November 22!!! Having returned from our successful tour to Wales (UK), earlier this Summer, will be staging an event to launch our first Album this month.   The Album titled Behold the S...

Recorded at our Summer Lights concert, live at the Cornerhouse Theatre, Surbiton. http://www.northkingstonchoir.org.uk

Recorded at our Summer Love concert, July 2015.

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Most choirs have a long break at this time of year (whether it’s your Summer or your winter).   photo by Timothy Valentine   Ap...

Recorded at our Summer concert on July 13th 2014. If you'd like to sing with us check out our website at http://northkingstonchoir.wix.com/nkc

Recorded at our 'Summer Love' concert, July 2015. www.northkingstonchoir.org.uk

Latin “con” +“spirare” = “to breathe together.” We sing life. Conspirare was founded in 1991 to present a Summer classical music festival in Austin, Texas. Since then, the organization has grown rapidly to become an internationally recognized, profess...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreLatin “con” +“spirare” = “to breathe together.” We sing life. Conspirare was founded in 1991 to present a Summer classical music festival in Austin, Texas. Since then, the organization has grown rapidly to become an internationally recognized, professional choral organization that combines outstanding vocal artistry with innovative programming. Led by renowned founding artistic director Craig Hella Johnson, Conspirare is comprised of two adult ensembles and two youth choirs. The five-time Grammy-nominated chamber choir Conspirare, with extraordinarily talented singers from around the country, is presented in an annual concert series in Austin and other Texas communities, tours in the U.S. and abroad, and records on the Harmonia Mundi label. The Conspirare Symphonic Choir of both professional and volunteer singers performs at least one large choral/orchestral work annually in Austin and often collaborates with the Austin Symphony and other performing organizations. The Conspirare Youth Choirs is an educat...    ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

in the Summer of 2005, a few singers in the Madison Early Music Festival decided that it was a fine idea to get together and delight themselves with singing madrigals. The group's first piece—William Byrd’s “This sweet and merry month of May”, whose endin...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">morein the Summer of 2005, a few singers in the Madison Early Music Festival decided that it was a fine idea to get together and delight themselves with singing madrigals. The group's first piece—William Byrd’s “This sweet and merry month of May”, whose ending celebrated Queen Elizabeth I with the words And greet Eliza with a rhyme: O beauteous Queen of Second Troy, Take well in worth a simple toy. provided a great name for the group. Eliza’s Toyes was born, and existed every Summer in Madison, Wisconsin. in 2008, a fair number of singers who were in Eliza's Toyes are living in Madison once again. Thus we gather, outside of the Festival, for the joy of music making. It is our pleasure to continue sharing this wonderful body of music with you for the second year!  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   After the long Summer break, I used to arrive really early at the first choir session, sit by the door, and worry that nobody would come back.   ...

Cor Flammae is Vancouver's Summer chorus of classically trained, queer singers, performing queer content. Composed from the ranks of the city's top-flight choral ensembles and singers, the choir seeks to reveal the hidden queer heritage often ignored in t...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreCor Flammae is Vancouver's Summer chorus of classically trained, queer singers, performing queer content. Composed from the ranks of the city's top-flight choral ensembles and singers, the choir seeks to reveal the hidden queer heritage often ignored in the conservative world of classical music.