News and Notices

Dear ChoralNet users,

I didn’t even know there was a SMP Press Composition Competition in the SheetmusicPlus website…but some days ago I received an email telling me that my piece “Come to me” was
the winner in the Contemporary Choral Music Category of the SMP Press Composition Competition 2020.
Well, a welcome surprise, no doubt. You can listen to the piece here:

and eventually order and download it here:

https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/come-to-me-digital-sheet-music/21729196

I take this beautiful opportunity to wish a Happy Christmas to you all and with the hope that we can soon sing together and enjoy the emotion of a real choir!

from Tim Knight Music…. and a special thank you to all our new supporters, followers and customers for your interest in our products and services throughout this most difficult and challenging years for all of us.

We would like to wish you all the best for 2021 and hope that we can return to doing what we all love doing and that’s making music together!

To start the year off on a positive note (no pun intended!) we will be releasing a Mass for Solo Voice or Unison Choir which will be available in printed copy and as a download … if you would like to preview this piece, please just email us at

In the meantime… our online shop remains open 24/7 with many of our products and gift vouchers being instantly downloadable!

Merry Christmas!

As you leave 2020 behind and look forward to a fresh start in 2021, you might be reflecting on your choir rehearsals and performances in the past year.

If I’m really honest about the recap of 2020’s effect on the choral industry, it was a bit of a nightmare. In mid-March, everything suddenly shut down. Directors and choristers alike were having to teach themselves how to use online video platforms like Zoom to keep virtual learning and rehearsals going. Many of us thought this pandemic would be a short-term issue and then, as the summer dragged on, we started coming to grips with the fact that these new circumstances could be ongoing.

In the fall, many of us shifted our focus to planning a “virtual choir” concert but may not have had the tools in our toolbox to make this happen. We jumped into as many online forums as we could to help each other identify ideas and solutions. We reached out to other directors, looked longingly at Eric Whitacre‘s virtual choir videos, and tried all sorts of new options to help us create that same synergy we have in our in-person groups.

Now, here we are in the winter season, 2021 is upon us, and we’re still looking for ways to connect, sing, create, and share our passion for music!

If you’re feeling good about exiting 2020 but need some help getting in gear for 2021, here are three considerations for your choir as you continue to plan for online music learning and performances.

Koor is a new company that was started just prior to the first lockdown in March. The company was created with a straightforward aim; to create an app for choral singers that would make individual choir practice more enjoyable and effective. Unfortunately, Covid-19 has temporarily silenced choirs around the world. So, undeterred, Koor has continued to support choral singers during lockdown by providing online workshops and performances. They are closing out the year with a special, one-hour, live-streamed Christmas concert from Saint John’s Smith Square in London on Monday 21st of December.  

For this delightfully festive concert, the sixteen-voice Koor Singers are joined by fifteen members of Koor Players as well as the incomparable Mary Bevan and Roderick Williams for an uplifting programme of beautiful, comforting Christmas music. 

‘Christmas Day’ by Gustav Holst

‘Hey! Now, Now, Now’ by Hywel Davies

‘Bethlehem Down’ by Peter Warlock

‘Clouded With Snow’ by Becky McGlade

‘Fantasia on Christmas Carols’ by Ralph Vaughan Williams

‘The Isaiah Carol’ by Kim André Arnesen: 

‘The Three Kings’ by Peter Cornelius

‘I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day’ by Ed Newton Rex: 

‘In Terra Pax’ by Gerald Finzi

A pass for this live-streamed concert is only £15.  

The time of the performance is 7:30 (GMT) | 2:30 (EST) | 11:30 (PST).

For more information about the concert and to book a streaming pass, please visit https://koor.app/christmas-fantasia-concert/

From all of us at Koor, we wish you all a cozy holiday season.