Treble Choirs Newsletter - TVRC
Shel Ritter
Attached is the July 1996 edition of the TVRC NEWSLETTER. The materials
contained in this newsletter will soon be posted on the TVRC WORLD WIDE WEB
HOME PAGE along with previous TVRC newsletters and other information and
resources dealing with children's choral music.
Anyone wishing to submit materials to be included in upcoming TVRC
newsletters may send them to my Email address, or by the postal services
at:
TVRC
Shel Ritter
234 Maple Lane
Califon, NJ 07830
U.S.A.
Shel Ritter
Internet: sh...@world2u.com & 10271...@compuserve.com
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Treble Vocal Recording Collectors
WWW Home Page: http://www.world2u.com/~shel/tvrc.htm
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Treble Vocal Recording Collectors'
TVRC NEWSLETTER
July 1995
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CONTENTS
1. Editorial - Shel Ritter
2. Ninos Cantores del Valle de Chalco
3. Imogene Choral
4. 1995 Choir Schools Today CD List
5. The American Boychoir Concert Schedule
June 1996 - September 1996
6. Oskarshamn International Choir Festival
7. New on the Choralnet Resource Site
TVRC Choralist Digests Archived
8. Recording From the Maitrise de Radio France
9. Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir
10. California ACDA Conference
11. American Boychoir At Americafest & Copenhagen Drengekors Festival
12. Choirboy Notes - New Recordings
13. Festivals, Workshops, and Conventions From ChoralNet WWW Site
14. Treble Soloist Recordings - Bielfefelder Klassik Katalog
January 1995 Section 11
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1. EDITORIAL - Shel Ritter
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The first bit of news is that the files for the TVRC web page have been set
up on my new Internet provider's server at:
WWW Home Page: http://www.world2u.com/~shel/tvrc.htm
I will be leaving the old files at the Compuserve address for a while, but
I've set up a link from the home page there to the new site.
The past couple of months have been a pretty busy one for me. Besides
maintaining and the web site, the two TVRC ChoralNet digests, the new TVRC
Treble Choral Music Conference and trying to keep up with replies to mail
generated by the TVRC web site, I had been researching components for a new
computer system I had been planning on building. Up to that point I had
been using a friend's old 486SX33 PC for several months. Things became a
bit hectic last month when my friend called and told me he was going to pick
up his computer so his daughter could use it for a summer college course.
At that point I had to step up by efforts to determine what the best
components would be for my needs, and where I could get them at the best
prices. At the same time I had to spend hours backing up seemingly
countless files that been accumulating in the 486 since January, quite a
chore in itself.
The assembly of the new system went well, and within a week I had reloaded
most of my original software and old files. The best thing is that I've
been able to load some memory intensive programs such as graphics and audio
programs I wasn't able to use on with the old 486. Luckily I was able to
keep my weekly processing of the ChoralNet digests on schedule, and have now
been able to add a couple of features to the TVRC web site.
One of the things I've been the most eager to get onto the web site are
sample audio files from some of the new CDs that a few people have been kind
enough to send me. Two in particular are the VIATGES CD by Cor Vivaldi from
Spain, sent to me by one of the members of their board of trustees, Jofre
Tremoleda, and the other, JUBILATE DEO by the Cincinnati Boychoir that was
sent to me by my Internet friend Eric Sakurai whose younger son Cameron is
now in the choir's training choir. A few days ago I managed to get my
scanner up and running and scanned the cover of the two CDs into graphic
files and made about a 50 second sound file from the ALL MY SORROWS track
from the Cor Vivaldi album. I've set up the Cor Vivaldi graphic and a list
of the tracks on a new web page with a link to the sound file so that people
with multimedia equipment on their computers can download the file and play
it offline, In a few days I hope to have a similar page set up for the
Cincinnati Boychoir's CD.
The other thing I've been working on since I have the 'fire power' of this
new system has been learning how to work with the Netscape table/frame
format to create web pages with photos and graphics formatted in more of a
magazine style. Just the other day I managed to set up a test index page
with three choir photos, a new background style and text that wraps around
either side of the photos. The test page can be found at:
http://www.world2u.com/~shel/test/idx11.htm
I would really like to hear from people about how the page looks to them on
their systems. It's hard to set up web pages that look right on all of the
different system configurations that exist out there. The best way for me
to find out that things aren't working right is if you would take a moment
to drop me a note telling me what looks good or what doesn't seem right
On that page I've also included a link to the Netscape site where people can
download test versions of the 'table capable' Netscape web browsers. The
current Netscape Navigator 2.02 will only let you try it for 30 days, though
you can download their newer 'gold' version 3.0 beta 4 which has real time
audio capability as well as supporting the new Java protocols which enable
more multimedia functions something I'm still learning about myself.
