PERSHORE, UK — Young people in Pershore have received a boost from two community choirs which have donated almost £1,500 to support positive projects and activities in the town. The Move On Up Community Choir in Pershore and Winchcombe Community Choir presented £500 to the Riverside Youth Centre and £916 to the town’s new Youth […]
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Choral Caffeine: Here’s What They Think of Choir
The “Big Voice” project has been discussed by various commentators on ChoralNet. Today, film-maker Varda Hardy gives us a chance to hear what the students at Santa Monica High School think about singing in a choir. Sometimes, friends, amid the flotsam and jetsam of our hectic days, we tend to forget that we are […]
World Choir Games Update
Hitting the 'High Notes' An insider's look at 2012 World Choir Games event progress March 16, 2012 Dear 2012 World Choir Games Supporter: March Madness has taken on a whole new meaning for us here at the World Choir Games! The month of March has been one of the most exciting periods for event milestones […]
Middlesbrough’s Apollo Male Voice Choir marks 125 years
Middlesbrough, UK — In the 1830s a group of Welshman moved to Middlesbrough to work as ironmakers when the industry was expanding. When two of the workers were killed in an accident at work, the group of Welshmen performed a concert for the widows and orphans of those killed to raise money for them. […]
Homeless Choir Inspires Voices Of Love
By Ashley Talley CHARLOTTE, NC — Voices of Love is one of many gospel choirs in our region. But what makes this choir unusual is that most of its members are homeless or working their way out of homelessness. Each rehearsal of Voices of Love begins with a prayer. A piano sits in one […]
Stick Time: Theraputic & Service Choir
A few years ago I became Music Director of a small Lutheran church in New Jersey. The choir had dwindled over the years, and now there were only about eight women and one gentleman. This gentleman, Lou, had Alzheimer’s and his mind was nearly always clouded over with the darkness of this terrible disease. […]