Date: 7 - 10 July 2017Location: SingaporeOrientale Concentus, conceptualised in 2008 with the purpose of promoting international arts and cultural exchange and youth Choral music development, has seen a successful run across China, Taiwan and South Kore...

Choral music is currently going through a renaissance with hundreds of professional and amateur choirs singing all across the world. But what makes the sound, and in particular the sound of a professional group, so appealing? In this essay, I look at the ...  moreChoral music is currently going through a renaissance with hundreds of professional and amateur choirs singing all across the world. But what makes the sound, and in particular the sound of a professional group, so appealing? In this essay, I look at the science behind the notes to find out why Choral music sounds so good. ▶ Support my channel: https://www.patreon.com/listeningin ▶ Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2PlVaMS ____________________ ▶ Website: http://www.barnabymartin.com ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarnabyMartin FURTHER READING Choral Phonetics - when vowels control the intonation [Wolfgang Saus]: https://www.oberton.org/wp-content/uploads/ws-Choral-Phonetics-vh-2.pdf CHOIRS FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO Tenebrae Choir: https://www.tenebrae-choir.com/ Voces8: https://voces8.com/ Illuminare Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnDCENlgvXo The Choir of Westminster Abbey: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/worship-music/music/the-abbey-choir-and-musicians/the-choir The Kingdom Choir: https://ki...    less

"evening morning day" by David Lang. Text from the Book of Genesis 1. Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University. Director: Beth Willer. ...  more"evening morning day" by David Lang. Text from the Book of Genesis 1. Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University. Director: Beth Willer. The composer writes: "I wanted to make a piece about the creation story but I didn't want to highlight one religion's or culture's narrative over another." "It was important for me to try to find something universal, something present in all stories, or common to all cultures. I hit upon the idea of making a kind of checklist of everything that needed to be created to get the world to this point, without each individual culture's stories or myths or exoticisms. I went back to the first chapter of Genesis, to see what I could get out of my own culture's story, and I stripped away all the descriptions, adjectives, connectors and motivators. All that is left of Genesis in my text are the nouns, leaving a dispassionate list of everything created, in the order in ...    less

Kantorei Choral Ensemble in rehearsal. Tristis Est Anima Mea by Juan Gutierrez de Padilla. www.kantoreikc.org

Just a a few snippets from the chorister point of view.

30th EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX FOR Choral SINGING 2018 THE STOCKHOLMS MUSIKGYMNASIUM Conductor: Helene Stureborg Nana Forte (1981): EN EGO CAMPANA (Carmina proverbalia, 45) Unpublished

An internationally recognized, Kodály-certified Choral director, Henry Leck is a professor emeritus and recently retired director of Choral activities at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.  He is Founder and Artistic Director of the I...

Coordination is the key to a high-quality Choral performance. Singers must breathe together, watch together and sing together! This workshop will explore innovative techniques to develop good rehearsal and performance habits, while breaking those that ...

The Northwest premiere of Greg Bartholomew's Choral setting of "An Open World" performed February 25, 2012, by the Portland Vocal Consort under the direction of Ryan Heller, Artistic Director and Conductor. An Open World by Fletcher LaVallee Bartholome...  moreThe Northwest premiere of Greg Bartholomew's Choral setting of "An Open World" performed February 25, 2012, by the Portland Vocal Consort under the direction of Ryan Heller, Artistic Director and Conductor. An Open World by Fletcher LaVallee Bartholomew There is a certain madness born of sailing From port to distant port the world around. There is a certain way it has, unveiling Unused chambers of the mind so that the sound Of many different voices can be heard. - The range of human thoughts and views, From which with joy can be inferred, An open world, and paths to choose. For more info visit: www.gregbartholomew.com  less

《讚美上主》Benedicamus Domino Composed by Krzysztof Penderecki 2015 第九屆德國布拉姆斯國際合唱大賽暨音樂節 2015 9th Int. Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition 宗教組冠軍 Sacred Choral Music Category Winner Conductor: Meng-Hsien PENG 彭孟賢 Performance: The Müller Ch...  more《讚美上主》Benedicamus Domino Composed by Krzysztof Penderecki 2015 第九屆德國布拉姆斯國際合唱大賽暨音樂節 2015 9th Int. Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition 宗教組冠軍 Sacred Choral Music Category Winner Conductor: Meng-Hsien PENG 彭孟賢 Performance: The Müller Chamber Choir (Taiwan) Performed at Stiftskirche St. Sylvestri, Wernigerode, Germany July 2015 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mullertaiwan Website: http://www.muller.org.tw/