Buffalo Girl Choir Fundraiser this Week! Support Vocal Education for Urban Girls  SUPPORT AND DONATE TODAY Buffalo Girlchoir almost never happened. Throughout 2013-2015, I was searching for a way to create a youth choral ensemble. I sought advise from colleagues involved in music education who were discouraging at best, telling me that there was simply no need for another such ensemble. I knew I could make it happen but I was struggling with ideas about how this new ensemble would be unique when I received a letter from a student. Among the many inspirational things she wrote, one phrase stood out and changed everything. She wrote: “singing in an all female, women-led ensemble was empowering” and changed the way she thought about herself and her abilities. It was my light bulb moment. I didn’t want to start a children’s choir, I wanted to create a GIRLchoir. Our first rehearsal opened with 9 singers, by our first concert, we had 14 and by the end of the first yea...

EVENTS IN BUFFALO TODAY: Buffalo GirlChoir at Buffalo State University CHRISTMAS MUSIC SPECTACULAR! Holiday Choral Spectacular Performing Arts Center Rockwell Hall, SUNY Buffalo State Thursday, December 6, 2018 show time: 7:30 pm TICKETS $10 PER ADULT, FREE STUDENT TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR BUY TICKETS NOW Join us in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall as various Buffalo State choral groups celebrate the winter season in song, under the direction of Dr. Victoria Furby and Mr. John Fleischman.  With special guests Buffalo Girlchoir under the direction of Kathleen Bassett. Performing Arts Center EVENT INFORMATION: *Admission: $10 General; STUDENTS FREE •Doors open at 7:00pm •Performance starts at 7:30pm •The Buffalo State Performing Arts Center is located on FLOOR 2 of Rockwell Hall at Buffalo State College.  •Handicap accessible entrance with elevator to the hall located via the building entrance at parking lot I-30 (rear o...

New Music Album Release - Coro del Mundo CORO DEL MUNDO Compilation With its blend of religious and cultural influences, CORO DEL MUNDO is proof that different faiths and beliefs can sit together comfortably at the same musical table. Tracks range from sacred to secular, and from delicate to aggressive, while the surprising cohesiveness of the composers’ work is astonishingly beautiful. Recorded in Cuba, Schola Cantorum Coralina and Vocal Luna contribute exquisite vocals to these recordings. PARMA RECORDS

NMR Artist Spotlight: EXCLUSIVE Interview with Classical Composer David Warin Solomons David Warin Solomons is a lyrical neo-classical composer who uses various styles, including European (in various modes), Jewish, Chinese and Japanese. He has written chamber, solo, choral, vocal and orchestral music. WHAT INSPIRES YOUR MUSIC?  My music is inspired partly by the rhythms and feelings of poetry and religious texts and partly by my own improvisations. DOWNLOAD PSALM 23 TODAY AT CD BABY WHAT IS YOUR STORY?  I was born in 1953 to two poetic and artistic parents and soon found myself writing music, initially for classical guitar and then for various chamber music and choral ensembles, while singing with choirs in churches and cathedrals in England, Ireland and France. WHAT MAKES YOUR MUSIC EXTRAORDINARY/DIFFERENT?  I am self-taught as a composer, guitarist and singer, so, although I follow many of the dictates of tonal classical mu...