On 20 June 2026 at 7.30pm Kingston Choral Society presents a summer programme focusing on the natural world. featuring Music by Leonard Bernstein, Elgar, Holst, Howells, Parry, Purcell, Stanford and Dowland in his 400th anniversary year. These diverse pie...  moreOn 20 June 2026 at 7.30pm Kingston Choral Society presents a summer programme focusing on the natural world. featuring Music by Leonard Bernstein, Elgar, Holst, Howells, Parry, Purcell, Stanford and Dowland in his 400th anniversary year. These diverse pieces share a focus on the natural world. Part one of the concert delights in all things pastoral in a series of anthems, partsongs and folk songs. Part two introduces the ominous note of threats to nature, with Cecilia McDowall’s haunting cantata, The Ice is Listening. Inspired by accounts of seventeenth and eighteenth century frost fairs on the River Thames, this gorgeous work evokes nature’s fragile balance – a theme amplified by Raymond Yiu’s rich song cycle for soprano, The Earth and Every Common Sight, which urgently addresses the peril of climate change. The concert will be conducted by Andrew Griffiths, with Gavin Roberts playing organ and piano and the Soprano, Donna Lennard, performing the song cycle. KCS has been sharing the joy of choral mu...    less

What Happens When A Woman? (By ALEXANDRA OLSAVSKY of ARTEMISIA) Aynı Sahnede Concert Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory Concert Saloon 24 February 2024 / Ankara - Türkiye ---------------------------- ---------------------------- Let our ...  moreWhat Happens When A Woman? (By ALEXANDRA OLSAVSKY of ARTEMISIA) Aynı Sahnede Concert Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory Concert Saloon 24 February 2024 / Ankara - Türkiye ---------------------------- ---------------------------- Let our voice be our gift to all women around the world on March 8, the day recognized by the United Nations as International Women's Day, which has become a symbol of women's struggle for equality! We wanted to support this struggle with our voices, wishing to celebrate many more years of women's visibility in social life, business life, education life and even on stage! As FeminAnka Women's Choir, we sang for women who have been deprived of even singing for centuries: What Happens When A Woman?  less

From our 2013 Lessons and Carols Candlelight Service. We are joined by guest vocalists Holly Ruth Gale (Assistant Professor of Music, ATU) and Jeremy Hopper (student, UCA). Sean Sweeden on marimba and Mallory Sweeden on flute.

Joho Choir Tour 2013 - Viking Singers perform in the Neptune Pool at Hearst Castle

The girls quartet in which Manca Simonič, Urška Brank, Ana Plemenitaš and Višnja Fičor are singing is called Gallina, in translation pullet. But the only Association is their liveliness, ease and wittiness. The group was established in the end of 2010. Th...  moreThe girls quartet in which Manca Simonič, Urška Brank, Ana Plemenitaš and Višnja Fičor are singing is called Gallina, in translation pullet. But the only Association is their liveliness, ease and wittiness. The group was established in the end of 2010. The girls were singing together in several acknowledged Slovene Choirs and they all still sing in varied singing groups (RTV Chamber Choir, Opera Choir SNT Opera and Ballet Ljubljana, Vocal Group iZbor …) The leader of the group is a promising young conductor Ana Erčulj, who is regularly attending masterclasses led by Slovene and foreign experts. Besides ordinarily performance they are working on implementation of the program by binding singing with other arts such as dancing and visuality. Their reperoaire consist of slovenian folk Music, vocal jazz and pop. Gallina is working with young composers and encourage them to write for female quartet in different styles. In 2012 Gallina received silver award on Slovene Choral Competition Naša pesem/Maribor and in 2014 g...    less

FFUCoral Jingle Bell Rock, de Bobby Helms. Arranjo: João Henriques. Jantar de gala de Natal do NEF/AAC 20 Dez 2013

Originally posted: http://kellygalbraithblog.com/2013/06/12/the-song-of-the-sirens-the-ultimate-femme-fatales-with-Music-by-alison-krauss-debussy-wagner-gliere-parry/     Deeply embedded in my DNA is not only a desire, but a primal need to b...

Founded in 2011 by Artistic Director Tony Burdette, Voices of the Commonwealth, an ensemble of the Northern Kentucky School of Music, is a 70-voice community chorus for adults in Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati. Dedicated to presenting inspiring and...  moreFounded in 2011 by Artistic Director Tony Burdette, Voices of the Commonwealth, an ensemble of the Northern Kentucky School of Music, is a 70-voice community chorus for adults in Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati. Dedicated to presenting inspiring and innovative programs that engage and enrich audiences, Voices of the Commonwealth has made quite an impact on the Musical life of Northern Kentucky in two short years. Committed to collaboration and community involvement, Voices of the Commonwealth has partnered with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, the Disabled American Veterans National Headquarters, Highlands High School choral department, the Northern Kentucky Children's Ensemble, local veterans groups, churches, and Musicians.  less

"Dance in the Fire" by Jacek Sykulski (Poznan, Poland). It's dedicated to 9/11.

Originally published as http://kellygalbraithblog.com/2013/07/05/women-who-rule-part-2-choral-Music-inspired-by-the-queen-of-sheba-catherine-the-great-queen-krystina-wasa/       According to bookies, it would be in my best interest to...