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The American Radio Choir thanks the Sparkplug Foundation for its generous gift of $5,000 towards Music of the New World.
The American Radio Choir thanks the Argosy Foundation for its generous gift of $5,000 towards Music of the New World.
The American Radio Choir thanks the Trevor Day School for its generous gift of donated rehearsal space.
About Us
Founded by Artistic Director Daniel Shaw in 2005, The American Radio Choir records choral music of the Americas for broadcast. We focus on singing music by living American composers, but we also sing American music from past centuries and other music that has been influential to American composition. We record this music so that it can reach the most people, and also invite the public to attend our recordings sessions to hear the performances live. Like most symphony orchestras but unlike most choirs in the United States, we pay all of our singers and at competitive rates. Our practice is not meant to suggest an opposition to amateur choirs, which we recognize as vital and irreplaceable cultural resources. Instead, we do this because we see an opportunity to add to the art form of professional choral singing here in the United States. Like many European Radio Choirs, which have existed in many countries for decades, we have a mission to aid in the advancement of choral music from our own land. Reflecting the increasing multiculturalism or multinationalism of life in the twenty-first century, our mission includes singing music from throughout the American continents. Pilot Recording (6/3/06) Soprano: Lauren Bradley; Jolle Greenleaf, Melissa Hughes Alto: Silvie Jensen; Sara Murphy; Geoff Williams Tenor: Philip Anderson; Martin Donor; Steve Fox Bass: Scott Lefurgy; Craig Phillips; Christopher Roselli Recording Engineer; Blanton Alspaugh Artistic Director: Daniel Shaw Music of the New World (10/26-27/ 07) Soprano: Lauren Bradley; Melissa Hughes; Molly Quinn, Mackenzie Thomas* Alto: Sarah Nelson Craft, Dylan Schulman, Anne Quigley, Alison Tupay, Kirsten Sollek Tenor: Martin Donor, Drew Martin, Alex Wang, Joshua Wolff Bass: Jesse Cromer, Chris Herbert, Jim Gregory, Chris Roselli, Joshua South Recording Engineer: Joseph J. Fogarazzo Artistic Director: Daniel Shaw Board of Directors* Daniel Shaw, Board President Artistic Director, American Radio Choir, NY Conductor, Harugari Singing Society, CT Teacher, Trevor Day School, NY Instructor, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, PA Steven Fox, Board Vice President Principal Conductor, Clarion Orchestra, NY Artistic Director, Musica Antiqua St. Petersburg, Russia Dr. Bill Summers, Board Secretary Associate Professor of Music, Dartmouth College, NH Founder, International Hispanic Music Study Group, NHM Joanna Gibson, Treasurer Manager, Arts Education, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, NJ
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