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After the January earthquake that devastated the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, Pearse Lyons went to Haiti to see how he could help. He decided to set up a factory in the north of the country. Along with that, he wanted to help the school, and hearing the children sing inspired him to bring in University […]

Whether a confident or closet singer, breaking into song has more benefits than meets the ear. Aside from boosting your mood and confidence, music is clinically proven to reduce your brain’s perception of pain, reduce blood pressure, is extremely effective in memory recall and can regulate heart and respiratory rates, according to the Center for […]

Phoenix Boys Choir Auditions Status: pending moderation Date: September 22, 2010 by Greg Amerind Location: Arizona, USA Choir type: Children’s and Youth Choirs Voicing: Children 2010-11 Season Auditions Now Open! Auditions for the Phoenix Boys Choir are being scheduled for boys from 7 to 14 years for the 2010-11 season. Boys will be a part […]

American composer and conductor Eric Whitacre has invited the world to sing-a-long online in an attempt create the world’s largest virtual choir. The Juilliard-trained Whitacre — whose first Virtual Choir became a hit on YouTube — aims to combine thousands of individual choral parts sung by people around the world and submitted as video clips […]

MARYVILLE – Megan Sparkes used to belong to the Asheville Symphony Children’s Choir in North Carolina. When she and her family moved to Tennessee about three months ago, however, she was left without a place to sing. And because the 16-year-old is homeschooled, she didn’t have the option of singing in a school choir. Maryville […]

AMERICAN FORK, Utah — The road from writing operas to directing children singing about a mysterious cat or a Halloween song about bones is apparently not too long.   M. Ryan Taylor, composer of the opera "Abinadi," is the new director of the American Fork Children's Choir.   He only has two rehearsals under his […]