However you'll need Win95 and a fairly powerful system to run this new gold
version of Navigator. Contact me if you would like a copy of the older
froms capable version of Netscape Navigator ver1.2.
In the past few months I've begun archiving the TVRC ChoraList and TVRC
ChoralTalk digests on the web site, as well as messages to the TVRC Treble
Choral Music Conference. You'll find links to those archives from the main
index pages. For people looking for treble choir repertoire, I've added an
enormous list of compositions assembled by Monica Hubbard, west cosat
chairperson for the ACDA Western Division Repertoire & Standards Committee
on Women's Choirs. Monica has researched and compiled a good number of the
compositions from the standard treble choir repertory since women's choirs
share the same vocal range. There is also a file of compositions on the
TVRC web site I had begun at one point to extract from the TVRC database of
recordings.
A couple of months back I was contacted by Eric Taylor, an enthusiastic
collector who tracked down the MARITO & JORGE recording I had mentioned in a
past newsletter. Eric contact a gentleman in Argentina via the
soc.argentina Usenet group who informed him that the wonderful recordings of
tradition songs from Latin America sung by the duo in the early 1970s are in
fact still for sale in Argentina. At this point we're still waiting for
more information on the name of the recording company and how the might be
contacted, but I'm quite exited just to know that these fine recordings and
still available.
The TVRC Treble Choral Music Conference started out last April with a lot of
feedback on the initial message I had posted from "The Phantom of the
Cathedral" on the subject of the Anglican church's new policies concerning
the formation of girls' choirs in many of its churches and cathedrals. I
have to offer an apology regarding the conference however. The task of
keeping up with responses to the posts there as well as all the other
aspects of TVRC became a little bit more than I found I had time for. I'd
like to encourage people reading the list, those who have either subscribed
or who read the list on the TVRC web site, to participate in the conference
by sending a message to the conference with any thoughts they might have in
response to any of the messages there. I'll try my best to respond to
messages sent there to me personally, but it would really be great to see
more people continuing dialogues begun by others in the conference. To send
a message to the conference, just address your message to:
TVRC Conf <sh...@world2u.com>
That way it will be easier for me to sort my personal mail, and mail to the
conference. Send a note to me if you would like to have your name added to
the mailing list for the conference.
That's about it for now. If you don't see the materials in this newsletter
that you had sent me to include, please send a note and remind me. I'll
send out anything I've forgotten, or any new materials, relatively quickly
in a smaller TVRC News Bulletin.
-Shel
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2. NINOS CANTORES DEL VALLE DE CHALCO
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Dear Colleagues:
It gives me pleasure to inform you that in the Oliver Stone's movie
"Nixon" is used recording of Vivaldi's "Gloria" of the Mexican
children's choir NINOS CANTORES DEL VALLE DE CHALCO, which I direct.
Regards,
LESZEK ZAWADKA
Profesor of Mexican National Conservatory of Music
les...@mail.internet.com.mx
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3. IMOGENE CHORAL
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[Last December the Australian based Imogene Choral directed by Laurie
Gaffney toured several German cities and received wide acclaim The
following is Laurie's account of the choir's tour. S.R.]
Our tour of Germany was a great success. We gave about 14 or so
performances of `Adventskonzerts' culminating with the Palestrina Mass
`Hodie Christus Natus Est' at the famous baroque church, St
Sylvester's, in Munich.
Throughout, we were received with the warmest hospitality and
`Gastfreundshaft'. We gave concerts at various venues in Wiesbaden and
surroundings, at the Rheingauer Dom, at the Johannisberg Castle, in
Frankfurt, Mainz, Kassel, Regensburg, Augsburg and Munich. Our reviews
gave us a terrific thrill. Much to our pleasure and amusement we were
the cause of quite some press and professional discussion - how did we
manage to achieve that sound with girls in the choir? As elsewhere,
there's still a lot of `limitation-by-tradition' in Germany.
Our principal host choir, the Wiesbaden Knabenchor was wonderfully
welcoming and supportive - we hope to be their hosts next year if they
can manage to come to Australia at Easter time. One of the highlights
for us was our visit to the Regensberger Domspatzen. We had a wonderful
evening together - singing a joint welcoming concert with them, then
swimming and eating and generally socialising. We also gave a
performance at the famous Regensburg Christmas Market.
