[Originally published on Michael McGlynn's Wordpress site HERE, and subsequently published by On Being, December 2011]   I was brought up as a Roman Catholic. My parents endeavoured to give me every opportunity to be exposed to a vast range of musi...

The Choral group Albion gives concerts like no others! Its unique repertoire is made up of beautiful all-new versions of the music of Britain and Ireland. Much-loved songs like Danny Boy, Scarborough Fair, and Jerusalem – a staple of the Last ...

He was involved in music from his early childhood on, his father, Josef Wolfgang Ziegler, a well-known Austrian composer and Choral director taught the first musical steps to him. Singing and playing the violin became his passions. In the USA he starte...

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...

Bournemouth Male Voice Choir at St Ambrose Church in Westbourne. We Rise Again is by Leon Dubinsky, who grew up in Sydney and now lives with his wife and children on a seaside property in Cape Breton's Englishtown. Written in 1984 as a hopeful t...  moreBournemouth Male Voice Choir at St Ambrose Church in Westbourne. We Rise Again is by Leon Dubinsky, who grew up in Sydney and now lives with his wife and children on a seaside property in Cape Breton's Englishtown. Written in 1984 as a hopeful tune for the musical The Rise and Follies of Cape Breton Island during a severe economic downturn, it begins: When the waves roll on over the waters And the ocean cries We look to our sons and daughters To explain our lives As if a child could tell us why That as sure as the sunrise As sure as the sea As sure as the wind in the trees We rise again in the faces of our children We rise again in the waves out on the ocean And we rise again.... The day he wrote "Rise Again," Dubinsky recalls, he was watching his ailing father observing his grandchildren playing in a swimming pool. Dubinsky's father had immigrated to Canada from the Ukraine, settling in Cape Breton; he would die a year later, in 1985. The words just came to him, Dubinsk...    less

CANTUS Festival Orchestra Franz Miguel Ramirez, conductor

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 ...

Singkronies Chamber Choir performing Greg Jasperse' Voice Dance at the 40th Tolosa International Choral Competition in Spain, conducted by its founder, Dr Johann van der Sandt.

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...

EUCHO is a community Choir based in Scenery Park, East London, under the leadership of Mr S Sonanze as the Director and Mr M Zenani as the Chorus Manager. Our aspiration is to take township Choral singing to higher a level. We are also aiming at focusing ...  moreEUCHO is a community Choir based in Scenery Park, East London, under the leadership of Mr S Sonanze as the Director and Mr M Zenani as the Chorus Manager. Our aspiration is to take township Choral singing to higher a level. We are also aiming at focusing more on Choral projects and concerts than competitions so that our singers enjoy singing and get compensated for engaging in the Choir. Choir members are taught Theory and History of music for free.