Need something to do over the Christmas Break? Well, it wouldn’t be hard to while away a few hours playing “Handbell Hero” (opens new window), a rhythm-matching knockoff of the popular Guitar Hero. No, there is no choir involved, but since choirs and handbell choirs often perform together I thought you might be interested.
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“Qui Tollis” sing-a-long (Vivaldi) with the John Alldis Choir
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O.K., so I made up the quote, but it does seem to cure an awful lot. See A Cappella News for the full story, excerpted from the UK Sun.
Need something to listen to while you’re working? What could be more relaxing or able to take the stress out of your day than choral sacred music? Visit the Choral Treasure on Live365 and click ‘play’ to listen. You will have to sit through an ad, but the music will start soon.
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“I love it, I like to see people succeed, and music is a positive academic program that gives kids the opportunity for success.” ~Margaret Pantalone
Ms. Pantelone, with 65 years as a choral music educator, was just recently honored by having a 38-year-old choral festival in West Virginia renamed after her. Read about it here.
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Instrumentalists, please don’t shoot me! but a recent choralnet blog post concerning choral vs orchestral conductors got me thinking along similar lines: the seeming divide between vocalists vs instrumentalists. As I see it, the broad stereotype seems to go like this:
Instrumentalists think of vocalists as non-musicians, amateurs, a lower breed (’singers’ they say with a knowing nod).
Vocalists tend to [...]