Of course, the thing the kids wanted most out of their tour, was to see
snow. You wouldn't believe it, but on our 5th day, quite unseasonably,
it snowed - and these kids, so used to spending Christmas on the beach
in temperatures of 38 degrees centigrade, found themselves making
snowmen and having snowball fights in minus 10 degrees. We know this
is nothing for you northern hemisphere types, but for us it was really
something!
Our program this year will be Australia-based. We have a regular,
monthly series of concerts at the Customs House, one of Brisbane's
finest buildings. Amongst other things we will produce and perform two
shows at a major International Arts Festival for children here in
Brisbane in June. Some choristers are performing in Hansel and Gretel
and in Turandot for Opera Queensland, and we will perform Carmina
Burana with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and the State Choir in
September. Touring-wise, during the year we hope to get to north
Queensland, and down to N.S.W. (New South Wales) and Victoria. There
is also a brief Asian tour in the offing but nothing confirmed yet.
We hope to tour internationally again next year - maybe Japan, maybe
your way... then again, maybe we'll stay here and explore some more of
Australia. Being independent has both joys and drawbacks - one of the
big joys is being free to decide what adventure we might like to have
next, one of the drawbacks (only minor!?) is trying to work out how to
get the money for the next adventure. Mind you, when we do have an
adventure, it's usually a beauty!
Our recording companies: Larrikin and Walsingham (the latter for the
classical recordings) have recently merged with Festival. Our
distributors in the U.S. are Allegro and, in the U.K., Topic Direct. We
go into the studio again this month and hope to have another CD
available in July, and perhaps one more before Christmas.
Laurie Gaffney
Director, Imogene Choral
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4. 1995 CHOIR SCHOOLS TODAY CD LIST
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[The following list of recordings from British choirs of the Choir
Schools Association appeared in the December 1995 Choir School's Today
annual publication.]
List deleted for newsgroup version of the newsletter.
For a complete newslettr send a note to sh...@world2u.com
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5. THE AMERICAN BOYCHOIR CONCERT SCHEDULE
JUNE 1996 - SEPTEMBER 1996
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Contact: Dee Silver
PH: 609 924-5858 ext.22
FAX: 609 924-5812
JULY
July 6, Concert, with other international choirs from AmericaFest,
Des Moines, IA
July 7, Concert, St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Naperville, IL
SEPTEMBER
September 1, Concert, Copenhagen Cathedral, Copenhagen, Denmark
September 2, Concert Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
September 3 Concert Vejle, Denmark
September 4, Concert in Denmark, place & time TBA
September 5, Concert, Aars, Denmark
September 9, Concert Bremen, Germany
September 10 & 11 - Other concerts in Germany place TBA
September 14, Kiel, Germany
September 15, Hamburg, German
September 17, Reykjavik, Iceland
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6. OSKARSHAMN INTERNATIONAL CHOIR FESTIVAL
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The fifth international choir festival in Oskarshamn, Sweden, is over. It
took place June 13-16 on the Baltic coast of Sweden.
There are five categories in the contest: CHILDREN'S CHOIR, YOUTH CHOIR,
LADIES' CHOIR, OPEN CLASS and Mixed choir.
20.000 Swedish kroner is shared by the winning choirs in each category and
the jury decides how much each choir will receive. The conductors of the
winnings choirs receive a special prize, the so-called "Choir-Oskar".
This year the jury was:
CHILDREN AND YOUTH CHOIRS:
Carl-Bertil Agnestig, Sweden
John Hoybye, Denmark
Thorgerdur Ingolfsdottir, Iceland
Other categories:
Ward Swingle, USA
Dorothy Irving, Sweden
Maria Gamborg Helbekkmo, Sweden
Haakan Sund, Sweden
The vocal group KOLORIT from Copenhagen, Denmark, won the open class with a
program of arrangements of music from Latinamerica: street sambas from
Brazil and a tango (Piazzolla), a guarani-indian and a popular song from
Argentina. KOLORIT consists of 16 singers and is conducted by Niels
Graesholm who teaches at the Carl Nielsen Academy in Odense, Denmark.
For more information on next years festival contact:
OSKARSHAMN INTERNATIONAL CHOIRFESTIVAL
Kopmangatan 4
S-572 30 Oskarshamn
Sweden
Ph: +46 (0) 491 773 77
Fax: +46 (0) 491 101 44
For more information on KOLORIT e-mail:
KOL...@inform-bbs.dk
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7. NEW ON THE CHORALNET RESOURCE SITE
TVRC CHORALIST DIGESTS ARCHIVED
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There are often requests for information posted on one of the three
ChoralNet lists, the answers to which are found in the ChoralNet Resource
Site, which was intended to serve as an online reference. If you haven't
visited it to acquaint yourself with its contents, please do.
