"Bright Mansions", African-American spiritual, arr. K. Lee Scott. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl choir of South Florida. Artistic D...  more"Bright Mansions", African-American spiritual, arr. K. Lee Scott. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson. In bright mansions above Lord, I wan' t' live up yonder In bright mansions above My mother's gone to glory I wan' t' go there too Lord, I wan' t' live up yonder In bright mansions above My father's gone My sister's gone... My brother's gone ... My Savior's gone...  less

"African Lullaby" by Joan Szymko. Traditional Bantu & African American song. Recorded live on Sunday, December 7, 2014, at All Saints Episcopal Church in fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl choir of South Flo...  more"African Lullaby" by Joan Szymko. Traditional Bantu & African American song. Recorded live on Sunday, December 7, 2014, at All Saints Episcopal Church in fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. The familiar African American song, “Angels watching over me” is given cantus firmus treatment while a lilting African lullaby, "Abiyoyo" gently sways around it. The Bantu song, "Abiyoyo" is traditionally sung at bedtime as a song to entrance night time monsters into a dancing state; mother and father can then chase the monsters away so baby can safely sleep. Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo- yo-yo-yo-yo -yo-yo All night, all day, Angels watching over me, my Lord All night,all day, Angels watching over me  less

Welcome to NTC - a new choir just for teachers of all abilities from across the UK. Workshops and high profile performances.

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   What’s great about a group of singers who meet regularly is that you can grow and develop together, improving skills and techniques week on wee...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Sometimes I get paid over £100 per hour. That makes me a millionaire right?   Photo by Ian Britton from FreeFoto.com   Wrong! I...

The 2020 Olympics. The 74th Annual Tony Awards. The Cannes Film Festival. These major events have all been postponed due to the global outbreak of COVID-19 and the need for social distancing. However, your choir rehearsal does not need to be a p...

"Genesis" performed by the Cape Town Youth choir Composer: Hendrik Hofmeyr Conductor: Leon Starker Recorded in 2014 Stream this track on

Performed by Universitair Koor Antwerpen at their Spring Concert "Evolution Of Music" on May 10, 2016. Piano: Peter Jeurissen Camera: Jelmer Lokman, Robin Van Limbergen, Ben Verhaegen, Jordan De Deken Sound: Johan De Cock

There is no need to be able to read music and your singing ability doesn’t matter; this choir is about joining together for a sing along for an hour each Tuesday and having fun. Caroline Mander is a hugely experienced choir leader and her background in mu...  moreThere is no need to be able to read music and your singing ability doesn’t matter; this choir is about joining together for a sing along for an hour each Tuesday and having fun. Caroline Mander is a hugely experienced choir leader and her background in musical theatre gives her the perfect platform from which to lead you in renditions of uplifting songs from many different genres.  

The second of three settings of text from the Odes of Solomon. The Odes of Solomon are believed to have been written around the year 100 A.D., and include strong parallels to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Scholars have debated whether the Odes should be consi...  moreThe second of three settings of text from the Odes of Solomon. The Odes of Solomon are believed to have been written around the year 100 A.D., and include strong parallels to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Scholars have debated whether the Odes should be considered Jewish, Christian or Gnostic, and whether they were first written in Greek, Hebrew or Syriac. Early Christian writings refer to and quote from them. A Syriac manuscript containing the text of most of the Odes was discovered in 1909 by the English scholar J. Rendel Harris, and other partial texts in various languages have also been found. There are 42 Odes. Some fragments are still missing from Odes I and III, and no part of Ode II has yet been found. for these choral settings, I selected text from four of the Odes of Solomon which I found particularly compelling. The anonymous translation I have used comes from The Gnostic Society Library.  less