[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A few weeks Back I wrote about why people might not join choirs or attend singing workshops: 10 reasons why people don’t join choirs (but love to...

O Love, a contemporary work by composer Elaine Hagenberg, is conducted by Chicago Master Singers Music Director John C. Hughes with accompaniment by pianist Lyudmila Lakisova. Dr. Hughes chose this piece of music because of its emotionally powerful settin...  moreO Love, a contemporary work by composer Elaine Hagenberg, is conducted by Chicago Master Singers Music Director John C. Hughes with accompaniment by pianist Lyudmila Lakisova. Dr. Hughes chose this piece of music because of its emotionally powerful setting of a comforting and hopeful text. “This work encourages us through these difficult days and reminds us why we love choral music,” he said. We hope the performance brings you comfort and peace. Singer Credits: Soprano ------------- Maggie Bergadon Lise Bible Suzanne Bible Sandy Borth Michelle Burke Cheryl Gibson Mary Hamlin Joanne Holmes Labar Laskie Kim McLean Caryl Medsker Melissa Pappamichiel Janet Reed Judith Reilly Sara Schroeder Sharon Starr Sue Umbdenstock Mary Walters Alto ------ Amy Andersen Marry Black Elaine Bontempo Lucinda Fuller Beth Gerson Susan Miller Nancy Novak Nancy Polancich Linda Przywara Janet Raciti Marian Staats Ruth Stevig Wendy White Eileen White Martha Young Blus Tenor --------- Evan Cr...    less

"Beautiful Yet Truthful", a folksong elaboration by Lloyd Pfautsch. Originally from "American Ballads and Folksongs" by John Lennox. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Conc...  more"Beautiful Yet Truthful", a folksong elaboration by Lloyd Pfautsch. Originally from "American Ballads and Folksongs" by John Lennox. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. Ain't it fierce to be so beautiful, beautiful, So rarin' tearin' beautiful? Ain't it fierce to be so beautiful, beautiful, So rarin' tearin' beautiful? I ain't got no peace of mind Everybody is so awfully kind Outside of my door, they stand, stand, Waiting for my heart and hand Outside of my door, they stand, stand, Waiting for my heart and hand Almost every single hour Someone is sure to send me flowers Ain't it fierce to be so beautiful, beautiful? Ain't it fierce to be so beautiful? Ain't it fierce to be so brainy, brainy, So rarin' tearin' brainy? Ain't it fierce to be so brainy, brainy, Ain't it fierce to be so bra...    less

Pacific Chorale performs "O süsser Mai" ("O sweet May") by Johannes Brahms, Op. 93a, no. 3 in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California. Artistic Director John Alexander conducts. Performed May...  morePacific Chorale performs "O süsser Mai" ("O sweet May") by Johannes Brahms, Op. 93a, no. 3 in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California. Artistic Director John Alexander conducts. Performed May 22, 2011. Concert photos courtesy of Stan Sholik Photography. http://www.stansholik.com Visit the Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive for text and translation. http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=1994 

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50 member Virtual Choir singing Nadhee Thulyam Shaanthi (When peace like a River)

Behind the scenes of our tour to Berlin in November. Filmed by NGK November 2016. Edited by SPÆTT films. Music by Nidarosdomens Guttekor. Conductor Bjørn Moe. John Rutter - the lord bless you and keep you, Nidarosdomens Guttekor Ludvig Niels...  moreBehind the scenes of our tour to Berlin in November. Filmed by NGK November 2016. Edited by SPÆTT films. Music by Nidarosdomens Guttekor. Conductor Bjørn Moe. John Rutter - the lord bless you and keep you, Nidarosdomens Guttekor Ludvig Nielsen - Te Deum, Nidarosdomens Guttekor Franz Gruber - Stille Nacht, Nidarosdomens Guttekor  

LEARN HOW YOU CAN STAND A CHANCE to WIN UP to SGD $25,000!Event: 13th International Choral Festival Orientale Concentus, Singapore 2020 Date: 25 July – 28 July 2020Location: Singapore Orientale Concentus was conceptualized in 2008 with the ...

George John Malcolm (1917-1997) Ingrediente Domino [Introit of Palm Sunday] Ingrediente Domino in Sanctam civitatem, Hebraeorum pueri resurrectionem vitam pronunciantes, Cum palmis palmarum. Osanna clamabunt in excelsis. Cumque audisset populus q...  moreGeorge John Malcolm (1917-1997) Ingrediente Domino [Introit of Palm Sunday] Ingrediente Domino in Sanctam civitatem, Hebraeorum pueri resurrectionem vitam pronunciantes, Cum palmis palmarum. Osanna clamabunt in excelsis. Cumque audisset populus quod Jesus venient Hierusalem, exierunt obviam ei. Cum palmis palmarum. Osanna clamabunt in excelsis. Harpsichordist, organist and visionary choirmaster George Malcolm was one of the leading figures in British music after the Second World War. In his early life he had been Organ Scholar of Balliol College and Choirmaster of St Mary’s, Clapham. His work at Westminster Cathedral as Master of Music for twelve years from 1947 was the stuff of legend. He carried on the great traditions he had learnt in his youth from the Jesuit Father Driscoll and Fernand Laloux, Choirmaster of Farm Street Jesuit Church in Mayfair and developed a wholly different approach to the singing of children that proved vastly influential both in his own lifetime and in the twenty years sin...    less

EVOCATION 2013: the ART OF GIVINGDate: 27 October 2013Time: 7.00 pmVenue: School of the Arts Concert HallPrice: $20 (Free Seating) Hi there! EVOKX is Back this year for Evocation 2013! EVOKX, founded in 2010 by our choral director Terrence toh, compris...