SF Gay Men’s Chorus conductor Kathleen McGuire moves on by Philip Gambone When Kathleen McGuire conducts the last of a trio of Christmas Eve concerts at the Castro Theatre this month, she will put the finishing flourish on a decade-long tenure as the first female conductor of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. She’s going […]

By Andrew Benoit, Voice Staff Writer RICHMOND, MI — The Richmond Community Choir has a devoted following. Proof of that can be found with the overflowing crowds found each year during the group’s annual Christmas concerts. When people flock to the Richmond High School auditorium each year to see the choir perform, it’s not money […]

By Emily Campbell The news that the Handel Children’s Choir in Baltimore was being disbanded because of financial constraints was almost too much to bear for the 60 children who make up the chorus. “Everyone was just stunned into silence. A few of the parents and lot of the kids were crying. It was really […]

The BBC Singers will be recording a collection of modern Christmas carols for broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s breakfast show in the run up to Christmas. Breakfast presenters Rob Cowan and Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Martin Handley introduce four performance premieres, 12 broadcast premieres and a brand new work from renowned British composer Sir John Tavener. […]

A new reality show, Songs of David Choir reality show, is in the offing with the sole aim of unearthing talents in choral music in Ghana. Sings of David Choir reality show is a competition designed to showcase and reward the numerous choirs (church, school and community) all over the country as well as discover […]

James McLaren | Numbers of people becoming involved in British choirs have been falling for some years; a new study of the state of the choral scene will assess just how drastic that decline has been. Researchers from the Great Choral Study will aim to “investigate the current and future trends, opportunities and challenges facing […]