New on the ChoralNet Resource Site:
In the References/Methods directory:
chorlit.txt - a file with a list of Choral Literature textbooks.
In the Repertory/Publishers directory:
Thomas House Publications catalog and their affiliate,
Descant Publications
In the Repertory/Themes directory:
"watertxt.rep - a file with music based on the theme of water
And in the Repertory directory a new subdirectory:
womens_rep
IN WHICH ONE CAN SEARCH THE COLLECTION OF WOMENS/TREBLE REPERTORY
collected by Monica Hubbard and friends in files sorted in
various ways:
Composer/Title/Voicing
Title/Composer/Voicing
These two files will be followed by four more with the following
sort order:
Voicing/Composer/Title
Voicing/Title/Composer
Title/Voicing/Composer
Composer/Voicing/Title
AND, FINALLY, A REMINDER THAT THE TREBLE VOICES REPERTORY DIGESTS
are also archived on the CRS under:
news/tvrc/
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The CRS is maintained and operated by James D. Feiszli, Chair of the
Department of Humanities at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
with assistance by David B. Topping, doctoral candidate in choral music at
Arizona State University, and the Instructional Technology Services at
SDSM&T. The content of the CRS comes from a variety of sources, much of it
from e-mail postings to Choralist, the Internet mail group for choral music.
The CRS is accessible via FTP, Gopher, and the World Wide Web. The FTP
address is "ftp.sdsmt.edu" and the path to the files is "/pub/choralist".
The Gopher address is "gopher.sdsmt.edu" (or navigate to the SDSM&T gopher
server geographically) and you'll find "ChoralNet Resource Site" on the main
menu. The Web address is "gopher://silver.sdsmt.edu/11/pub/choralist".
The CRS main directory currently contains seven items:
1_readme.crs
The file which you are now reading
archives/
A subdirectory with past Choralist postings, divided into subdirectories
by years (1993/, 1994/, 1995/, etc.).
gregorian/
A subdirectory containing files about Gregorian Chant
news/
A subdirectory containing online text of various
publications related to choral music.
references/
A subdirectory containing files of general interest to choral music.
repertory/
A subdirectory concerned with choral literature, divided into six
subdirectories: programs, publishers, texts, themes, and womens_rep.
The file "nonusmus.txt" contains a listing of sources for obtaining
music by publishers outside the U.S.
threads/
A subdirectory with files containing syntheses of various
"hot" topics discussed on ChoralNet.
Under each of these main subdirectories there are other branches with
various topics as well as a "readme" file that explains the contents of the
directory in detail. Please spend some time browsing the CRS. You may find
much of interest to you.
If you have comments, suggestions, or material which might be of interest to
other choral musicians, please send them to:
James D. Feiszli
jfei...@silver.sdsmt.edu
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8. RECORDING FROM THE MAITRISE DE RADIO FRANCE
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I bought a great CD several weeks ago. Here are the references:
Maitrise de Radio France, dir Michel Lasserre de Rozel.
ROSSINI: La Foi, L'Esperance, La Charite.
DELIBES: Messe breve.
BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols.
REM no311282 XCD
REM Editions
20, avenue Paul Doumer
69160 Tassin la Demi-Lune
France
tel. 78 34 38 99
Fax 78 34 44 67
Dir. Jacques Guillaubez
This was recorded in April 1986, but this is a new CD.
bye,
Vincent Lefevre.
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9. NEWFOUNDLAND SYMPHONY YOUTH CHOIR
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The Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir is a group of 84 _unchanged_ voices.
Its members are an auditioned ensemble who range in age from 11-17 years. A
Training Chorus, ages 8-12, provides younger children with a preparatory
choral experience. Formed in March 1992, this select community choral group
aims to provide a unique opportunity to develop talent in young people on
the Avalon Peninsula, to promote the choral art, and to extend our own
cultural expression through that art.
The valuing, promoting and transmitting of Newfoundland's rich folksong
culture is at the heart of the NSYC vision. To that end, the choir
performs, records, and commissions arrangements of our folksong treasury.
As part of our mission to seek understanding and empowerment through song,
the NSYC has sought to build bridges to other cultures. This outreach
involves the commitment to performance of global music. As part of this
philosophy, the NSYC undertook in February 1996 a month-long
artist-in-residency program with Professor Erkki Pohjola of Finland. This
highly successful process brought all our young singers in close touch with
folk and composed choral music of Scandinavia, and in so doing, expanded
their awareness, technique and appreciation of their own grounded
traditions.
