By Joseph Vella Bondin, musicologist and singer
Up to the end of World War II (1939-45), Malta’s traditional preoccupation in music was essentially limited to two forms – Roman Catholic sacred music, primarily liturgical, and Italia…Read More →
By Marek Valášek, choral conductor and teacher
Kühn Children’s Choir
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By Oscar Escalada, Composer, Arranger, Musical Director and Musicologist
José Antonio Rincón and I were invited by Leonel Otero Cabarique, President of the Gustavo Gómez Ardila Artistic Corporation, to the Gustavo Gómez…Read More →
New Impetus and Vitality for Choral Music in Asia and Southeast Asia
Henri Pompidor, choir director and teacher
Enthusiasm, sharing, joy, colors – these…Read More →
By Martina Spiritová, choral conductor and teacher
The music education system in the Czech Republic is similar to the systems in other European countries, and so is the way in which choirs are organised. Thi…Read More →
By Jeffrey Sandborg, Director of Choral Activities and Wade Professor of Music, Roanoke College
Jeffrey Sandborg: Are you both fo…Read More →
By Graham Lack, composer & ICB Consultant Editor
A sense of expectation goes hand in hand with any new competition, and ‘A Carol for Christmas’, held for the first time in 2012 under the auspices of King’s College, Cambridge and…Read More →
By Tatsuo Minagawa, musicologist
Foreword
It is generally assumed that Western music was introduced into Japan around the time that the nation opened up to the world at the start of the Meiji era in t…Read More →