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Indigenous Australians are five times more likely to experience mental illness than the rest of the population – a problem often exacerbated by their reluctance to seek help. Now a new program’s been developed to tackle mental health issues through song. Queensland’s Aboriginal and Islander Health Council has set up five community choirs to attack […]

Polifonia.info (www.polifonia.info) is a Social Network Web site that came to live on the 12th of November 2011, and it will be running in “beta testing” until the 31st of December 2011. The idea behind Polifonia.info is to bring together people passionate about choir music. Through Polifonia.info, members will be able to find (and/or invite) […]

FRANKSTON, AUSTRALIA — IF you’ve been looking for an excuse to belt out a few tunes, City Life’s Heartsong singing group may be a fun option.   Singing leader Cherie Baxter said the group could benefit people’s wellbeing as well as their singing skills.   “There is nothing quite like singing in a group. It […]

THEY won the hearts of the nation when they were voted Britain’s favourite choir on a reality TV programme.   Now Only Men Aloud have landed their own prime-time series.   And as well as showcasing the musical talents of the Cardiff-based choir, it sounds like it includes plenty of capers too.   “I wanted […]

By KYLE MUNSON • November 7, 2010 Cedar Rapids, Ia. — Coe College senior Janet Stone’s mellifluous soprano rang out Thursday with the aria “Ah! I Want to Live” from Charles Gounod’s 19th century French opera version of “Romeo and Juliet.” The song’s youthful joy belies how we all know Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy ends: the […]

By NPR Staff November 7, 2010 A choral group known for its early-music repertoire and a saxophonist steeped in the art of improvisation may not be the most likely musical partners. But when the Hilliard Ensemble collaborated with Jan Garbarek for the first time in 1993, the result was Officium, a recording of hauntingly beautiful […]