April marks Easter return to Carnegie Hall for Packwood
Easter Sunday holds a special significance for Gary Packwood. It was Easter Sunday in 2012 when the director of the Mississippi State University Choir made his Carnegie Hall debut under the auspices of MidAmerica Productions, conducting his ensemble in a program of devotional music.
Countdown is on for Girlchoir trip to Carnegie Hall
Christina Clark has plenty on her plate. After presenting a senior voice recital May 15 and graduating from Columbus High School over the weekend — and East Mississippi Community College’s dual enrollment program before that — the 18-year-old honor student has to worry about what to pack.
Columbus Girlchoir invited to sing at New York’s Carnegie Hall
Distinguished Concerts International New York City has invited the Columbus Girlchoir and director Cherry Dunn to perform at Carnegie Hall.
Suzuki musicians set sights on Carnegie Hall
When Trudy Gildea was a child of 10, she sat in the audience at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, awed by the music of Austrian-born violinist Fritz Kreisler.
Carnegie Hall is lifetime experience for local singers
Lois Boggess remembers Sunday afternoons in front of her parents’ first television set, enthralled by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic’s Young People’s Concerts from Carnegie Hall.
Columbus choir set to sing at Carnegie
The Columbus Choral Society is heading to Carnegie Hall.
Conductor Alisha Toy said the choir would be performing at the famed concert hall in June.
Columbus Girlchoir lifts off for Carnegie Hall
Thirty-one members of the Columbus Girlchoir will fly to New York Thursday to fulfill every singer’s dream: performing at Carnegie Hall.
Style and function: A sneak peek in the Girlchoir Tour kitchens
Comfortable and inviting. That’s what the three kitchens on the 2013 Columbus Girlchoir Tour of Kitchens have in common — that often elusive quality that makes a space the heart of a home.
Upcoming Tour of Kitchens helps send Girlchoir to New York
“You’ve got to anticipate the note.”
The words are a tactical reminder from Director Cherry Dunn at a recent Columbus Girlchoir practice. But they are also a happy, long-range statement for the choir: They are anticipating plenty of high notes when they sing in New York’s Carnegie Hall in May.