As part of its educational vision, the NSYC partners with both the Faculty
of Education and the School of Music at Memorial University of Newfoundland
in the development of young choral educators. Rehearsals are open to
undergraduate students for observation. The centrepiece of this liaison are
the two annual choral scholarships awarded to promising young conductors,
who then apprentice with the Youth Choir and the Training Chorus
respectively for a year of mentored study and development.
In the summer of 1994, the NSYC was selected to perform at the 21st Biennial
World Conference of the International Society for Music Education (ISME)
which was held in Tampa, Florida. In addition to their own two performances
at the conference and a concert at Epcot Center, the choir was one of six
international choirs who were invited to participate in the All-World
Children's Choir, directed by Dr. Doreen Rao. this composite ensemble was
the musical centrepiece of the ISME 1994 Closing Ceremonies.
In April of 1996, Camerata, the international touring group of the NSYC (45
members) travelled to England where they performed a series of secular and
sacred concerts in Bristol and Canterbury. Central to this tour was the
connection with John Cabot's 500th Anniversary in 1997. John Cabot sailed
from Bristol in 1497 on his voyage of discovery. In 1997, the Province of
Newfoundland and Labrador will celebrate Cabot's historic voyage with the
arrival of his replicated ship, the Matthew, in Newfoundland. The choir
performed at Bristol Cathedral, the Church of St. Mary Redcliffe (Cabot's
own parish), Canterbury Cathedral, and were the first Newfoundlanders to
perform on the deck of the Matthew as she was docked at Tower Bridge in
London. In June 1997, the NSYC will play a central role in FESTIVAL 500:
SHARING THE VOICES, an international choral festival in St. John's
celebrating the 500 years' anniversary of Newfoundland's connection with
Europe. (see the FESTIVAL 500 link on the NSYC homepage - you might want to
link directly to this site on your Main Contents page)
I trust this brief summary of our purpose and record will encourage you to
place the NSYC on your website. Thank you for your kind consideration of
this request.
http://www.nlnet.nf.ca/2/canpitt/nsyc/
Ki Adams kad...@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca
NSYC Associate Conductor/Accompanist
Faculty of Education voice: (709) 737-3415 (O)
School of Music (709) 753-9634 (H)
Memorial University of Newfoundland fax: (709) 737-2666
St. John's, NF
A1C 5S7
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10. CALIFORNIA ACDA CONFERENCE
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You are invited to join scores of fellow choral musicians for a four-day
celebration of choral music and techniques in California's beautiful Sierra
Nevada mountains!
California ACDA is presenting its 12th annual Summer Choral Workshop at ECCO
in Oakhurst, California, August 4-7. The conference will provide wonderful
opportunities to explore choral issues and literature with our featured
clinicians: ALBERT MCNEIL, well-know conductor of the Albert McNeil Jubilee
Singers, on Spirituals, Gospels, African and Afro-American Folk Songs,
Literature Standards, and piano accompaniments and improvisations; DANIEL
HOGGATT on Building the Voice, and Discovering the Choral Sound; ROBERT
WORTH on Chant, Medieval & Early Renaissance Music; KATHY ANDERSON and CANDY
CHAMBERLAIN on Jr. High & Middle School Music; DAVID XIQUES on
Sight-singing; NICK STRIMPLE and JOEL PRESSMAN on Music in Worship; and JEFF
SEAWARD on Music for Male Voices. Other interest sessions and activities
will explore: Vocal JAZZ STYLES AND MICROPHONE TECHNIQUE; NEW 1996 WAVES IN
CHILDREN'S Music; Show Choirs; and Choral Networking. The conference is set
in the beautiful log and stone structures of the Episcopal Conference
Center, Oakhurst (ECCO). Located near the 3,000' level of the Sierra
Nevadas, ten miles from the south entrance to Yosemite National Park, and 50
miles above Fresno on Highway 41, the setting features 162 acres of forest,
walking and jogging trails, lakes, streams, trees, and peaceful solitude.
Meals, lodging, and college credit are available.
For further information, contact Ken Abrams at 510-939-7562 or Gary
Lamprecht at 805-528-5866, garys...@aol.com.
Steven Hodson
President, California ACDA
ste...@trex.ccc-infonet.edu
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11. AMERICAN BOYCHOIR AT AMERICAFEST & COPENHAGEN DRENGEKORS FESTIVAL
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[The following article appeared in the Spring issue of AMERICAN BOYCHOIR
NOTES]
In June, shortly after graduation, The American Boychoir will travel to
Collegeville, Minn., to AmericaFest, an international festival for young
singers. The festival is cosponsored by the Alliance for Youth and
Understanding, whose goal is to bring together children from distant points.
