CHIJ KC Choir at Sing 'n' Joy Vienna 2012, The 1st Choir festival & 28th International Franz Schubert Choir Competition singing Salve Regina

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   Back in 2008, BBC television ran a series called Last Choir Standing, basically a knock-out Choir competition.     On Their website They...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   I’ve written before about how hard it is to get a cross-section of ages and genders in your Choir (How to recruit singers to truly reflect your...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]Many Choir leaders have a strong style and particular choice of repertoire. They lead large, thriving Choirs which have a strong vision. OTher Choir leaders...

The 30-member Jerusalem Oratorio Chamber Choir is The representative Choir of The 150-member Jerusalem Oratorio Choir. The Chamber Choir rehearses twice a week in a friendly yet serious environment. The Chamber Choir sings a varied repertoire of class...  moreThe 30-member Jerusalem Oratorio Chamber Choir is The representative Choir of The 150-member Jerusalem Oratorio Choir. The Chamber Choir rehearses twice a week in a friendly yet serious environment. The Chamber Choir sings a varied repertoire of classical liturgical and secular music from The Renaissance to The present, as well as arrangements of spirituals and songs from around The world, Israeli and Jewish music, and more. The Choir performs regularly in churches and Concert spaces in Jerusalem and around Israel and has performed in festivals and programs in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, The United States, and Switzerland. The Jerusalem Oratorio Chamber Choir is an unaffiliated Choir whose membership spans The religious/secular and political divide in Israeli society. The Choir accepts members without discrimination as to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, or political affiliation. Every year The Jerusalem Oratorio Chamber Choir welcomes visiting singers (students, volunteers, ...    less

The Surrey Children's Choir family represents 3 Choirs, a Junior Training Choir, an Intermediate Training Choir, and The Senior Surrey Children's Choir. The "family" also includes older levels, a treble chamber Choir, a mixed young adult chorus...  moreThe Surrey Children's Choir family represents 3 Choirs, a Junior Training Choir, an Intermediate Training Choir, and The Senior Surrey Children's Choir. The "family" also includes older levels, a treble chamber Choir, a mixed young adult chorus, and a community adult chorus. The Junior and Intermediate Training Choirs (JTC and ITC) provide a program of sequentially developed skills which prepare choristers for admission into The Surrey Children's Choir. The training Choirs perform annually at The Family Christmas Concert and Year End Concert (held in May of each year). They also often compete at The Fraser Valley Kiwanis Music Festival, always with great results. The training Choirs may also perform at various events in The community. The SCC, a treble-voice Choir of boys and girls aged 12-18 is a consistent gold medal winner at local festivals, hailed by Gerald Van Wyck, Vancouver Community College professor as "one of The best children's Choirs in Canada". These exuberant young vo...    less

The Concert "ACH! PG Carnivalesque" under The patronage of Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk Tech, attracted several hundred people who listened to daring performances of popular pop music hits. During The performance we heard choral arrangements of...  moreThe Concert "ACH! PG Carnivalesque" under The patronage of Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk Tech, attracted several hundred people who listened to daring performances of popular pop music hits. During The performance we heard choral arrangements of hits such as: "Dancing Queen", "Memory", "California Dreamin'" and "Maria". This time it was not Mozart or Bach, but ABBA, Queen and songs from The musical West Side Story that graced The walls of The Gdansk University of Technology in carnivalesque musical artistic creations. Jazz musicians performed along with The Choir, and The musical effects were accompanied by a unique lighting arrangement, which required appropriate space and audience arrangement. The more-than-hour-long performance by The Academic Choir of The Gdańsk University of Technology, conducted by Prof. Mariusz Mróz and accompanied by musicians from The Music Academy in Bydgoszcz, ended with joint singing, encores and a standing ovation.  less

The Concert "ACH! PG Carnivalesque" under The patronage of Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk Tech, attracted several hundred people who listened to daring performances of popular pop music hits. During The performance we heard choral arrangements of...  moreThe Concert "ACH! PG Carnivalesque" under The patronage of Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk Tech, attracted several hundred people who listened to daring performances of popular pop music hits. During The performance we heard choral arrangements of hits such as: "Dancing Queen", "Memory", "California Dreamin'" and "Maria". This time it was not Mozart or Bach, but ABBA, Queen and songs from The musical West Side Story that graced The walls of The Gdansk University of Technology in carnivalesque musical artistic creations. Jazz musicians performed along with The Choir, and The musical effects were accompanied by a unique lighting arrangement, which required appropriate space and audience arrangement. The more-than-hour-long performance by The Academic Choir of The Gdańsk University of Technology, conducted by Prof. Mariusz Mróz and accompanied by musicians from The Music Academy in Bydgoszcz, ended with joint singing, encores and a standing ovation.  less

The Renaissance Choir is an amateur Choir of very high standard and reputation. The Choir’s repertoire imaginatively balances unaccompanied choral music from The Renaissance period with 19th - 21st century works. Although relatively small in number, The ...  moreThe Renaissance Choir is an amateur Choir of very high standard and reputation. The Choir’s repertoire imaginatively balances unaccompanied choral music from The Renaissance period with 19th - 21st century works. Although relatively small in number, The Choir is accomplished in singing music in both double and triple Choir form. Particular specialisms include The works of William Byrd, Thomas Tallis and Tómas Luis da Victoria. The Choir has performed in many prestigious venues in Europe, including Notre-Dame in Paris, Chartres caThedral and Versailles. Events such as The Prague Spring International Festival (Czech Republic) have also featured The Choir. In 2006, in Budapest, The Choir performed Tallis’s towering 40-part motet Spem in Alium, with The internationally renowned Budapest Monteverdi Choir. In 2008 The Choir enjoyed a trip to The Lisbon region and sang in some truly fantastic venues, including Mosteiro dos Jerónimos.  less

UBI CARITAS : Music by Ivo Antognini This piece was composed for The Concert Choir, Gary R. Schwartzhoff, conductor, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, Wisconsin MatThew Curtis sings all The voices The piece is published by CollaVoce ...  moreUBI CARITAS : Music by Ivo Antognini This piece was composed for The Concert Choir, Gary R. Schwartzhoff, conductor, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, Wisconsin MatThew Curtis sings all The voices The piece is published by CollaVoce : http://www.collavoce.com/catalog/item/ubi-caritas-41-96660