Choral music is currently going through a renaissance with hundreds of professional and amateur choirs singing all across the world. But what makes the sound, and in particular the sound of a professional group, so appealing? In this essay, I look at the ...  moreChoral music is currently going through a renaissance with hundreds of professional and amateur choirs singing all across the world. But what makes the sound, and in particular the sound of a professional group, so appealing? In this essay, I look at the science behind the notes to find out why choral music sounds so good. ▶ Support my channel: https://www.patreon.com/lIsteningin ▶ Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2PlVaMS ____________________ ▶ Website: http://www.barnabymartin.com ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarnabyMartin FURTHER READING Choral Phonetics - when vowels control the intonation [Wolfgang Saus]: https://www.oberton.org/wp-content/uploads/ws-Choral-Phonetics-vh-2.pdf CHOIRS FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO Tenebrae Choir: https://www.tenebrae-choir.com/ Voces8: https://voces8.com/ Illuminare Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnDCENlgvXo The Choir of Westminster Abbey: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/worship-music/music/the-abbey-choir-and-musicians/the-choir The Kingdom Choir: https://ki...    less

"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

Just a a few snippets from the chorIster point of view.

Jeugdkoor Rondinella Knokke-HeIst tijdens de koorwedstrijd te Brugge.

In Fall 2018, New York's Choral Chameleon Chorus collaborated with jazz pianIst and composer Eri Yamamoto, to bring to life 'Goshu Ondo Suite', her new, hour-length piece for choir and jazz trio. LIsten to Eri Yamamoto and Choral Chameleon's ArtIstic D...  moreIn Fall 2018, New York's Choral Chameleon Chorus collaborated with jazz pianIst and composer Eri Yamamoto, to bring to life 'Goshu Ondo Suite', her new, hour-length piece for choir and jazz trio. LIsten to Eri Yamamoto and Choral Chameleon's ArtIstic Director Vince Peterson discussing the project, with footage from the November 2018 premiere at the Paul Taylor Dance Company Studios. The event culminated in a dance party encore with audience and choir dancing together! After a simple lesson in the Obon dance from Shiga prefecture in Japan, the audience danced to a reprise of the final movement by the choir and trio. The live performance recording of Goshu Ondo Suite will be released by Aum Fidelity label. Pre-OrDer from October 1st 2019, release date November 15th 2019.  less

Weeping, by Dan Heymann, as performed by The Drakensberg Boys' Choir on Wednesday 22 September 2010

Performed by the Stellenbosch University Choir on 16 October 2011 in the Endler hall, Stellenbosch as part of their annual Gala Concert. For more info, go to: http://www.sun.ac.za/koor

An internationally recognized, Kodály-certified choral director, Henry Leck is a professor emeritus and recently retired director of choral activities at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.  He is FounDer and ArtIstic Director of the I...

FHCS was formed in 1951 and has grown into an ambitious 100-strong choir. Membership is open to anyone with or without choral experience. We aim for high standards, and of course strong singers are always valued – but you don’t have to be able to read m...  moreFHCS was formed in 1951 and has grown into an ambitious 100-strong choir. Membership is open to anyone with or without choral experience. We aim for high standards, and of course strong singers are always valued – but you don’t have to be able to read music, and there are no auditions. The age range of members stem from 20 to over 70 so there is room for everyone. If you’re not sure which voice part you are then ChrIstopher Wray, our Musical Director, can help you with this. The Choir performs three public concerts each year, at Easter, in the Summer and at ChrIstmas. We also support the local communities by singing at various events and this includes raising funds for charities. Each year we also sing away from London which combines singing to another community, or combining a performance with their choir, with a fun day out. At times we take more extensive trips and you can see details on these events in our ‘News Items’ section of the website. FHCS is also a very social Choir and apart from a...    less