A choral spoof on the 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons A version for SATB is also available at the link below The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of the composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Para...  moreA choral spoof on the 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons A version for SATB is also available at the link below The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of the composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Paramolehill) The words (taking the last verse) are ...on the twelfth day of Christmas the choir processed in song and twelve candles dripped eleven altos flipped and ten lines were clipped and nine gins were sipped and eight crept to the crypt and seven hymn books slipped and six basses quipped and five sang in tune! and four cassocks ripped and three lost their script and two tenors tripped and the soloist got it all wrong.  less

"Academia" Female student choir of South-Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named aft. K.Ushinsky (Odessa, Ukraine) performs Е.Станкович - "Цвіт папороті", фрагмент из фольк-оперы "Коли цвіте папороть" ("Flowering Fern" a part from Ukrainian folk o...  more"Academia" Female student choir of South-Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named aft. K.Ushinsky (Odessa, Ukraine) performs Е.Станкович - "Цвіт папороті", фрагмент из фольк-оперы "Коли цвіте папороть" ("Flowering Fern" a part from Ukrainian folk opera by E. Stankovych) Solo - Luydmyla Mazur (academic-folk vocal)  

Four Irish songs on Poems of William Allingham. http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Scott_Villard

Christmas 2021

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There are people out there desperate to find more songs for their choir.   photo by Victor Grigas   They record everything at singing...

Twice a year Chris Rowbury creates a choir from scratch over just six rehearsals. There are no auditions and all songs are taught by ear. The idea is that we go on an imginary Singing Safari collecting exotic songs from around the world. The Singing Safar...  moreTwice a year Chris Rowbury creates a choir from scratch over just six rehearsals. There are no auditions and all songs are taught by ear. The idea is that we go on an imginary Singing Safari collecting exotic songs from around the world. The Singing Safari began at the Warwick Folk Festival in 2006, and continued in 2011 when Chris moved to Suffolk. The winter safari ends in a shared concert in Ipswich, and the summer safari is a free half hour performance outdoors. Each safari learns about eight songs in 3- and 4-part harmony.  less

The Singing Safari has been on the road for five weeks now collecting exotic songs from all over the world. Just 6 days to go before we arrive at Holywells Park in Ipswich to perform the songs we've gathered. Tired, dusty and a few less people in o...

Eric Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love songs (per coro, violino e pianoforte) Words: Hila Plitmann 1) Temunà 2) Kalá kallá 3) Lárov 4) Éyze shéleg! 5) Rakút Coro dell'Associazione Musicale "G. Rossini" di Sassari Pianoforte: Mariano Meloni - Viol...  moreEric Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love songs (per coro, violino e pianoforte) Words: Hila Plitmann 1) Temunà 2) Kalá kallá 3) Lárov 4) Éyze shéleg! 5) Rakút Coro dell'Associazione Musicale "G. Rossini" di Sassari Pianoforte: Mariano Meloni - Violino: Davide Soddu - Direttore: Clara Antoniciello. IX Festival Internazionale della Musica Corale "Nella Città dei Gremi" Sassari, 29 Settembre 2012 - Basilica del Sacro Cuore. Eric Whitacre Five Hebrew Love songs Coro "G. Rossini" Sassari Clara Antoniciello Mariano Meloni Davide Soddu Festival corale Musica Hila Plitmann choir music Temunà Kalá kallá  less

The Womens Choir EMBLA performs Jólanótt (Christmas Night) by Roar Kvam with a text by Sverrir Pálsson.