A special African Prayer as performed by the UP Youth Choir 2012

Our next concert will be : Handel : Israel in Egypt On 16 November 2025 at 7.30 All Saints Church Kingston will become the stage for intensely powerful musical drama as Kingston Choral Society opens their 75th season with a truly remarkable work. Han...  moreOur next concert will be : Handel : Israel in Egypt On 16 November 2025 at 7.30 All Saints Church Kingston will become the stage for intensely powerful musical drama as Kingston Choral Society opens their 75th season with a truly remarkable work. Handel’s Israel in Egypt is one of Handel’s most lavish and dramatic oratorios. Unusually, the soloists’ contributions are secondary as the choir is given the starring role in the turbulent narrative, relating the story of the Biblical plagues, the Israelites’ flight from Egypt via the parting of the Red Sea, and their triumph over the Pharaoh’s army. The plot unfolds in a series of thrilling and startlingly inventive choruses. It is fitting that KCS should introduce their 75th Anniversary season with a Handel oratorio. The formation of what was originally the Surbiton Oratorio Society was inspired by the desire of the Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kingston to stage a monumental performance of Handel’s Messiah in the borough by bringing together Church and other c...    less

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 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 across th...

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You have heard These Islands now get the sheet music and chance for you to make these your own. The music that you want not up there then contact Fraser. God Be in My Head Vidi Aquam Jerusalem

A gospel song, celebrating Pentecost and recorded by the choir in their homes during the Covid-19 lockdown of Spring Summer 2020. The song premiered on London's Wandsworth Prison Radio on 31st May 2020 is dedicated to the staff and prisoners there.

The Ranot Vocal Ensemble is a regional initiative of the Hevel Eilot Regional Council under the leadership of virtuoso arranger and conductor Gideon Efrati. Alongside classical music sung in Latin, Italian and French, its repertoire highlights the music o...  moreThe Ranot Vocal Ensemble is a regional initiative of the Hevel Eilot Regional Council under the leadership of virtuoso arranger and conductor Gideon Efrati. Alongside classical music sung in Latin, Italian and French, its repertoire highlights the music of Jewish liturgical and folk traditions in a variety of styles and arrangements as well as music from around the world. Songs in Hebrew, Yemenite, Yiddish , Ladino, English and Arabic bring to life the different backgrounds of the Ensemble's members.  

10 years ago, when Yasmin Cader asked Soul Sounds to do a concert at the then Colombo Plaza, little did I know that 10 years later we would still be singing heralding the birth of Christ at the same venue... I thank God for the blessings, and thank all in...

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

Music by composer Gilad Hochman. Score available at www.giladhochman.com/vocal-scores Sirenot Ensemble (Israel) | Shosh Lagil - conductor | Efrat Hermann - soloist (www.sirenot.org) Performed at the 3rd International Chorbiennale - Aachen (Germany) ...  moreMusic by composer Gilad Hochman. Score available at www.giladhochman.com/vocal-scores Sirenot Ensemble (Israel) | Shosh Lagil - conductor | Efrat Hermann - soloist (www.sirenot.org) Performed at the 3rd International Chorbiennale - Aachen (Germany) | Citykirche St. Nikolaus | 20. June 2013 (www.chorbiennale.com) Recorded and edited by Andreas Harrenberg. Score available over: www.giladhochman.com/vocal-scores Vermeer / Wisława Szymborska As long as that woman from the Rijksmuseum in painted silence and concentration keeps pouring milk day after day from the jug to the bowl, the world does not deserve the end of the world. (in Hebrew, from Polish) - Commissioned by Sirenot Ensemble and supported by the Ursula Lachnit-Fixson Stiftung. © 2013 Gilad Hochman  less