By Joe Belanger LONDON, ONT — There’s a new man holding the baton in front of the London Fanshawe Symphonic Choral orchestra and choirs. David Holler, of St. Catharines and currently the conductor of the University of Toronto’s Men’s Chorus and assistant conductor of the faculty’s elite choir, MacMillan Singers, is the new artistic director […]
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Sydney choir makes its debut
SYDNEY — MARK COLVIN: There are plenty of choirs in Australia – professional and amateur – but a new one in Sydney's CBD is a choir with a difference. The Sydney Sings group brings together people from all walks of life once a week to sing, from CEOs to people who live on the streets. The […]
Hip hop choir from Australia releases album
MELBOURNE, AUS — Chances are, you've never seen a choir like MASSIVE before. They bring together the power and joy of group singing with the global music phenomenon of hip hop. Made up of artists from multicultural Australia, their backgrounds represent the Pacific, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. A passion for music has brought […]
N Ireland choir on tour helps with proposal in New Orleans
OMAGH, UK — OMAGH Community Youth Choir played a very special part in helping to make a happy occasion in a young couple’s love story that bit even more memorable, when they sang in front of them during their marriage proposal in New Orleans. Deemed as the world’s most ‘perfect proposal’, the happy occasion occurred […]
International award for choir stalwart
BERWICK, UK — IN any choir one of the most demanding jobs is to manage the ever-changing sets of music for each member, and with 35-40 singers, Berwick Male Voice Choir presents a daunting challenge. For many years now Ken Francis has taken the chore on board and has developed an ingenious and effective way of […]
Profile: Maynooth Gospel Choir, Kildare, IRE
By Henry Bauress NAAS, CO KILDARE, IRE — 2012 has been a great year for the Maynooth Gospel Choir. Formed in 2007, this year its members were voted Wedding Musicians of the Year. They peformed at the Dublin World Street Performance and sung in front of 15,000 spectators at the opening ceremony of the Eucharistic Congress […]