 Calle Cedro, Santa Barbara Cost: $20 – in advance (all tickets); $25 – adults at the door; $20 – seniors/students - $20 For group discounts call (805) 965-6577   Tickets are available online at www.sbchoral.org and at Chaucer’s Books. Read more

New York City Master Chorale: Tenors Wanted

New York, NY

elee | Diversity, General, Participation, Performance, Professional, Recruitment, Rehearsal, Repertoire, Singing, Symphonic, Volunteer

The New York City Master Chorale, a 70-member classical chorus, is auditioning tenors with significant choral experience and strong sight-reading skills. Auditions for the spring 2013 season will be held in January 2013. Rehearsals are held Wednesday evenings in Manhattan. Repertoire this spring will be Poulenc Gloria and Stabat Mater. Spring concerts include a spring concert and a March performance as part of Trinity Wall Street’s Concerts at One series. To schedule an audition please contact info@nycmasterchorale.org. For more information about the chorus and to listen to audio clips of the chorus, please see www.nycmasterchorale.org.   Read more

Immortal Bach

New York, NY 10024

Central City Ch... |

A concert of music written and inspired by J.S. Bach and his contemporaries.  Works include Bach's motets Komm, Jesu, komm; and Jesu, meine Freude; Knut Nystedt's Immortal Bach; and works by Schutz, Mendelssohn, Rheinberger, Hassler, and others. Tickets at the door, $25 / $20 seniors.  Tickets in advance:  $20 (by email request to CentralCityChorus@gmail.com). For more information, visit our website, www.CentralCityChorus.org. Read more