The best choir achieves a grace and beauty that is greater than the sum of its parts. But this is not an effect that can be created overnight. Individual talent and confidence is essential, but to really achieve new heights, every member of your choi...

DEAR Choral FRIENDS,  Want to start the month with a big win? I’m excited to share great news to help you build an incredible 2024/25 season. "Galaxias," one of my most important SATB pieces, is now available, and you can get it at a 20% dis...

Новогодний концерт "ХОРошая история" Народного коллектива России Академического хора ННГУ им. Н.И. Лобачевского 25.12.2010. New Year's concert "Choir'a'good story" of National collective of Russia Nizhni Novgorod State University Academic Choir 25.12.2...  moreНовогодний концерт "ХОРошая история" Народного коллектива России Академического хора ННГУ им. Н.И. Лобачевского 25.12.2010. New Year's concert "Choir'a'good story" of National collective of Russia Nizhni Novgorod State University Academic Choir 25.12.2010. Трэклист/Tracklist: 01. [00:07:58] П.И. Чайковский - Покаянная молитва о Руси (P.I. Chaikovsky - Penitential prayer for Russia) 02. [00:12:25] П. Чесноков - Ангел вопияше (P. Chesnokov - Angel vopiyashe) 03. [00:16:23] П. Чесноков - Херувимская песнь (P. Chesnokov - Cherubic hymn) 04. [00:23:57] С. Рахманинов - Богородице дево радуйся (S. Rachmaninoff - Bogoroditse devo raduisya) 05. [00:27:23] A. Gassner - O Maria Maris Stella 06. [00:33:52] Г. Свиридов - Курские песни - IV. Ой, горе, горе (G. Sviridov - Kursk Songs - IV. Oh, woe, woe) 07. [00:35:58] Г. Свиридов - Курские песни - V. Купил Ванька себе косу (G. Sviridov - Kursk Songs - V. Vanka bought a scythe) 08. [00:39:24] С. Терханов - Музыка без слов (S. Terkhanov - Vocalise) 09. [00:48:52...    less

This recording uses a 360° image and Ambisonic sound. We recommend playing with your smartphone and headphones via the YouTube application. Thanks to this, you will be able to experience the interactive, immersive sound and vision in the best way. YouTube...  moreThis recording uses a 360° image and Ambisonic sound. We recommend playing with your smartphone and headphones via the YouTube application. Thanks to this, you will be able to experience the interactive, immersive sound and vision in the best way. YouTube platform only supports 1st order Ambisonics (1OA), which means low spatial resolution of the auditory image. The recording was also posted on the HOAST platform, where you can find the version with the 4th order Ambisonics (4OA); we warmly invite you to check that version as well! https://hoast.iem.at/channel/cxzT43bTN8EJIdgw/ This recording was created at the time when many people got vaccinated for COVID-19, thus the restrictions were loosened enough so the Academic Choir of Gdańsk University of Technology could return to rehearsals. This was after a long break, during which the choir practiced singing in a remote manner. In order to celebrate the possibility of regular, normal rehearsing, two-day weekend Choral workshops were carried out. This was very e...    less

Most singers know Messiah pretty well, but how would you feel having to walk out on stage for a complete Messiah performance without your score?   That's exactly what the members of Bristol Choral Society will be doing this Saturday 22 December at ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   In July 2010, after ten years leading Woven Chords, we had our final concert together.   Little old ladies by Arty Smokes   As always, we h...

Budapest International Choir Festival and Competition - a milestone in the history of Choral competitions. Since 1988, choirs are magnetized to join every second year. With an experience of almost 30 years meeting music has focused on improving its ev...

Stellenbosch University Choir performing Ave Maria by Sergey Khvoschinsky (1957, USA) at the Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Parow, South Africa. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of t...  moreStellenbosch University Choir performing Ave Maria by Sergey Khvoschinsky (1957, USA) at the Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Parow, South Africa. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.  

Performance of "O Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem" by Patrick O'Shea (2010). The work was written for His Eminence John Patrick Cardinal Foley, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, and was premiered on the March 2011 t...  morePerformance of "O Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem" by Patrick O'Shea (2010). The work was written for His Eminence John Patrick Cardinal Foley, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, and was premiered on the March 2011 tour of the Saint Mary's University Chamber Singers to Rome. This performance is from the choir's homecoming concert, March 17, 2011, with the composer conducting.  

If we can understand, desire and celebrate diversity within Choral music, why cannot we do it in society?Every time I write music, I immerse myself in a game, a game in which I think that each melody is like a person: It has its own authenticity and auton...