As many as 500 children will attend. As Guest Artist the Choir's
performance will be the centerpiece of the festival. Boys' choirs from
several states will participate, as well as choristers from Latvia, Norway,
Sweden, Estonia and Sri Lanka.
In late August the Choir will be going to Denmark for the International
Drengekors Festival. Copenhagen is the official European Cultural Capital
of 1996, with more than 400 events scheduled throughout the year. The
American Boychoir is one of only three musical organizations from the United
States, the others being the New York Philharmonic and the Kronos Quartet!
Boys' choirs participating in this festival include the Vienna Choir Boys,
the Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, the Copenhagen Boys' Choir, the
Westminster Cathedral Choir and other choirs from Germany, England and
Russia. The American Boychoir will sing at the Copenhagen Cathedral and the
Tivoli Concert Hall, and will perform in two other Danish cities before they
go on to northern Germany for a week's concert tour. On the say home the
Choir will spend two days in Iceland.
Looking ahead to the National Choral Conference, Sept. 6-29, Dr. Christian
Ashley- Botha, Director of Music at the Drakensberg Boys' Choir School, from
Winterton, Natal, Ruth Africa, is this year's Guest Master Conductor. The
American Boychoir will share it usual duties as demonstration choir with the
world- renowned Drakensberg Boys' choir, as the two choirs prepare for their
joint concert tour to begin in October. The schedule for these concerts
will appear n the Fall issue of AMERICAN BOYCHOIR NOTES.
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12. CHOIRBOY NOTES - NEW RECORDINGS
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[The following information appeared in the March-April issue of the CHOIRBOY
NOTES newsletter. Write Noteworthy Publications, 34518 Warren Road #315,
Westland, MI 48185 for subscription information, or call 313-721-5410 or fax
313-4222628.]
New Recordings:
The Cincinnati Boychoir releases JUBILATE DEO.
The Memphis Boychoir and the Memphis Chamber Choir have released HODIE: A
TWENTIETH CENTURY YULETIDE CELEBRATION.
The Albuquerque Boy Choir reports it has just released a new recording. No
further information is available at this time.
The Fort Bend Boys Choir's (Stafford, TX) new release is titled: CHRISTMAS
IS A FEELING. This follows their previous release of AS LONG AS I HAVE
MUSIC. Call (713) 240- 3800 for more information.
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13. FESTIVALS, WORKSHOPS, AND CONVENTIONS
FROM CHORALNET WWW SITE
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[The following list of festivals, workshops, and conventions was taken from
the International Federation of Choral Music list of events on the ChoralNet
WWW site at: http://www.the-spa.com/carl.ashley/festivls.htm
I have included all events that appear to be involved with treble choral
music. Ones I am either unsure about I have marked with a question mark
(?). If you would like to check the original list yourselves, I suggest you
have a look at the WWW URL listed above. - S.R.)
8 - 12 JULY 1996: DEVELOPING THE CHILD VOICE THROUGH CLASSROOM AND CHORAL
SINGING
Joan Gregoryk, clinician
Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ
Call (609) 924-7416 ext. 227.
8 - 13 JULY 1996: TUSCANY INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S CHORUS FESTIVAL
Doreen Rao, clinician
Tuscany, Italy
Call Musica Mundi at (415) 949-1991 or fax (415) 949-1626.
8 -17 JULY 1996: THE ENGLISH CHORAL HERITAGE
Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, UK
Call the Royal School of Church Music at 011 44 181 654-7676
Or fax 011 44 181 655-2542.
9 - 13 JULY 1996:
CHORALAMERICA: HIGH SCHOOL EMPHASIS
Sally Albrecht, Russell Robinson, and Rick Weymuth, clinicians
Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Call ChoralAmerica at (800) 323-0974, fax (610) 327-4786, or send e-mail.
10 - 13 JULY 1996: MISSOURI ACDA SUMMER CONVENTION (?)
Charlotte Adams, Janeal Krehbiel, Susan McMane, Rebecca Rottsolk, and
Ethelyn Sparfeld, clinicians
Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City, MO
Call Charles Robinson at (816) 235-2930 or fax (816) 235-5265.
14 - 20 JULY 1996: ANNUAL SUMMER CHORAL HOLIDAY WORKSHOP
Paula Rockwell, Sir David Willcocks, and Jonathan Willcocks, clinicians
Ripon College, Ripon, WI
Call (414) 748-9398.
