FENtastic 2012 Date：2012/05/29 Place：National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan Conductor：Chia-Fen, Weng Quatre Petites Prières de Saint François d'Assise 《聖方濟的四首短祈禱文》1. Salut, Dame Sainte Lyrics：François d'Assise Composer：Francis Poulenc

Twenty years after showing its marvelous performances on stage, the Biayenda Choir of Dakar was able to build its own réputation as one of the most committed Choir in Senegal. This intercultural Choir comprises fifteen amateur singers from several african...  moreTwenty years after showing its marvelous performances on stage, the Biayenda Choir of Dakar was able to build its own réputation as one of the most committed Choir in Senegal. This intercultural Choir comprises fifteen amateur singers from several african countries. It was first establishments in 1996 in Dakar by a group of youth who adored the art of singing. The Choir consistently performed varions type of music, gathering between both classical and modern music (folklore and international). It transcended continents, surpassed réas and diversified its origins from spiritual music, through romantic, to religious and reaching comic music, with a tendency towards african melodies and rythms. It urges us to re-discover and unveil the musical treasures of african continent that dates back to ancestors and to the native people of the Black continent. On the stage, the Choir collaborated with famous conductors such as Michel Piquemal with Choeur Vittoria (Île de France)de Paris or Dr Intessar Abdel Fattah, Egypti...    less

The Edinburgh Police Choir is open to anyone who can sing, not just to police staff. Our performances are described as ‘absolutely incredible’, ‘stunning’, ‘inspiring’, and ‘hugely surprising’. That’s because we work hard to deserve such comments. We beg...  moreThe Edinburgh Police Choir is open to anyone who can sing, not just to police staff. Our performances are described as ‘absolutely incredible’, ‘stunning’, ‘inspiring’, and ‘hugely surprising’. That’s because we work hard to deserve such comments. We began 6 years ago as the Lothian and Borders Police Choir and have performed at events in large and small venues, have sung in New York, representing Scotland at the 10th anniversary of 9/11, at T in the Park, have sold out at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and have been highly placed in competitions.  less

Urjwan Choir Tartous - Syria Urjwan Choir was launched in September 2015 in Tartous City - Syria as a Choir group for harmonically distributed singing. The Adutl Choir Includes More Than 60 amateurs, who belong to various social, scientific and cultur...  moreUrjwan Choir Tartous - Syria Urjwan Choir was launched in September 2015 in Tartous City - Syria as a Choir group for harmonically distributed singing. The Adutl Choir Includes More Than 60 amateurs, who belong to various social, scientific and cultural groups and segments: school and university students, employees, teachers, engineers, doctors, parents ... and from different denominations and religions of Syrian society and Syrian Cities and Governorates, who were brought together, due to war conditions, in the City of Tartous. The first objective of establishing this Choir was to integrate choral music into our local musical culture as a new type of sung music whereby the Choir presents international choral works to its Syrian audience. Moreover, the Choir aims to develop and modernize the methods of Arab musical compositions by harmonizing and rearranging it and singing it in a way that uses the best scientific and technical methods to present the best human voice professionally. The Choir’s rep...    less

Who are we? Well, we are the Kórus Spontánusz! That was our answer, unexpected even for us, since we hadn’t thought of a name yet. It happened on a December night in 2001 in Sopron in front of the Dömötöri Patisserie where we sang Christmas carols for ...  moreWho are we? Well, we are the Kórus Spontánusz! That was our answer, unexpected even for us, since we hadn’t thought of a name yet. It happened on a December night in 2001 in Sopron in front of the Dömötöri Patisserie where we sang Christmas carols for the passersby. We didn’t notice being founded, only the joy of polyphonic singing. It was, and still is our experience that making music together strengthens existing friendships and facilitates the development of new ones. We started out with 13 people and our numbers have only been growing ever since, we count 25-35 members on average. We gladly sing anything may that be it religious or secular, Hungarian or from abroad regardless of its period or language if it fits our skills and numbers. We sing in churches, restaurants, museums, the Academy of Music, small villages in Hungary or Austria, at international competitions, libraries – anyplace where we are welcome. Singing in a Choir is a demanding activity; it takes a lot of time, energy, discipline a...    less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] There are plenty of studies now about the many benefits of singing together. But they only look at the experience of the singers in a Choir.   I&rsqu...

What is a Show Choir? A show Choir is a group of people singing while incorporating a few dance movements or simple choreography. Our show Choir classes are crafted especially for adults with a musical repertoire including a mix of Jazz Swing, Retro and P...  moreWhat is a Show Choir? A show Choir is a group of people singing while incorporating a few dance movements or simple choreography. Our show Choir classes are crafted especially for adults with a musical repertoire including a mix of Jazz Swing, Retro and Popular classics.  

The Lassus Scholars, named after the great Renaissance composer Orlande de Lassus, seek to achieve excellence in expression and interpretation in all musical styles from the 16th century to the present day.

The fundamental connection between music and scenic performance – this will be the intent with which CHOREOS wants to produce a new quality of musical scenic performances. The long-term experience of scenic choreographic work with different Choirs shows ...  moreThe fundamental connection between music and scenic performance – this will be the intent with which CHOREOS wants to produce a new quality of musical scenic performances. The long-term experience of scenic choreographic work with different Choirs shows us that singing or experiencing music is always connected to a primal impulse to movement. This primal impulse is unfolded our production, connect it to space and light and bring it all together in our performance. The result is a new musical work in a physical wholesomeness in which sound and movement do not compete but complement and enhance each other in fruitful ways. We are not interested in creating pictures for the music – we enhance the uncompromising sound to another level of perception, we heighten and amplify the body consciousness of our singing performers. We use the knowledge about the space and the powerful energies therein for our performances of Choir singing. The dialogue between the perception of the inside and outside, the area of tension ...    less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] When I started my most recent community Choir The OK Chorale back in 2011 I decided it wasn’t going to be a performing Choir.     Brig...