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John Pierre Herman Joubert (/ dʒ uː ˈ b ɛər / joo-BAIR; [1] [2] 20 March 1927 – 7 January 2019) was a British composer of South African birth, particularly of choral works.He lived in Moseley, a suburb of Birmingham, England, for over 50 years.
Born April 14, 1957, in Newark, New Jersey, Stefanie Minatee is the eldest of three children of Pauline “Pearl” Tucker and Steven Emmanuel Minatee.A gospel singer, Pearl was a member of Savoy Records recording artists the Unique Gospel Singers and, starting in 1959, the Angelic Choir of the First Baptist Church of Nutley, New Jersey.
René Clausen signing programs after the Final Concert of a Choral Clinic at the University of Nebraska-Kearney on Monday, October 26th, 2015.. René Clausen (born 1953) is an American composer, former conductor emeritus of The Concordia Choir, and former professor of music at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.
Gothic Voices have recorded 23 albums for the Hyperion, [6] Avie and Linn [7] record labels, three of which have won the Gramophone Award given by Gramophone magazine. The group's first disc, A Feather on the Breath of God – Hymns and Sequences by Abbess Hildegard of Bingen was one of Hyperion's biggest commercial successes and remains one of the best-selling recordings of pre-classical ...
The Choir is directed by conductor, pedagogue, and writer Dr.James Jordan. The repertoire and performances of the Westminster Williamson Voices cover a broad spectrum, with special emphasis on music commissioned for the choir. The choir has had music written for it by a number of composers including Morten Lauridsen, Paul Mealor, and James ...
Most of the music of this early phase is polyphonic but non-imitative, with contrast achieved by alternation of full five-voice texture with sections sung by fewer voices. The second phase, which includes music by John Browne , Richard Davy and Walter Lambe , uses imitation, cantus firmus techniques, and frequent cross-relations (a feature ...
The Taliban’s new vice and virtue laws that include a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public provide a “distressing vision” for Afghanistan’s future, a top U.N. official warned ...
In the 'verse' anthem the music alternates between sections for a solo voice or voices (called the 'verse') and the full choir. The organ provided accompaniment in liturgical settings, but viols took the accompaniment outside of the church. In the 'verses', solo voices were expected to ornament their parts for expressive effect. The 'full choir ...