Praised by the New York Times for its “incisive, agile strength,” Downtown voices is a semiprofessional choir made up of volunteer singers from the New York metro area and members of the Grammy®-nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Directed by Stephen ...  morePraised by the New York Times for its “incisive, agile strength,” Downtown voices is a semiprofessional choir made up of volunteer singers from the New York metro area and members of the Grammy®-nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Directed by Stephen Sands, Downtown voices’ first three seasons included performances featuring the works of Beethoven, Alberto Ginastera, Benjamin Britten, James MacMillan, Philip Glass, and a large-scale commission for the 250th anniversary of St. Paul’s Chapel, Spire and Shadow, by Zachary Wadsworth, Rachmaninoff Vespers, Handel's Israel in Egypt and more!  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] If you're anything like me, you leave everything to the last minute. If you're not one of those people who start their Christmas repertoire back in June, you ...

"An Open World" is the first in a group of three settings of poems from Fletcher LaVallee Bartholomew's collection entitled "And the Wind: Gnostic Poems 1945 - 1979."

Sancus Libera Arr. by Law X. Okon Performed by the Golden voices Choir FUTO at the 11th edition of her annual Concert CANZONA 11_ The Festival Of Unending Praise; directed and Conducted by Okere Chibuzor Ben-Mary Martins . Based on Pachbell's Canon in D...  moreSancus Libera Arr. by Law X. Okon Performed by the Golden voices Choir FUTO at the 11th edition of her annual Concert CANZONA 11_ The Festival Of Unending Praise; directed and Conducted by Okere Chibuzor Ben-Mary Martins . Based on Pachbell's Canon in D major. happy listening. # #gvc #choir #Canzona11 #classicalmusic  

The combined choirs of Warwickshire Young voices join forces in a virtual performance this moving piece - learned, performed and recorded in under an hour at each rehearsal - to support One Day One Choir and also begin their support for the work of Save ...  moreThe combined choirs of Warwickshire Young voices join forces in a virtual performance this moving piece - learned, performed and recorded in under an hour at each rehearsal - to support One Day One Choir and also begin their support for the work of Save the Children as WYV's charity of the year 2015. https://www.justgiving.com/Warwickshire-Young-voices/  

http://www.theaustralianvoices.com From the composer, Gordon Hamilton: during my piano studies, one of my favourite pieces was Michael Tippett's Second Piano Sonata, which uses his disjunct mosaic form: instead of music flowing, through a logical seque...  morehttp://www.theaustralianvoices.com From the composer, Gordon Hamilton: during my piano studies, one of my favourite pieces was Michael Tippett's Second Piano Sonata, which uses his disjunct mosaic form: instead of music flowing, through a logical sequence of harmony, melody and tempo, he (and other composers, including Stravinsky, Messiaen and my own teacher Butterley) created tiny fragments of music -- totally contrasting in character -- which cascade into each other: an aural mosaic. Tra$h Ma$h is a piece made up entirely of musical quotes lifted directly from modern pop songs and mashed together using the Tippet technique (perfect for our 21st century attention spans!) Deep down, I love trashy pop, and the singers in The Australian voices are mostly under 21. We had a whole lot of parties to find the best (and worst) songs of 2011 to mash together in a kind of 60's disjunct treatment of pop, chopping it up and sticking it back together in a way that was never intended. I think it can be ridiculous an...    less

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

Highbridge voices performs Pete Seeger's legendary song, as arranged by Peter, Paul, and Mary. Conductor: Mary Clementi, Guitar: Billy Janiszewski, Cajon : Chris Cubeta

This beautiful hymn setting for choir and Orchestra was reanimated by the Golden voices Choir St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Chaplaincy FUTO.

This video was playing in the background during the finale of the Funkyvoices 2010 Show. Clips taken from various Funkyvoices choir sessions and outside events leading upto the Show compiled to create an emotional climax.