By SUSAN SCHWARTZ Five children’s choirs came together on April 9 for a Junior Choir Festival concert that raised $2,362.63 for the Japanese Disaster Relief Fund of the Canadian Red Cross. The benefit concert was held at Mountainside United Church in Westmount. Participating choirs were the English Montreal School Board Junior Chorale, directed by Patricia […]

The Choir of Westminster Abbey is about to live up to its reputation as world-renowned. With a TV audience stretching around the globe, the young boys will have some of the best seats in the house as they sing at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The Master of the Choristers, James O’Donnell, […]

Sister Sharon Ann Breden, CSJ Sister Sharon Breden passed away on April 21, 2011 after a brief illness. She was born in Alton, Illinois, June 29, 1945. Her loving parents Ralph and Antoinette Breden preceded her in death. Sr. Sharon is survived by her sister Dr. Mary Catherine Breden of Redondo Beach, an uncle, Rev. […]

Meg Papadolias was determined to make Thursday night all about the kids. As the longtime director of West Aurora High School’s prestigious choral program, she’s unleashed the talents of thousands of students over the years, at the same time awakening in them a passion for music literacy that has changed lives for the better. To […]

by Sion Morgan ABERDARE, WALES, UK — A CHOIR has marked the 50th anniversary of its most famous concert when an Welsh amateur stepped into the shoes of one of the world’s great performers. Cwmbach Choir, of Aberdare, had been due to sing with world renowned singer, actor and leading civil-rights activist Paul Robeson at […]

By Ricardo Baca There’s something deeply moving — disturbing, even — about the recordings of the performers known as Scala & Kolacny Brothers. The ensemble is built around a Belgian girls choir that takes on contemporary rock standards with a straight-faced, postmodern ferocity that catches listeners unaware. If you thought you knew Radiohead — or […]