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Coquitlam, BC, Canada – A new choir of courage shares more than melodious music. The story behind the songs is composed of one common note: cancer. All members of the Songcology choir are currently battling cancer or are survivors of the illness. But when they arrive at their weekly Wednesday practices, they leave their disease […]

Wales, UK. A CHOIR made up of people affected by cancer helped launch the biggest sporting event Wales has ever seen, by performing at the Millennium Stadium. Cancer charity Tenovus’ Sing for Life choir took to the stage for the Welcome to Wales concert, ahead of the Ryder Cup Wales 2010 last weekend. As the […]

Mumbai, October 05, 2010 Shillong Chamber Choir, which won India’s Got Talent, will start a music school with their Rs 50 lakh prize money. Says Donna Marthomg, member of the choir, “Much before we won the title, we had decided to start a music school. It’s what we always wanted to do. We tried to […]

Scunthorpe, UK A SPECTACULAR Scunthorpe choral director has been hitting all the right notes at a national awards ceremony in London. Talented choir master Susan Hollingworth, of the Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir, has scooped a prestigious award in recognition of her invaluable contribution to the community. Susan picked up Gramophone magazines’ Music In The Community […]

Washington National Cathedral’s 2010 Blessing of the Animals will officially welcome Carmina, the new Cathedral cat adopted by the Cathedral Choral Society from the Washington Humane Society. The Blessing of the Animals service will take place Sunday, Oct. 3 at 2:30 p.m. on the Cathedral’s west steps. All pets and their caretakers are invited to […]

Thomas Vozzella thinks of it as the worship arts version of building a baseball diamond in an Iowa cornfield. “Build it, and they will come,” Vozzella said, referring to the Fine and Performing Arts Academy that First Presbyterian Church in Rapid City recently launched on a shoestring budget as part of its children and youth […]