News and Notices

A convicted felon who snatched a purse during a choir practice Wednesday night at a Labadieville church was caught by choir members who chased him outside, the Assumption Sheriff’s Office said. Police say Lee J. Barrient Jr., 45, 221 Ferry Road, Bourg, walked into St. Philomena Catholic Church on La. 1 about 7 p.m. and […]

                                Athens, December 12, 2011 – The International Festival of the Aegean received on December 12, 2011, an honorary distinction award as the “best cultural organization operating in the wider region of Greece in 2011” conferred by the Award Committee […]

ACCRA, GHANA — The First ever African Choral Festival which comes off in Accra and Cape Coast on the 10th and 11th of March, 2012 respectively is gradually shaping up.  The event which is under the theme ’’Celebrating Culture through Choral Music’’ is slated for March 9-13, 2012 and will take place in the National Theatre […]

CAMBRIDGE, UK — King’s College Choir has won the Classical Elite Award for the Best C horal Concert in Shanghai, 2011. The Choir performed the Shanghai concert on 27 July last year, and sang a programme of British music, including works by Britten, Walton and Vaughan Williams. Every year Classical Elites Shanghai awards several prizes to […]

By Mary McConnell LONDON, UK — FOLLOWING hot on the heels of the chart-topping success of the Military Wives, aspiring singers from across Barnet are being given a change to join a feel-good choir of their own. The Tonic Choir, which was launched at Totteridge Village Hall, in Badgers Croft, yesterday is the perfect antidote […]

All-City Boychoir Festival: 175 boys from Greater Cincinnati to spend a day singing together   On Saturday, February 25th, the Cincinnati Boychoir will present the first-annual All-City Boychoir Festival, for any boy in the first through fourth grades from the Greater Cincinnati area. Boys will spend a morning rehearsing music, learning music theory, and getting […]