[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   You can tell winter is on its way because it’s dark and cold when I set off for choir each week.   photo by Todd Shaffer   It w...

Corista Istanbul Chamber choir (CorISTAnbul), Turkey Music Director and Conductor: Arda Ardaşes Agoşyan Rest, Sweet Nymphs by Francis Pilkington November 20, 2011

A part of the choir's winning performance at the 57th Croatian Youth Music Festival held in May 2014 in Varaždin. www.facebook.com/m.marulic.choir m.marulic_choir@yahoo.com

A part of the choir's winning performance at the 65th Croatian Youth Music Festival held in May 2022 in Varaždin. www.facebook.com/m.marulic.choir m.marulic_choir@yahoo.com

This is the national anthem for the micronation of Rheinbergen (the length of the river Rhine). The text was written by Gerard, Fürst von und zu Rheinbergen in collaboration with Rheinbergen's Court Composer David Warin Solomons, who wrote the music. It...  moreThis is the national anthem for the micronation of Rheinbergen (the length of the river Rhine). The text was written by Gerard, Fürst von und zu Rheinbergen in collaboration with Rheinbergen's Court Composer David Warin Solomons, who wrote the music. It is very grand and rousing music with just a little pomposity.  

Raising voices, raising spirits Ignite Gospel choir was founded by Keara Sheeran... In Oct of 2008 I returned to the Jes church, the place I had grown up with my father running the folk mass choir. He had retired 12 years previously. What was once a p...  moreRaising voices, raising spirits Ignite Gospel choir was founded by Keara Sheeran... In Oct of 2008 I returned to the Jes church, the place I had grown up with my father running the folk mass choir. He had retired 12 years previously. What was once a packed out mass full of joy and prayer, families and young couples, singles and religious, was now a quieter mass with no choir and I saddened by this. I offered my services as a singer and musician to come and provide music for the 5:30 mass and within a few short weeks I returned to the place I consider my spiritual home. I had not purposely set out to start a choir but people began to approach me with a desire to sing and it was a need within the community I was not going to Ignore. On the 12th Dec 2008 The Jes Gospel choir was birthed with 5 singers and me & it was a wonderful experience and we received a very warm welcome. Within a year the choir grew to over 15 members and some musicians. The wonderful thing about this choir is that it is a choir th...    less

© The Foundation World Youth choir, all rights reserved. Other rights: Hong Kong Treble choirs' Association. Any resemblance with a third party content is accidental and does not affect the rights to this recording. Performer: World Youth choir, 200...  more© The Foundation World Youth choir, all rights reserved. Other rights: Hong Kong Treble choirs' Association. Any resemblance with a third party content is accidental and does not affect the rights to this recording. Performer: World Youth choir, 2008 session in PRO China (Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Macau) Piece: Let's Jam Composer: Gary Fry Conductor: Dr. Steve Zegree, USA Recorded in the Guangzhou concert hall The World Youth choir session 2008 was held in China thanks to the cooperation between the Foundation World Youth choir and the Hong Kong Treble choirs' Association, Hong Kong. www.worldyouthchoir.org www.hktreblechoir.com/home/en/ for full documentary on 2008 session in China please visit http://vimeo.com/19824692  less

12th International Chamber choir Competition Marktoberdorf, Germany, www.modfestivals.org; June 10-15, 2011; Live recording; This is a service of Choral Festival Network www.choralfestivalnetwork.org; Competition Round 2, June 12

12th International Chamber choir Competition Marktoberdorf, Germany, www.modfestivals.org; June 10-15, 2011; Live recording; This is a service of Choral Festival Network www.choralfestivalnetwork.org; Concert St. andreas Nesselwang a June 12

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   It is always difficult to find suitable venues for choir performances.   photo by Ben Dodson   Churches are usually very welcoming (and oft...