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…and then there’s Singing Christmas Trees with 300 singers, who start rehearsing in September and sing 23 songs memorized.     And it costs up to $60 per ticket to see them. Oh, and they record an annual CD.

We’re all jealous, I’m sure.

But if you like Tom Lehrer, here’s Daniel Radcliffe singing Tom Lehrer’s periodic table of the elements, set to the tune of “I am the very model of a modern major general”:  

The name says it all, don’t you think? But no, there’s more: Create your own Alien Choir using one of the 8 pre-recorded sounds or create your own sound and apply it to any of the 8 aliens. This special Finger Beat unit allows you to record and re-record your own sounds for hours of […]

What happened to the fall semester?   Advent is here:  

A nice series of posts about how to accompany for choir –    Here’s part one.   And here is part two.   And a sampling from the articles: 5. Learn to play all of the voice parts together. Pay special attention to key changes, meter changes, accidentals, and any places where dissonance results between […]

I love this new video by Chanticleer. It is made completely from cell phones and web cams – a perfect marriage of choral music and technology:     Keep it up guys – your excellence and creativity inspires us all.

Tell me where is the road I can call my own, That I left, that i lost, so long ago. All these years I have wondered, oh when will I know, There’s a way, there’s a road that will lead me home. After wind, After rain, when the dark is done, As i wake from […]

Join thousands of choirs around the world as we unite in the celebration of World Choral Day on Sunday, December 12, 2010. Millions of singers across the globe have been involved in World Choral Day concerts, festivals, sing-alongs, choral seminars, Days of Friendship and other events that celebrate our unity in choral music. The American […]

  From John Burchfield c/o Jeffrey Tucker