15 - 18 JULY 1996: CHORALAMERICA: JUNIOR HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOL EMPHASIS
Albrecht and Russell Robinson, clinicians
Towson State University, Towson, MD
Call (800) 323-0974, fax (610) 327-4786, or send e-mail.
15 - 19 JULY 1996: CHORAL MUSIC EXPERIENCE: CONDUCTING WORKSHOP FOR TEACHER
CERTIFICATION (?)
Janet Galvan, David Elliott, Kathy Armstrong, and Francisco Nunez,
clinicians
Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT 06117-1599
Dynamic, action-oriented series of rehearsals, seminars, observations, and
master classes. Culturally diverse and artistically distinguished
repertoire. Study of vocal techniques, score analysis, conducting,
rehearsal methods, and multicultural choral music, including West African
and Dominican music. Resident children's chorus.
Call Al Holcombe at (800) 955-4278, fax at (860) 768-4441, or send e-mail.
15 - 20 JULY 1996: THIRD ANNUAL WELLS CATHEDRAL CHORAL EXPERIENCE: COURSE A
Sir Neville Marriner, clinician
Wells Cathedral, Wells, England
Call Seward Weber at (802) 454-7189.
15 - 26 JULY 1996: HARTT KODALY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM (LEVELS I - III)
John Feierabend, Ildaiko Herboly, Al Holcomb, and Jill Trinka, clinicians
Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Call (800) 955-4278 or fax (860) 768-4441.
19 - 20 JULY 1996: CHORAL READING SESSIONS
Ruth Antrim, Don Besig, Lowell Everson, Audrey Grier, Gene Grier, and Rev.
Dave Leeman, clinicians
Winnetka Bible Church, Winnetka, IL
Reading sessions included will be for CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CHOIRS, sacred
Christmas, general sacred, and praise and celebration music.
Call Music Unlimited at (810) 625-7057.
20 - 28 JULY 1996: VOCAL ACADEMY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Gerald Crawford and Daune Mahy, clinicians
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Call Anna Hoffmann at (216) 775-8044 or fax (216) 775-8942.
21 - 26 JULY 1996: 1996 CHORISTERS GUILD SUMMER EVENT (?)
Michael Bedford, Carl Daw, Sally Herman, Mary Lynn Lightfoot, Pat Messick,
Anna Laura Page, and Darrell Woomer, clinicians
Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Call Patty Evans at (214) 271-1521 or fax (214) 840-3113.
22 - 26 JULY 1996: SACRED MUSIC CONFERENCE
Mark Ring, David Higgs, John T. Burke, George Emblom, Alan Lewis, Cheryl
Baker, and Mark Parsons, clinicians Graduate Theological Union Seminary,
Berkeley, CA
Conference sponsored by the Presbyterian Association of Musicians (PAM) and
the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. Eight daily
workshops, anthem readings, evening performances, and special classes.
Workshops include Choral Conducting and Rehearsal Technique, Organ Master
Class, MUSIC EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN, Tradition and Innovation in
Current Hymnody, Vocal Pedagogy, Spirituality of Church Music, Effective
Hymn Playing, Handbell Skills and Directorship (Beginning, Intermediate,
and Advanced).
Registration is $200 plus a $50 materials fee. Call the Office of Special
Studies of the Pacific School of Religion at (800) 999-0528 or send e-mail.
25 - 27 JULY 1996: CHORAL READING SESSIONS
Don Besig, Danielle Blanchard, Lowell Everson, Audrey Grier, Gene Grier,
and Gil Jackson, clinicians.
Highland Park Baptist Church, Southfield, MI
Reading sessions included will be for CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CHOIRS, sacred
Christmas, general sacred, and praise and celebration music.
Call Music Unlimited at (810) 625-7057.
28 JULY - 4 AUGUST 1996: RSCM KING'S COLLEGE CHORISTER TRAINING COURSE
David Briggs, clinician
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 35 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA
18701
Specialized training and performance of great Anglican church music,
sponsored by the Royal School of Church Music in America. Full program for
girls, boys, teens, and adults at all levels of ability.
Call Maria Stahovec at (717) 825-6653.
29 JULY 1996: FOUNDATIONS OF KINDERMUSIK | Linda Swears, clinician
Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ 08540
Call Office of Continuing Education at (609) 924-7416, ext. 227.
29 JULY - 2 AUGUST 1996: KINDERCHOR CHILDREN'S CHOIR INSTITUTE
Amy Chivington, Emily DePaul, Nancy Davis Kiser, and Linda Nolan,
clinicians
Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
Call Amy Chivington at (614) 823-1110, (614) 431-2159
Or fax (614) 823-1118.
