HISTORY The New Jersey Chamber Singers (NJCS) is the premier vocal chamber ensemble of the Jersey Shore. It was founded in 1978 by Dr. Jeffrey Unger for the sole purpose of providing quality performances of choral music written for the small ensemble. ...  moreHISTORY The New Jersey Chamber Singers (NJCS) is the premier vocal chamber ensemble of the Jersey Shore. It was founded in 1978 by Dr. Jeffrey Unger for the sole purpose of providing quality performances of choral music written for the small ensemble. In the 32 years of its existence, NJCS has presented concerts throughout New Jersey and beyond. NJCS was chosen to represent New Jersey at the American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division convention in Baltimore in 1984 and again in Philadelphia in 1988. In June 1991, by invitation of the Bishop of Washington, D.C., NJCS performed at the National Cathedral. In December 1998, NJCS was the guest of the Orpheus Club of Philadelphia and performed in their annual Christmas concert at The Academy of Music. In 1999, NJCS performed at Alice Tully Hall in New York City. MEMBERSHIP The ensemble is composed of both professional and talented amateur musicians. Membership is by audition. Many members are music educators (NJCS is registered with the New...    less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Many English pop groups in the 60s started off by emulating their cousins from across the pond and sang with an American accent. Cliff Richard still does! ...

Looking for something new, an Italian melody with Latin text? Than stop for a minute. Would like to present you Battista Pradal’s score for mixed Voices, "Dulce Lignum" fromPH Publishers.   The several national and international prize award...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions ac...

Kaisa-isa Niyan by Nilo Alcala II, Sung by the Philippine Madrigal Singers at the European Grand Prix, August 26, 2007. Their fifth and final song of the competition.

Hi Lo Singers is proud to release its first children's virtual choir video in aid of the mental health charity YoungMinds. John Lennon's Isolation is a song that is particularly poignant during the ongoing health crisis that continues to keep families and...  moreHi Lo Singers is proud to release its first children's virtual choir video in aid of the mental health charity YoungMinds. John Lennon's Isolation is a song that is particularly poignant during the ongoing health crisis that continues to keep families and friends at a distance. The song features fourteen children and four adult musicians including Twitter sensation @samaracello. Website https://www.hilosingers.co.uk Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Hi-Lo-Singers-102333494825384/ Instagram @hilosingers Twitter @HiLoSingers  less

An excerpt from movement IV of my Requiem (2007) as performed by the Orlando Chamber Singers under the direction of Gregory Ruffer. text: Keats (from Ode to a Nightingale) Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with e...  moreAn excerpt from movement IV of my Requiem (2007) as performed by the Orlando Chamber Singers under the direction of Gregory Ruffer. text: Keats (from Ode to a Nightingale) Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a musèd rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain  

A beautiful song composed by Fr. Donatus Chukwuedo Highlighting on the total submission of priests of God, in all circumstances, to the vocation of the Catholic Priesthood (instituted by Christ Jesus, the High Priest, at the Lord's Supper. Now commemorate...  moreA beautiful song composed by Fr. Donatus Chukwuedo Highlighting on the total submission of priests of God, in all circumstances, to the vocation of the Catholic Priesthood (instituted by Christ Jesus, the High Priest, at the Lord's Supper. Now commemorated on the Holy Thursday). This song is premiered by Friends of St. Val (FSV).