The Embro Thistle Singers or ETS is a group of community members who joined together in February of 2010 to have fun with choral music. The Embro area is well known for having very talented people and we have added to the Embro talent with people from Wo...  moreThe Embro Thistle Singers or ETS is a group of community members who joined together in February of 2010 to have fun with choral music. The Embro area is well known for having very talented people and we have added to the Embro talent with people from Woodstock, Ingersoll, Thamesford, Cambridge, London. Our goal is to make a great choral sound by learning and working together. We sing both the classics and the fun songs but our chief goals are that we have FUN while being of service to our communities!!!  less

In Hora Sexta was born as a Chamber choir in 2002. From the beginning our intention was to establish a dialog between ancient vocal music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods and contemporary music from the 20th and 21st centuries. As the vocal requir...  moreIn Hora Sexta was born as a Chamber choir in 2002. From the beginning our intention was to establish a dialog between ancient vocal music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods and contemporary music from the 20th and 21st centuries. As the vocal requirements of this aim are very important, we pay special attention to the musical and technical preparation of our programmes, in order to provide high quality performances. Our repertory includes ancient and contemporary music and works from composers such as Claudio Monteverdi, William Byrd, Heinrich Schütz, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Thomas Tallis, Vicente Goicoechea, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Vytautas Miskinis, Zoltán Kodaly, Samuel Barber, Benjamin Britten, Astor Piazzolla and Marcos Leite. In Hora Sexta has regularly taken part in the musical series of concerts organized by Madrid town council and other Spanish institutions since 2003. We have been on tour in Canarias, Barcelona, Valencia, Toledo or La Granja de San Ildefonso. We have also taken par...    less

Vox Humana is a Chamber choir at the University of Oslo, consisting of current and recent students. A key feature of the choir's profile is its wide repertoire and creative concert formats. The choir's classical repertoire ranges from Monteverdi to Schnit...  moreVox Humana is a Chamber choir at the University of Oslo, consisting of current and recent students. A key feature of the choir's profile is its wide repertoire and creative concert formats. The choir's classical repertoire ranges from Monteverdi to Schnittke, its popular repertoire from folk tunes to pop/rock a cappella. Vox Humana has released two CDs and an award-winning music video.  

Chamber Choir Cantate is a unique female choir founded by conductor Gerard Franck in 1970. It has been directed by conductor Dion Ritten since 2002. It may consider itself one of the Netherlands' best vocal ensembles. The choir works on quality and innova...  moreChamber Choir Cantate is a unique female choir founded by conductor Gerard Franck in 1970. It has been directed by conductor Dion Ritten since 2002. It may consider itself one of the Netherlands' best vocal ensembles. The choir works on quality and innovation in the field of female choral singing. Cantate is generally praised for its natural way of making music, excellent balance, purity, atmosphere and musicality. Whether it concerns secular or religious music, every single Chamber Choir Cantate's concert is an exceptional experience and the choir, therefore, can count on enthusiastic audiences and favourable reviews from the national and international choral world. Read more: www.kamerkoorcantate.nl  less

At the request of the Lisbon Cantat Chamber Choir and its Maestro Jorge Alves, I wrote this piece in four voices on a poem by Fernando Pessoa, a poet of extreme importance for the Portuguese language. The score is freely available on my website for anyone...  moreAt the request of the Lisbon Cantat Chamber Choir and its Maestro Jorge Alves, I wrote this piece in four voices on a poem by Fernando Pessoa, a poet of extreme importance for the Portuguese language. The score is freely available on my website for anyone who wants to sing it. Best regards, João  

Formed in 2011 by members of a former disbanded choir. The choir has 20 experienced Singers and performs between four and seven concerts each year, singing a variety of music from classical to light music. We endeavour to have a new programme each year fo...  moreFormed in 2011 by members of a former disbanded choir. The choir has 20 experienced Singers and performs between four and seven concerts each year, singing a variety of music from classical to light music. We endeavour to have a new programme each year for Spring and Christmas. Directed by Penny Walker Accompanist - Alan Farrow  

Recorded September 2020. Music: Barlow Bradford Text: Harold Boulton Audio Engineer: John Paul Hayward Video Engineer: Carter Durham Photography: Dallas Graham, Lisa Trent

On Saturday 22nd June the St Peter's Singers of Leeds travel to the picturesque Norcliffe Chapel in Styal Village for a concert programme of contemporary sacred choral music and organ solos. The free concert with retiring collection begins at 7.30pm. This...

From John Rutter's Requiem. Performed by The Tidewater Singers, William R. Thomas, Director. April 30, 2011 at Christ Church in Cambridge, Maryland.

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about the challenges faced by Singers joining an established choir.   photo by fromcolettewithlove   This week I wi...