By Jude Rogers A school canteen after-hours, the shutters closed and the chairs stacked, makes for a peculiar music venue. But this is home to the oldest amateur male-voice choir in Wales, which I’m watching rehearse on a quiet Monday evening in the village of Dunvant, near Swansea. The room is a sea of white […]
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Estonian Choral Music Prizes Awarded
TALLINN, ESTONIA — Conductor Ingrid Kõrvts and her youth choir enjoyed a good showing at the 10th annual choral music award ceremony at the Estonia Concert Hall on January 30. Kõrvits received the best conductor award, and the Tallinn Secondary School of Music youth choir was selected as Choir of the Year. The Gustav Ernesaks […]
Kingston singers’ reach top note in escalator performance
KINGSTON, SURREY, UK — Singers filled a shopping centre with an impromptu escalator performance. In a debut performance by Surbiton Escalator Choral Society, known as SECS, singers filled what is the world’s largest single truss escalator. They gathered in the Bentall Centre for their performance of I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise on Thursday, January […]
Travel package to 2011 World Choral Symposium in Argentina
Join Diana Leland and other choral music colleagues and travel to the prestigious World Symposium on Choral Music in Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Save yourself time and money and experience camaraderie by traveling with a group of fellow symposium attendees. You will also have the opportunity to embark on an optional extension to Iguazu Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world. Due to the heavy […]
Researchers prescribe choir rehearsals for Parkinson’s patients
Everyone knows singing makes you feel good. Now researchers are trying to provide scientific evidence to support this claim in the treatment of serious illnesses like Parkinson’s and respiratory diseases. Monica was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease almost nine years ago and she has been a member of the Sing for Joy choir ever since. The […]
Brymbo Male Choir in desperate need of musical director
by Steve Bagnallt A CHOIR with a history stretching back more than 50 years is in desperate need of a new musical director. If Brymbo Male Choir don’t get one soon, they fear for their existence. The latest conductor Glyn Hughes has retired after 45 years in the post. Yesterday the Brymbo choristers put an […]