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Seeking piano accompanist work
Looking for work in the tri-state area as a piano accompanist. Have background as a classical pianist, piano teacher and alto singer of choral and church music. Please contact Amy at 845-600-5823 by call or text to discuss further.Posted 4/30/2025. Expires 6/30/2025.
Join a Western Wind summer 2025 workshop
Add music making and superb camaraderie to your summer calendar by enrolling in one or more of the Western Wind Ensemble’s 2025 summer ensemble singing workshops in New England. Varied repertoire, a great balance of challenge and fun, expert coaching, and memorable socializing! If you haven’t already registered, please check out the webpages for both workshop sequences. Each has a weekend component and a 5-day component. You can do either or both to fit your schedule.
- June 20-22 & 23-28: Miss Porter’s School, Farmington, CT. Enroll at www.westernwind.org/workshops/missporters.
- August 2-3 & 4-9: Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. Enroll at www.westernwind.org/mount-holyoke.
Posted 4/30/2025. Expires 8/2/2025.
Harmonium presents a musicianship workshop on May 10
Harmonium Choral Society presents a musicianship workshop on Saturday, May 10 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM: Latin American Songs and Rhythms with Diana Saez and Suzzette Ortiz with guest ensemble Sola Voce from New Jersey Youth Chorus. This workshop is for music students, singers, composers and teachers alike. This will be a fun time for all of us to learn more about bringing the music of Latin America alive in our communities and performances.
Diana Saez and Suzzette Ortiz have worked together joyfully for years sharing their love of Latin American music at American Choral Directors Association conventions, colleges, high schools and community events. Don't miss this opportunity to join them in New Jersey!
Preregistration is required; advance tickets suggested. General admission $25; teacher $20; student $10. So that all can attend this important workshop, there is pay-what-you-can option on the registration form. Advance ticket sales end May 9 at 11:55 PM. All tickets bought on the day of event are $30. The workshop offers three hours of professional development credits for New Jersey teachers.
Bethel Church in Morristown has ample parking on Bishop Nazery Way (across from the church), and the ADA entrance is at the side door where there is a ramp marked handicap for accessible entry. Once inside, there is an elevator to take you up to the upper level where the workshop is located.
For more information visit www.harmonium.org or call 973-528-6969. Please register in advance at www.harmonium.org/gettickets.
Posted 4/15/2025. Expires 6/15/2025.
Ensemble singing and choral workshops at Amherst Early Music
In the week of June 29 to July 6 we offer the Ensemble Singing Intensive directed by Geoff Williams. In the week of July 6 to 13 we offer the Choral Workshop conducted by Anna Lenti. Both workshops take place at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. Click the links for each workshop for further details.Posted 3/28/2025. Expires 5/28/2025.
Grace Chorale of Brooklyn seeks music director
Grace Chorale of Brooklyn is a thriving community chorus with over 125 members and a nearly 50-year history of choral excellence. We are seeking a dynamic and passionate Music Director to lead our ensemble into its next chapter, building on our strong tradition of musical excellence and community engagement. Jason Asbury, our current Music Director, announced in January that he is stepping down after 14 years in the role. "From commissioning new works and partnering with numerous Brooklyn arts organizations to navigating a pandemic and expanding the vision for what the Chorale could achieve, I am deeply proud of everything we have accomplished together," said Asbury.
The Chorale is dedicated to promoting and cultivating the art of choral singing in Brooklyn through performing a wide variety of choral music, collaborating with other Brooklyn arts organizations and engaging in educational outreach. Furthermore, the Chorale is committed to building a diverse and inclusive choral community and champions works by historically underrepresented composers, and we are particularly proud of our commissioning program, which supports living composers and places our chorus in a unique position within the choral community.
We are excited to find a leader who will continue to elevate the artistic vision of Grace Chorale of Brooklyn and foster a thriving, inclusive choral community!
For complete details, visit www.gracechorale.org/musicdirector.
Posted 3/18/2025. Expires 5/18/2025.
Master classes in ensemble singing with Nikolai Kachanov
If you are passionate about ensemble singing, have experience, possess good sight-reading skills and want to enhance your ensemble singing abilities, come to an audition.
We are a small group of enthusiasts of ensemble singing under the direction of Nikolai Kachanov. Our free master classes take place two Tuesdays per month from 6:30 to 8:30, in the warm atmosphere of the Nicholas Roerich Museum. Our main focus is on exploring the principles of intonation based on Pythagorean ideas, from which European music evolved. It is known that Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, the Neoplatonists and the Pythagoreans believed that spatial vibration represents mathematical harmony expressed through numbers and numerical proportions. Therefore, music can reflect the "cosmic harmony of the spheres," positively influencing a person's inner world. According to Wikipedia, "Plato described astronomy and music as "conjugate" sciences of sensory perception: astronomy for the eyes and music for the ears, requiring knowledge of numerical proportions." Modern music theory, rooted in the concept of twelve-tone temperament, obscures the true historical nature of the origins of musical intervals and hampers the correct development of the musical ear and, consequently, accurate intonation of musical intervals, especially in the genre of vocal-ensemble music from past centuries, including some new trends in contemporary music.
In our study of "Just Intonation," we apply the mathematical principles of the natural laws of musical harmony. Nikolai utilizes specialized computer programs for demonstrations, and provides study materials with musical examples to refine tuning. Our master classes include training in the application of 'Just Intonation" principles, which require vibrato control and ensemble timbre techniques.
This is the perfect free opportunity for singers who are seeking to refine their intonation and ensemble skills. Please respond by e-mailing nikolai731@icloud.com.
Posted 2/20/2025. Expires 6/20/2025.