Performance of the Stellenbosch University Choir from South Africa in the competition category Musica Sacra

From our June 6, 2008 "Tell the World" Concert in San Jose, CA. The Choral Project, founded by Artistic Director Daniel Hughes in 1996, has developed an outstanding reputation for performing high-level Choral literature and bridging the gap between text a...  moreFrom our June 6, 2008 "Tell the World" Concert in San Jose, CA. The Choral Project, founded by Artistic Director Daniel Hughes in 1996, has developed an outstanding reputation for performing high-level Choral literature and bridging the gap between text and music, singer and spectator. Our Vision is "to heal our world through music and words". Our music is available on iTunes and at www.Choralproject.org  

A performance of A Spotless Rose by P. Mealor by The University Chorale of East Central University. Recorded November, 2016. Dr. J. Steven Walker, conductor.

Mar. 15, 2014 Soloist: Joshua Enns Guitar: Walker Rambo --------------------------------- http://www.prairievoices.ca https://www.facebook.com/PrairieVoices https://twitter.com/_PrairieVoices

All audio and video files were created using My Choral Coach Text and Music by B.E. Boykin Dr. Gary Packwood, conductor - Mississippi State University Video by Daniel Solberg, DSol Productions

Nov. 15, 2014 Soloists: Abby Craton and Walker Rambo Percussion: Alec Beatty and Adrian Pecold Choreography: Ainsley Check http://www.prairievoices.org https://www.facebook.com/PrairieVoices https://twitter.com/_PrairieVoices

May 9, 2015 Soloist: Adrian Pecold https://www.facebook.com/PrairieVoices http://www.prairievoices.org https://twitter.com/_PrairieVoices

Mixed Choir Dziesmuvara consists of approx 40 singers of ages between 18 and 35. Every year Dziesmuvara takes part in international or national Choral competitions. Since 2013 the choir has travelled to Poland, Lithuania, France and Czech Republic and al...  moreMixed Choir Dziesmuvara consists of approx 40 singers of ages between 18 and 35. Every year Dziesmuvara takes part in international or national Choral competitions. Since 2013 the choir has travelled to Poland, Lithuania, France and Czech Republic and all around Latvia. Dziesmuvara also participates in the Latvian Song Celebration festivals and occasionally teams up with fellow University and youth choirs to sing together in concerts. The more, the merrier!  

  (A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog Choral Clarity)     Eliminating the Choral Caste System:   As we aspire to have outstanding high school Choral programs, it is easy to fall into the trap of pe...

Simon Lindley's setting of 'Ave Maria' - under the title of 'Litany for Mary' - was produced originally as a setting for upper voices. The music was devised to short call order for a Mothers' Union Deanery Service in what was then Leeds Parish Church on...  moreSimon Lindley's setting of 'Ave Maria' - under the title of 'Litany for Mary' - was produced originally as a setting for upper voices. The music was devised to short call order for a Mothers' Union Deanery Service in what was then Leeds Parish Church on Lady Day - the Feast of the Annunciation - in March 1979. Its accompaniment owes much to the setting of Robert Herrick's 'Litany to the Holy Spirit' by Peter Hurford of some twenty years earlier. 'Ave Maria' has been extensively recorded and broadcast by choirs of all traditions, especially children's choirs. Eventually, a version of the piece for four-part choir emerged during the early weeks of 2003 in response to a request from Gordon Stewart on behalf of the BBC Radio 4 Pilgrim Choir and it is this more recent version that is sung here. This performance was recorded in Leeds Minster on Sunday 28th April 2013 during the recital of 'Music with Minster connections' sung by St Peter's Singers of Leeds, directed by the composer. The organist is David Houl...    less