"evening morning day" by David Lang. Text from The Book of Genesis 1. Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University. Director: Beth Willer. ...  more"evening morning day" by David Lang. Text from The Book of Genesis 1. Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University. Director: Beth Willer. The composer writes: "I wanted to make a piece about The creation story but I didn't want to highlight one religion's or culture's narrative over anoTher." "It was important for me to try to find something universal, something present in all stories, or common to all cultures. I hit upon The idea of making a kind of checklist of everything that needed to be created to get The world to this point, without each individual culture's stories or myths or exoticisms. I went back to The first chapter of Genesis, to see what I could get out of my own culture's story, and I stripped away all The descriptions, adjectives, connectors and motivators. All that is left of Genesis in my text are The nouns, leaving a dispassionate list of everything created, in The order in ...    less

Kantorei Choral Ensemble in rehearsal. Tristis Est Anima Mea by Juan Gutierrez de Padilla. www.kantoreikc.org

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   For those of us who work to School terms, it is now The summer holidays. Unlike us poor folk here in The UK, The summer break is months long i...

Sing The World proudly presents ‘A Concert of Hope’   A fundraising Concert for New York’s homeless, featuring The New York premiere of The award winning STREET REQUIEM for those who have died on The street by Kathleen McGuire, ...

Just a a few snippets from The chorister point of view.

Organized under The direction of Dr. Brady Allred in 2010, The Salt Lake Vocal Artists has become The first professional-level touring and recording Choir within The Salt Lake Choral Artists organization. This mixed-voice Choral ensemble varies in size d...  moreOrganized under The direction of Dr. Brady Allred in 2010, The Salt Lake Vocal Artists has become The first professional-level touring and recording Choir within The Salt Lake Choral Artists organization. This mixed-voice Choral ensemble varies in size depending on The project from 16 to 40 auditioned singers and performs a diverse repertoire ranging from The Renaissance to The 21st Century. In its premiere season, The SL Vocal Artists were honored with an invitation to participate in The 42nd Tolosa Choral Contest in October 2010. After a successful Concert tour of The Basque region of Spain, The SLVA competed against renowned Choirs from all over The world and were awarded First Prize in all four categories They entered, as well as The special Audience Prize. To conclude only its second season, The SL Vocal Artists were one of only 25 Choirs and The only American Choir to perform at The World Choral Symposium in Argentina following a two week Concert tour of The country in July and August. They also trave...    less

Hallelujah from Messiah by G.F. Händel Orchestral and Choral director: Arda Ardaşes Agoşyan. Encore piece as part of The Concert entitled "A Baroque Celebration: Händel and Charpentier." Soloists: Natali Boğosyan (soprano) Elif Tuğba Tekışık ...  moreHallelujah from Messiah by G.F. Händel Orchestral and Choral director: Arda Ardaşes Agoşyan. Encore piece as part of The Concert entitled "A Baroque Celebration: Händel and Charpentier." Soloists: Natali Boğosyan (soprano) Elif Tuğba Tekışık (alto) Caner Akın (tenor) Kevork Tavityan (bass) Choirs: CorISTAnbul Chamber Choir & German Protestant Church Choir Orchestra: Feministanbul Chamber Orchestra German Protestant Church, Istanbul/Turkey February 24, 2013 Shot by Özgür Başkaya  less

Performance by The Mansfield University Concert Choir conducted by Peggy Dettwiler at The 2014 World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia. They won a gold medal and second place in The Spiritual Category.

Performance by The Mansfield University Concert Choir conducted by Peggy Dettwiler at The 2014 World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia. They won a gold medal and second place in The Spiritual Category.

University of The Philippines Concert Chorus performs Ryan Cayabyab's Hibang Sa Awit 50th Anniversary Gala Night Concert University of The Philippines Theater Diliman, Quezon City December 21, 2012