[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I love my job, I really do. I just need some space and a bunch of people and we will make beautiful Music together.   Photo by Heather Jennings &...

This time of the year many of us summarize their lives: what has happened the last 356 days? At meeting Music we are sure about that the most memorable moments are connected to some special experiences. The moment when you joined a Choir and made lifelong...

  Today I want to tell you what I plan to offer you between now and May 2022. That is why in this post I will talk about the next consortia, Music for Choir and Orchestra, ACDA conference 2022 and acquisition of works online. So, here we g...

Ubi Caritas - Manolo Da Rold (b.1976) 2021 Cork International Choral Festival - International Upper & Lower Voices A Cappella Video Competition www.corkchoral.ie

The core of the team consists of students and graduates of the Gdańsk University of Technology. The Choir's repertoire is very diverse. The band sings mainly sacral, including orthodox Music, but also contemporary and folk. The Choir has rich concert acti...  moreThe core of the team consists of students and graduates of the Gdańsk University of Technology. The Choir's repertoire is very diverse. The band sings mainly sacral, including orthodox Music, but also contemporary and folk. The Choir has rich concert activity in the country and abroad and with great success has participated in many choral contests and Festivals. The ensemble performed hundreds of concerts and presented its skills at competitions and Festivals in Germany, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary and many others. The Choir has recorded a few CDs: "Bogoroditse Devo, Raduisya" from 2008, "Musica Sacra" from 2013, "Canticum Canticorum" from 2017. They have recently won many awards: Grand Prix at II International Choir Festival “Canco Meditterrania” in Lloret de Mar and Barcelona 2013, Golden Medal at prestige Seghizzi Choir Festival in Gorizia 2014, Grand Prix at Choir Festival in Kielce 2015, 1st place at Inte...    less

Enjoy our latest Choir cover of Baba Yetu! Swahili adaptation of "The Lords Prayer" by Chris Kiagiri Music by Christopher Tin If you would like to sing with us in future projects, please send an email to: stpauls-communityChoir@hotmail.co.uk ...  moreEnjoy our latest Choir cover of Baba Yetu! Swahili adaptation of "The Lords Prayer" by Chris Kiagiri Music by Christopher Tin If you would like to sing with us in future projects, please send an email to: stpauls-communityChoir@hotmail.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StPaulsCommunityChoir Twitter: https://twitter.com/stpaulscChoir  

The Crossing is a professional chamber Choir in Philadelphia focusing on new Music, commissioning works, and collaborating with other ensembles in the US. Biography: The Crossing is a twenty-four-member professional chamber Choir conducted by Donald...  moreThe Crossing is a professional chamber Choir in Philadelphia focusing on new Music, commissioning works, and collaborating with other ensembles in the US. Biography: The Crossing is a twenty-four-member professional chamber Choir conducted by Donald Nally dedicated to new Music. Originally formed by a group of friends in 2005, the ensemble has since grown exponentially and “has made a name for itself in recent years as a champion of new Music.” - New York Times 2/14. Highly sought after for collaborative projects, The Crossing was the resident Choir of the Spoleto Festival, Italy in 2007; appeared at Miller Theatre of Columbia University (in the American premiere of James Dillon’s Nine Rivers) with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE); performed during Bang on a Can’s first Philadelphia Marathon; and has appeared with Network for New Music, Lyric Fest, Piffaro, red fish blue fish, Tempesta di Mare Baroque Chamber Orchestra, PRISM Saxophone Quartet, Toshimaru Nakamura, Dolce Suono; and this past su...    less

Mood Swing is made up of about 20 members. Some have been here since the beginning, some joined this year and others fit somewhere in the middle. We have an exacting standard of singing - we are just not sure what that exactly is! One of the most impo...  moreMood Swing is made up of about 20 members. Some have been here since the beginning, some joined this year and others fit somewhere in the middle. We have an exacting standard of singing - we are just not sure what that exactly is! One of the most important facets of Mood Swing is that we have fun with what we do and it comes across not only in our singing, but also in our performances. We may not have perfected laughing and singing at the same time, but we give it a fair go! Since 2001, Mood Swing have been wowing audiences with our full sounds and suave choreography. With a range of Music from '20s swing, African songs, traditional Gospel, contemporary hits and fun ditties arranged in three and four parts, Mood Swing have something for all ages. Fabulously led by Lisa Schwabe, Mood Swing have been singing around Melbourne at concerts, churches and private functions to the delight of all who see and hear us. Don't you be the one to miss out!  less

The (Dutch) Utrecht Byzantine Choir (Utrechts Byzantijns Koor, UBK) was founded in 1951. It sings both Slavic-Byzantine and Ukrainian folk Music. The Choir sings in the Ukrainian and old-church slavonic languages. The Choir has close links with the Gre...  moreThe (Dutch) Utrecht Byzantine Choir (Utrechts Byzantijns Koor, UBK) was founded in 1951. It sings both Slavic-Byzantine and Ukrainian folk Music. The Choir sings in the Ukrainian and old-church slavonic languages. The Choir has close links with the Greek-catholics (in Ukraine). For decades, the Choir strived to keep Ukrainian (liturgical and worldly) culture alive. It did so whilst the Greek-catholic Church fought to survive its suppressors. It continues to do so, joining in the happiness of the Greek-catholics' freedom today. The Choir was founded by Ukrainian born and raised Musicologist Myroslaw Antonowycz (+2006). At present, the Utrecht Byzantine Choir is directed by Grigori Sergei Sarolea. Grigori was born and raised in a Slavic-byzantine church community in The Hague. You are listening to "S namy Boh" (God is with us). It is taken from the album: 'Een Oekraïens Kerstfeest' (Christmas in Ukraine). The UBK frequently performs concerts and sings during the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom bo...    less

The student Choir of University of Latvia was established in 1920. First and foremost, its name is closely associated with its first conductor Artūrs Bobkovics (1885-1959), who already then had become "the king of Latvian symphonic Music&...  moreThe student Choir of University of Latvia was established in 1920. First and foremost, its name is closely associated with its first conductor Artūrs Bobkovics (1885-1959), who already then had become "the king of Latvian symphonic Music". He organized the concerts of symphonic Music and helped promote them. For the first time, the Choir came together in the evening of October 18, when about 90 students gathered at Riga Secondary School No 2. The testing of voices was not very strict, and of the entire enthusiastic crowd only one student was rejected. Then, for a month, rehearsals were held, in which the voices of would-be singers were trained and made to keep in tune. After that another testing was held. This time the competition was much stricter, and only 40 singers were selected. That was the beginning of "Latvia University Student Choir", which, on November 24, 1920, was recognized and affirmed by the University Council as the first official Choir of the n...    less