Originally The Embassy Singers, the Bonn English Singers formed after the British Embassy moved to Berlin in 1999. From 2001-2017 the choir was directed by jazz musician and conductor Fraser Gartshore. The current musical director is composer and conducto...  moreOriginally The Embassy Singers, the Bonn English Singers formed after the British Embassy moved to Berlin in 1999. From 2001-2017 the choir was directed by jazz musician and conductor Fraser Gartshore. The current musical director is composer and conductor Stephen Harrap. We specialise in English-language choral music, both sacred and secular. The choir performs regularly in and around Bonn and is best known for its traditional Christmas carol services and concerts. You can follow us on Twitter: @benglishsingers You'll find us on Facebook too: The Bonn English Singers  less

Founded by Maestro Jae-Joon Lee as a vocal ensemble in 1980, Pilgrim Mission choir demonstrates the essence of church music with refined harmony and commitment to music. This is a choir for mission through praising. Pilgrim Mission choir gives regular c...  moreFounded by Maestro Jae-Joon Lee as a vocal ensemble in 1980, Pilgrim Mission choir demonstrates the essence of church music with refined harmony and commitment to music. This is a choir for mission through praising. Pilgrim Mission choir gives regular concert once a year with ever new and differentiated church music leading the circle of choral music as a pioneer. The choir is also recognized with its performance. It manages concerts more than 10 times a year like rush of invitation, local tour and church tour concert. Focusing on church music, repertoires of the choir cross over every age like renaissance, motet, baroque and classic, and every genre like spirituals, gospel and modern music. The singing of the choir is always enough to excite the audience. PMC, at the 2002 2nd Busan International choir Olympic, won the champion with dignity in the 'Musica sacra a cappella' almost dominated by European choral music. The choir won again the champion at the 2004 3rd Bremen Contest in Germany and the two co...    less

Mevagissey is a small fishing village with a population of approximately 2,000 people. It is situated on the south coast of the County of Cornwall, the area of England protruding into the Atlantic Ocean facing North America. Male voice singing is traditio...  moreMevagissey is a small fishing village with a population of approximately 2,000 people. It is situated on the south coast of the County of Cornwall, the area of England protruding into the Atlantic Ocean facing North America. Male voice singing is traditionally very popular in the county, there being 33 federated choirs numbering 1,300 singers out of a total population of nearly half a million. The choir was formed in 1974 and quickly matured into one of the leading and largest male choirs in Cornwall. It now has over 55 members including several founder members. The choir gives around 25 concerts each year, raising many thousands of pounds for various charities. On the 10th July 2010 they celebrated their 900th public appearance. During a concert tour of Gibraltar in 1979 they performed in the famous St. Michael's Cave. Subsequent tours have been to Holland/Northern Germany, to the Black forest area of Germany on two occasions and in 1990 the choir had a 14 day tour as guests of the Niagara Wine and Grape ...    less

A choral composition by Roberto Brisotto (1972) Lyrics by William Shakespeare (1564/1616) from "The Tempest" All parts are performed by Matthew Curtis - "Before you can say, "Come and go", and breathe twice, and cry, "So,so" Each one, tripping on ...  moreA choral composition by Roberto Brisotto (1972) Lyrics by William Shakespeare (1564/1616) from "The Tempest" All parts are performed by Matthew Curtis - "Before you can say, "Come and go", and breathe twice, and cry, "So,so" Each one, tripping on his toe, Will be here with mop and (mow) (Do you love me, master?no?)" "Where the bee sucks there (suck) I: In a cow-slips (bell) I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On a bat's back (I do) fly After (summer) merrily, Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough"  less

Ride On in Majesty is a Christian hymn written by Henry Mart Millman in 1820. It is a Palm Sunday Hymn and refers to Matthew 21:1-17 and Jesus' Triumphant entry into Jerusalem to suffer in agony and die fir Mankind's salvation.

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   It’s the first week of the new choir. Everyone is having fun, songs are being learnt at a cracking pace, the whole room is in tune with each ot...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Sometimes the last thing I want to do is to drag myself off the sofa and go to choir. photo by Ed Van Brunt But it’s my job so I make the effort and u...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] When a nervous singer turns up to your choir or someone comes to your singing workshop who’s never sung in public before, it’s all too easy for th...

VIVA!’s six choirs, for ages four through adult, offer members the opportunity to achieve artistic excellence in a singer-centered, collaborative choral community, featuring youth mentoring programs and the TD Bank Group Inclusion Program. Founded in 2...  moreVIVA!’s six choirs, for ages four through adult, offer members the opportunity to achieve artistic excellence in a singer-centered, collaborative choral community, featuring youth mentoring programs and the TD Bank Group Inclusion Program. Founded in 2000 by Carol Woodward Ratzlaff in response to widespread cuts to public school arts programs, 2018-19 marks VIVA!’s 19th season as a downtown family of choirs. VIVA!’s choirs include: the Preparatory Chorus (ages 4-6); the Junior choir (ages 6-10); the Main Chorus (ages 9-16); the SATB Chamber choir (senior high school, university students and adults); and the non-auditioned VIVA! Community choir (SATB) which incorporates Everyone Can Sing (ECS), an auditioned group for those aged 13 and up with disabilities. VIVA’s unique TD Bank Group Inclusion Program provides support for all singers with disabilities. Also singular to VIVA! is the Choral Mentoring and Leadership Program, which forms an integral part of VIVA!’s structure. This Program provides young l...    less

Der Schaumburger Jugendchor wurde 1980 gegründet und beschreitet seitdem einen Weg, mit dem er eine große Chortradition in der Stadt Bückeburg und dem Schaumburger Land fortsetzt. Viele Besonderheiten des Chores, Hintergründe in Pädagogik, Stimmzusamm...  moreDer Schaumburger Jugendchor wurde 1980 gegründet und beschreitet seitdem einen Weg, mit dem er eine große Chortradition in der Stadt Bückeburg und dem Schaumburger Land fortsetzt. Viele Besonderheiten des Chores, Hintergründe in Pädagogik, Stimmzusammensetzung und Repertoire finden ihren Ursprung in der Arbeit der großen Chorpädagogin Edith Möller. Die musikalische Gesamtleitung liegt in den Händen von Stephanie Feindt.