Marvelous Praise 2017

meeting music is happy to announce the 10th Per Musicam Ad Astra International Copernicus Choir Festival and Competition in Toruń, Poland,  June 28-July 2, 2023 This event is a great opportunity for integration of the Choral community and promotio...

Active since 2009, Jovem Canto Youth Choir is a group for young people and adolescents from 14 years up. Undertakes to be a space for youth have contact with concert Choral music. The group sings a diverse and technically challenging repertoire, exploring...  etParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreActive since 2009, Jovem Canto Youth Choir is a group for young people and adolescents from 14 years up. Undertakes to be a space for youth have contact with concert Choral music. The group sings a diverse and technically challenging repertoire, exploring different sounds and new musical languages. In his repertoire are works by composers as Janequin, Scarlatti, Bach, Beethoven, Whitacre, Widmer, Stroope, Jobim and Ronaldo Miranda. The styles range from classical to popular, jazz, spirituals, sacred music, Brazilian Popular Music, opera and musicals. Since its formation is conducted by Altamiro Bernardes and has Lana Bernardes as assistant conductor. The Choir members receive training in vocal technique, music reading, perception, music history, harmony and musical aesthetics, always in the context of Choral activity and a language for young people. In addition to the concerts, the Choir participates in educational activities such as educational concerts, workshops, lectures and conversations with professiona...    etParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

Cincinnati USA celebrates the Countdown to the 2012 World Choir Games on July 11, 2011, on Fountain Square in the center of downtown. Cincinnati USA will be the first North American host of the World Choir Games, the largest Choral festival in the world. ...  etParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreCincinnati USA celebrates the Countdown to the 2012 World Choir Games on July 11, 2011, on Fountain Square in the center of downtown. Cincinnati USA will be the first North American host of the World Choir Games, the largest Choral festival in the world. This video postcard invites Choirs all over the globe to join the fun.  

  https://www.esplanade.com/events/2018/estonian-national-male-Choir   The Grammy Award-winning Estonian National Male Choir makes its Singapore debut at the Esplanade Concert Hall, presenting Choral works from the 19th century to the prese...

BUMK Classical Choir (Conductor: Kaan Bayır) Since 1994, the Choir continues to bring students together in Choral life. Besides its regular concerts in Bogazici University, they also performed in cities such as Ankara, Canakkale, Afyon, Denizli, Izmir,...  etParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreBUMK Classical Choir (Conductor: Kaan Bayır) Since 1994, the Choir continues to bring students together in Choral life. Besides its regular concerts in Bogazici University, they also performed in cities such as Ankara, Canakkale, Afyon, Denizli, Izmir, Antalya, Mugla, Sakarya, Kocaeli and reach their voices to people in the country. Some of the significant performances of the Choir can be listed as Ankara Polyphonic Choir Festival, Afyon Classical Music Festival, Austrian Consulate Culture Office New Year Concert, Jungend Musiziert Competition Opening Concert, Istanbul International Choir Days (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) In year 2007 announced as ''Mevlana (Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī) Year'' by UNESCO, the Choir prepared the repertoire including the works of Mevlana and Yunus Emre. In this context, the Choir performed in Musicateneo Festival Opening Concert with the theme called ''Journey to Absence'' and share thoughts, feelings and wishes of historical turkish figures with the audience, in a musical way. The Choir ...    etParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

A Prayer for Chanukah for Baritone Solo, SATB Chorus and Chamber Orchestra Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) NotePerformer 3 Audio, Scrolling Score Video Words: "Al hanisim" Traditional Hebrew Prayer for Chanukah English singing translation by...  etParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreA Prayer for Chanukah for Baritone Solo, SATB Chorus and Chamber Orchestra Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) NotePerformer 3 Audio, Scrolling Score Video Words: "Al hanisim" Traditional Hebrew Prayer for Chanukah English singing translation by Stanley M. Hoffman Music and Translation: © Copyright 2002 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing Group. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5906 --- A Prayer for Chanukah We thank you for the wonders, for the liberation, for the powerful actions and deeds of deliverance, performed by you, and for the victories of our ancestors in their struggles in ancient times at this time of year. In the days of the Hasmonean, Mattathias, child of Johanan the High Priest, and his children, a tyrant rose up against the people of Israel to make them forget your laws and violate the rules of your commandments, then, in your abounding compassion, you rose up for them in their time of distress;...    etParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

Video recording of the Star Wars Concert was permitted at my show. Duel of the Fates is my favorite song from the Star Wars saga. Watching and hearing the music performed by Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and Coro Sinfónico Lisboa Cantat was amazin...  etParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreVideo recording of the Star Wars Concert was permitted at my show. Duel of the Fates is my favorite song from the Star Wars saga. Watching and hearing the music performed by Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and Coro Sinfónico Lisboa Cantat was amazing. If I wasn't holding the camera, I would have been waving my lightsaber around. I get so hyped up hearing this.  

During the last decade, Oregon State University has become a center for excellence in Choral music in the Pacific Northwest. As the premiere Chorale ensemble at OSU, the OSU Chamber Choir, under the direction of Dr. Steven Zielke, has garnered national a...  etParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreDuring the last decade, Oregon State University has become a center for excellence in Choral music in the Pacific Northwest. As the premiere Chorale ensemble at OSU, the OSU Chamber Choir, under the direction of Dr. Steven Zielke, has garnered national attention and international awards. While touring Eastern Europe in 2001, the Choir received the Grand Prize at the Festival of Light in Bulgaria, and in April 2006, the Chamber Choir was selected as the only collegiate mixed Choir from outside of the state of Utah to perform at the 60th Music Educators National Biennial Conference in Salt Lake City. The Choir has performed in many exciting venues, including a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Smetana Hall in Prague and at Strathov Monastery in Prague Castle, the first Choir allowed to perform in the monastery in decades. The Choir has also toured Germany, China, British Columbia, and the Southwestern United States. They perform regularly in state and regional music conferences and on art seri...    etParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(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] Most singers in Choirs don’t fit neatly into Choral vocal ranges. Yet we try to squeeze them in to our off-the-shelf arrangements, chastising them when ...