[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about the challenges faced by singers joining an established choir.   photo by fromcolettewithlove   This week I wi...

Orpheus Chamber Singers, a professional adult mixed choir, was founded with the express purpose of providing exceptional performances of traditional and innovative chamber choral music from the past six centuries. Since our first concert in 1995, Orpheus ...  moreOrpheus Chamber Singers, a professional adult mixed choir, was founded with the express purpose of providing exceptional performances of traditional and innovative chamber choral music from the past six centuries. Since our first concert in 1995, Orpheus has presented a multi-concert subscription series each year to great critical acclaim. Orpheus has performed throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area at venues including the regional conference of the American Choral Directors Association, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Kimbell Museum of Art, UT-Southwestern Medical Center, Children’s Medical Center-Dallas, and numerous public schools. Collaborations over its 30-year history have included Ars Lyrica Houston, Gramophone Award-winning Baroque scholar John Butt, Texas Camerata, jazz pianist Eric Barnes, hand drummer and international percussionist Jamal Mohamed, tanpura player Vatsal Dave, and many other outstanding instrumentalists. Founding Artistic Director Donald Krehbiel retired from Orpheus after 27 seasons w...    less

Performed at the 2012 Season of Harmony Concert November 17, 2012 at Hillsboro High School Words and Music by ROY ORBISON and JOE MELSON Arrangement by TOM GENTRY

We were founded by musician Shona Brown in 2009 with 3 choirs and now are 4 community choirs across Bearsden and Lanarkshire with around 180 members. We rehearse weekly and sing a variety of pop, rock, folk, reggae and gospel. SoundRoutes Singers have ...  moreWe were founded by musician Shona Brown in 2009 with 3 choirs and now are 4 community choirs across Bearsden and Lanarkshire with around 180 members. We rehearse weekly and sing a variety of pop, rock, folk, reggae and gospel. SoundRoutes Singers have performed to sellout audiences at venues across the local region and in 2012 recorded our debut EP Changing Key. The groundbreaking project was in conjunction with Addiewell Prison Choir, also run by Shona Brown, Britain's first prison choir and over £3000 was raised for Shelter Scotland.  less

County Town Singers - Baba Yetu by Christopher Tin; John Van Hoof soloist; May 7, 2010 at CAW Hall Oshawa, ON

No Excuses! Women’s Choir We are inviting singers and choirs to join the No Excuses! massed Women's Choir, presented by the School of Hard Knocks and the Big West Festival.   No Excuses! is a song suite created by composers Christina Green a...

Founded in June 2010, Ponte Singers is one the of most preeminent youth choir in Hong Kong. With members graduated from Hong Kong traditional schools like Diocesan Boys’ School, Belilios Public School, St. Paul’s Coeducation College, Ying Wa Girls’ School...  moreFounded in June 2010, Ponte Singers is one the of most preeminent youth choir in Hong Kong. With members graduated from Hong Kong traditional schools like Diocesan Boys’ School, Belilios Public School, St. Paul’s Coeducation College, Ying Wa Girls’ School, St. Stephen’s Girls’ College, St. Paul’s College, Wah Yan College Kowloon, and also universities like the Hong Kong University and the Chinese University, the group was immediately invited by the HKSAR government to a celebration performance in early July 2010. The group also presented a standard professional program of sacred music in its first concert “Inspiratio” in August 2010, and a themed concert, featuring a range of masterpieces of Chinese Choral music,「聲．華」in August 2011, which won critical acclaim from local music conductors, composers and musicians. In addition to performing traditional choir masterpiece, Ponte Singers also rearranges Hymns, Pop and folk songs, aiming to share a variety of music style, and to present our own interpretation of mus...    less

Website: http://artseducation.culturalcenter.gov.ph/choralfestmnl Competition Schedule: August 7-10, 2013 Deadline for submission of application requirements: April 2, 2013 In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Philippine Madrigal Singers, ...  moreWebsite: http://artseducation.culturalcenter.gov.ph/choralfestmnl Competition Schedule: August 7-10, 2013 Deadline for submission of application requirements: April 2, 2013 In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Philippine Madrigal Singers, the Cultural Center of the Philippines invites choirs from all over the world to compete in the Andrea O. Veneracion Choral Festival, Manila, 2013. It is open to choirs which will qualify in the following categories: Folk Music, Vocal Ensemble, Chamber Choir. The festival honors the founder of the Philippine Madrigal Singers, National Artist for Music, Andrea O. Veneracion, an esteemed choirmaster and choral clinician who is instrumental in the promotion of choral music all over the country.  less

Founded in October 2008 by Katharina Megli, the Lucy Cavendish Singers are a small choir of around 16 women. Membership is by audition only. All performances are from memory, delivering carefully-structured, semi-choreographed programmes. Repertoire encom...  moreFounded in October 2008 by Katharina Megli, the Lucy Cavendish Singers are a small choir of around 16 women. Membership is by audition only. All performances are from memory, delivering carefully-structured, semi-choreographed programmes. Repertoire encompasses jazz, show tunes and folk songs as well as opera and the classical repertoire. Members include fellows and alumnae of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, as well as singers drawn from the wider community.  

County Town Singers perform Time to Say Goodbye in Italian at their May 7, 2010 concert at the CAW Hall, Oshawa, ON.