"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

Organized under the direction of Dr. Brady Allred in 2010, the Salt Lake Vocal Artists has become the first professional-level touring and recording Choir within the Salt Lake Choral Artists organization. This mixed-voice Choral ensemble varies in size d...  moreOrganized under the direction of Dr. Brady Allred in 2010, the Salt Lake Vocal Artists has become the first professional-level touring and recording Choir within the Salt Lake Choral Artists organization. This mixed-voice Choral ensemble varies in size depending on the project from 16 to 40 auditioned singers and performs a diverse repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st Century. In its premiere season, the SL Vocal Artists were honored with an invitation to participate in the 42nd Tolosa Choral Contest in October 2010. After a successful concert tour of the Basque region of Spain, the SLVA competed against renowned Choirs from all over the world and were awarded First Prize in all four categories they entered, as well as the special Audience Prize. To conclude only its second season, the SL Vocal Artists were one of only 25 Choirs and the only American Choir to perform at the World Choral Symposium in Argentina following a two week concert tour of the country in July and August. They also trave...    less

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

Fragments of the concert "Colors of Choral lyric" Thursday Evening with the Czestochowa Philharmonic Choir Collegium Cantorum Maciej Zagórski - piano Janusz Siadlak - conductor

STOKE FLEMING for unaccompanied mixed Choir (SATB) by Greg Bartholomew Recording by Matthew Curtis (Choral Tracks). Sheet Music is available from J.W.Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/10503196.item Stoke Fleming is a small hamlet on the English...  moreSTOKE FLEMING for unaccompanied mixed Choir (SATB) by Greg Bartholomew Recording by Matthew Curtis (Choral Tracks). Sheet Music is available from J.W.Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/10503196.item Stoke Fleming is a small hamlet on the English Channel. The text for this work is a secular meditation on the rocks and the waves written by the composer during a weekend stay there in 1978. The music was completed in January 2000 and received a reading by the Gregg Smith Singers at the Adirondack Festival of American Music in July 2000. For more information visit www.gregbartholomew.com #ComposersOfChoralMusic #ChoralMusic #AmericanMusic  less

Teddington Choral Society are excited to perform Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle under the baton of their new Musical Director Julian Collings. The Choir will be accompanied by Phil Culling on piano and Benedict Lewis-Smit...

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...

Aequalis Foundation and International Choral Composition Composition-CICCAG assisted by IFCM were join the celebration of World Choral Day), that today commemorates the Centennial of the Armistice of World War I. Voices from Argentina, Austria, Canada, Co...  moreAequalis Foundation and International Choral Composition Composition-CICCAG assisted by IFCM were join the celebration of World Choral Day), that today commemorates the Centennial of the Armistice of World War I. Voices from Argentina, Austria, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Polland, Russia, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, United States of America, Turkey and Venezuela join their voices in the work "Nada te Turbe". We hope this action shall become a reminder of what we can do together for beauty and not for destruction. ....... Singers from Venezuela, Argentina, Austria, Colombia, Mexico, Polland, Russia, Spain, Italy, United States of America and Venezuela Vokalconsort Osnabrück (Germany) Vocalforum Graz (Austria) Venturum Nome (France) VME Vass Lajos Kórus (Hungary) Coro da cámara di Torino (Italy) Off the Record (United Kingdom) Chamber Choir Carpe Diem (Russia) Boğaziçi Jazz Choir (Turkey) ...    less

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 ...