African-American choral music grew out of the oral tradition of spirituals that was created by African slaves.  These songs, influenced by Christianity and rooted in African culture, expressed the hardship and hope of African slaves in the United Sta...

Magnum Chorum performs Bogoróditse Dévo, Raduysia by Sergey Khvoshchinsky at Church of the Annunciation, Minneapolis, MN, December 2017. Brian A. Schmidt, guest conductor. Used by permission.

Gresley Male Voice Choir, Autumn Celebrity Concert 2015

A brilliant end to the first half of our October Concert! : )

Sanita Melodia Choir at Symphony of Life Concert on November 2013

Recorded at our Summer Love Concert, July 2015.

Craig Courtney's "Secure." Congregational Church of Batavia, IL. March15, 2015.

Нижний Новгород. Мексиканская народная песня "La Cucaracha".

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I don’t go to Concerts much, especially not choir Concerts. I find them rather long and boring.     Photot by ToniVC   But a fe...

The Vail Chorale fall 2015 Concert at Dell Webb Rancho del Lago