30 JULY 1996: KINDERMUSIK BEGINNINGS
Linda Swears, clinician
Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ 08540
Call Office of Continuing Education at (609) 924-7416, ext. 227.
31 JULY 1996: GROWING WITH KINDERMUSIK
Linda Swears, clinician
Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ 08540
Call Office of Continuing Education at (609) 924-7416, ext. 227.
31 JULY 1996: KINDERMUSIK: THE MUSIC BOX
Linda Swears, clinician
Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ 08540
Call Office of Continuing Education at (609) 924-7416, ext. 227.
31 JULY 1996: FOUNDATIONS OF KINDERMUSIK
Elaine Harris, clinician
Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ 08540
Call Office of Continuing Education at (609) 924-7416, ext. 227.
1 - 3 AUGUST 1996: CHORAL READING SESSIONS
Audrey Grier, Gene Grier, Benjamin Harlan, Melva Morrison, and Keith Pagan,
clinicians
Point Loma Nazarene College, San Diego, CA
Reading sessions included will be for CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CHOIRS, sacred
Christmas, general sacred, and praise and celebration music.
Call Music Unlimited at (810) 625-7057.
1 - 3 AUGUST 1996: 1996 CHORISTERS GUILD EVENT (?)
Lee Gwozdz, Helen Kemp, Jean Anne Shafferman, and Michael Wustrow,
clinicians
Kings College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Call Patty Evans at (214) 271-1521 or fax (214) 840-3113.
1 - 3 AUGUST 1996: 1996 CHORISTERS GUILD EVENT (?)
Patty Evans, Rebecca Gruber, Randy McChesney, and James Steel, clinicians
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
Call Patty Evans at (214) 271-1521 or fax (214) 840-3113.
1 -3 AUGUST 1996: FOUNDATIONS OF KINDERMUSIK
Elaine Harris, clinician
Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ 08540
Call Office of Continuing Education at (609) 924-7416, ext. 227.
1 - 3 AUGUST 1996: KINDERMUSIK FOR THE YOUNG CHILD: YEAR I
Linda Lockart, clinician
Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ 08540
Call Office of Continuing Education at (609) 924-7416, ext. 227.
3 AUGUST 1996: KINDERMUSIK: THE MUSIC BOX
Linda Lockart, clinician
Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ 08540
Call Office of Continuing Education at (609) 924-7416, ext. 227.
4 - 7 AUGUST 1996: CALIFORNIA ACDA SUMMER CHORAL WORKSHOP (?)
Albert McNeil, Daniel Hoggatt, Robert Worth, Kathy Anderson, Candy
Chamberlain, David Xiques, Nick Strimple, Joel Pressman,
and Jeff Seaward, clinicians
Episcopal Conference Center, Oakhurst, CA
Call Ken Abrams at (510) 939-7562, Gary Lamprecht at (805) 528-5866
Or send e-mail.
5 - 8 AUGUST 1996: CHORAL DIRECTORS AND GENERAL MUSIC TEACHERS WORKSHOP (?)
Melvin Larimer, James Mulholland, Jonathan Reed, and Leonard Riccinto,
clinicians
Alma College, Alma, MI
Call Roger Dehn at (616) 637-2394 or fax (616) 637-7795.
5 - 12 AUGUST 1996: CATHEDRAL SINGING WEEK (?)
Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, UK
Call the Royal School of Church Music at 011 44 181 654-7676
Or fax 011 44 181 655-2542.
5 - 17 AUGUST 1996: TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL (?)
Esterhazy Palace, Eisenstadt and Vienna, Austria
Call Don Moses at (217) 244-6281 or fax (217) 244-4585.
16 - 17 AUGUST 1996: ELEMENTARY/JUNIOR HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOL/SENIOR HIGH CHORAL
WORKSHOPS
Danielle Blanchard, John Dovaras, Lowell Everson, Audrey Grier, Gene Grier,
and Harvey Kahl, clinicians
Oakland University, Rochester, MI
Reading sessions and workshops on auditioning and choreography.
Call Music Unlimited at (810) 625-7057.
17 - 24 AUGUST 1996: THE COMPLETE MUSIC DIRECTOR
Scargill House, Yorkshire Dales, UK
Call the Royal School of Church Music at 011 44 181 654-7676
Or fax 011 44 181 655-2542.
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BIELFEFELDER KLASSIK KATALOG
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so many people who have brought new choirs and recordings to our attention,
and have helped to open doors to whole new areas of this music.
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