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All of Us Virtual Choir Project Welcome singers and directors! We invite you to join the largest All of Us choir to date in a joint project between Conspirare and the University at Albany. The group will be comprised of choirs across the country who have sung this...

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May 13, 2020 - Connecting with Choir Students Across the Country For years, choir directors have conducted their students in performances of Craig’s compositions and arrangements and played Conspirare recordings in their classrooms. Now, as choral directors take their...

“I always want to find ways for listeners to have their own rich experience of knowing a work deeply and being moved by its unique language and expression.” -Craig Hella Johnson Managing director Ann McNair recently asked artistic director Craig Hella Johnson what he...

If you vacation in Hawaii this summer, be sure to catch Brennan Martinez singing the title role of Carmen in The Tragedy of Carmen, Peter Brook’s adaptation of Bizet’s Carmen as part of the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival. Brennan is a graduate student at the Fletcher...

“A vivid stream courses beneath Hope of Loving,” observed a Conspirare audience member, “a stream of thrumming, heart-beating voices constantly being born.” Hope of Loving, choral music of Jake Runestad, is available on CD and online streaming starting next month....

Conspirare is shaping choral education and performance across the country. We checked in with Craig Hella Johnson and three Conspirare vocalists to see how the ensemble is influencing choral music today. Return to the Muse In his role as Artist-in-Residence at Texas...

When Craig Hella Johnson recommended I Am the Beggar of the World, a book of traditional Landays folk-couplets by Pashtun women on the Afghanistan and Pakistan border, to friend and fellow composer Jocelyn Hagen, he knew exactly what he was doing. The two-line poems...

As the first in her family to attend college, Jasmine Williams chose to study music, her first love. Yet she worried about career options. As Conspirare’s first Insight Fellow, Jasmine spent a week embedded with the choir. "Being able to see all the rehearsals and...

“The things I say daily in class about technique, breathing, support, phrasing, and musicianship are embodied in Conspirare’s amazing musicians and skilled conductor,” says Courtney Neva, choir director at Drippings Springs High School. This spring Conspirare invited...