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Bizarre: Thousands had gathered at the shopping mall's food court to take part in a group rendition of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus as part of a flash-mob concert – when groups of people – often strangers – conspire on social networking websites to turn up at the same place at the same time and start singing. […]

The King's College service is almost here.   This great website that gives a history of the service as well as PDF versions of past years programs.     Here is a little information about the 2010 service: This year's service includes favourite carols like 'Ding! Dong! merrily on high', 'God rest you merry, gentlemen' […]

Fans of the Straight No Chaser version of The Twelve Days of Christmas record their own versions, cleverly edited into a single video.  

Sorry the music’s so cheesy:  

No, I’m not talking about flying reindeer. I mean going to the airport on December 25 to catch a flight to visit relatives. This will be about the tenth year I’ve done it, and it’s really a good choice for choral musicians with responsibilities on Christmas Eve.   When you fly on Dec. 23 or […]

  If you’re unfamiliar with the original song, it might be helpful to view it first.   Performers: the Gifford Children’s Choir, directed by Jack Senzig.

Composer Robert Kyr will soon premier a work with Conspirare.   Here is what he says about it: Each of four programs focuses on a major choral composer: Josquin Des Prez (early Renaissance), Orlande de Lassus (Renaissance), Tomás Luis de Victoria (late Renaissance), and J.S. Bach (Baroque). “Songs of the Soul is one of most […]

This is too funny:       But you won't get it unless you are aware of the YouTube phenomenon that started with this young man:       And that story spawned this song:       Antoine has become quite a star:  

I found this today via a twitter search on choral music.  Read the whole post here.   Choral singing also has something to teach us about the joy of work. We speak glibly of this all the time, of course, and it’s not that there aren’t other places we experience it. But I think there […]

I grew up as television grew up, so I feel confident in saying that as we enter 2011, choral and vocal music have never before experienced the brightness of the current popular media spotlight. We witness choral flash mobs springing up as the new choral rave party with purposed "spontaneous" performances of Handel at Walmart […]