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The End Is Near! Yes, the year is going, going…and maybe the last choral sound you’ll hear this most choir happy month will be a friendly chorus of ‘Auld lang syne.’ The next such singing for you could be a … Continue reading →

Just in case you haven’t had your fill of choir this season, or are looking for just the right experience, here are a few places, dates and times to find choirs, or in one case, be the choir, and everyone … Continue reading →

What? It’s December already? Did I miss any of the annual choir stampede? Not as a singer: I’ve already sung in my longest choral concert of the season, and I’m nearly half done with seasonal singing. As listener, there have … Continue reading →

Though old Ben Franklin wasn’t talking about choirs in 1776 when he talked of the risks of not ‘hanging together,’ maybe it’s not too big a stretch to apply it to our choral community. In 1776, the signers needed to … Continue reading →

It’s fall, let the music flow Though the weather seems fixed on summer, fall has actually arrived. Long months with a mere trickle of choral stuff are over. Church choirs are back in session, with some having sung several anthems … Continue reading →

Not much of July left, and summer is going fast, too. My search for choral activities has yielded just one opportunity for this month, tomorrow (Sunday July 29) out in Santa Barbara. The choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, is … Continue reading →

We’re in the doldrums now, summer time, when my church’s choir is done, the chorale season is over and college and school directors are doing whatever they do to revitalize between seasons. That doesn’t mean that there’s nothing that eager … Continue reading →

Chorales, school and collegiate choruses pretty much all follow the rhythm of the school year, meaning that we would expect most such ensembles to be at the end of their seasons, if not done already. If you assumed that the … Continue reading →

At the risk of being boring, here’s the usual disclaimer – I am a beginner at this and really don’t know much about the ways of blogging. Case in point – I have yet to approve a single comment (though … Continue reading →

I’m still unsure of how I should accomplish a variety of the goals for this experiment, such as how to feature upcoming events in a regular way. For now, I’ll just mention that you have three concerts that I know … Continue reading →