By Kory Tran Every December, Christmas choirs across the country sing holiday classics such as “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Silent Night.” On Thursday, 18 men clad in orange showed they could vocalize with the best of them. The men’s choir, part of the Choices rehabilitation program at Redwood City’s Maguire Correctional Facility, put on […]

By Maru Smith Students are buzzing with nervous chatter in the dimly-lit auditorium at Choir Academy of Harlem’s rehearsal for its holiday concert on Friday. “They’re excited and they get more anxious as we get closer to the actual performance,” says Elizabeth Greene, instrumental director of the middle and high school band. While the kids […]

By William M. Welch, USA TODAY LOS ANGELES — Travelers passing through Los Angeles International Airport are finding that security officers have more than a scan or pat-down for them this holiday season. They’re offering musical entertainment, too. The LAX TSA Choir, a group of 17 singers and musicians, all of them officers of the […]

At New Trier, High Five welcomes singers of all abilities and disabilities By Tara Malone, Tribune reporter A slight boy with glasses, Chris Choe walked to the front of the choir room and raised his hand to signal for attention. The 16-year-old junior needed silence and support to rehearse the lines he would repeat in […]

John Alldis, who died on December 20 aged 81, was a distinguished choral conductor. Through his eponymous choir, Alldis was responsible for introducing the British public to some of the more eclectic contemporary music of the last century; he also worked with Pink Floyd and Duke Ellington, established a permanent chorus for the London Symphony […]