By Jennifer Johnson GRAND FORKS, ND — “Fjells.” “Place.” “Fjells.” “Feeyace.” Pronunciation of the Norwegian word for “mountains” stumped a group of first-graders at Century Elementary School on Tuesday, but it didn’t keep them from singing along. A community choir from Sarpsborg, Grand Forks’ sister city in Norway, is celebrating its 40th anniversary by singing at […]
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Remembering choir stories at Waldorf College
By Rae Yost FOREST CITY, IA — A man stood outside Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City on Saturday afternoon and asked if someone wanted to hear his Waldorf College choir story. He grew up in a fundamentalist Baptist church near Bricelyn, Minn. before he attended Waldorf in 1961. Back then, the student lunch room was […]
Teaching to the choir
By Karlene Ponti WALLA WALLA, WA — Photos of smiling students and stacks of choir sheet music cram Norb Rossi’s tiny office at Walla Walla High School while music and singing from an adjacent classroom drift in. It’s pretty much what one would expect to see and hear in the school’s longtime, popular and very successful […]
Wake Forest University Gospel Choir holds first reunion
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Wake Forest University Gospel Choir was a home away from home for a lot of students and a church away from the home church. Both past and current choir members lifted joyful songs to God on Sunday as they celebrated their first reunion Sunday. The reunion was the first of what […]
Huge choir added to world record attempt on 50th anniversary of Beatles’ debut
By Steve Marinucci LIVERPOOL, UK — A choir estimated of at least 1,200 members is to be added to the Guinness world record-breaking attempt Friday in the Beatles‘ hometown of Liverpool to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the debut of the group’s first single “Love Me Do,” the city announced today. Fans, schools, the choir members and tourists will come together on […]
Choirs try boys-only approach in Ohio middle schools
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Adolescence can be nerve-jarring for any youngster, and maybe more so for the middle school boy singing in the choir and having his voice crack. “The middle school male changing voice is tricky,” said Jeff Rone, director of choirs at Westland High School, who works with Norton Middle School boys twice a […]