By David Hardiman TOTTENHAM, UK — A TOTTENHAM choir has won £6,000 towards musical equipment after winning a public competition. Tottenham Community Choir, which was formed two years ago, is made up of a diverse bunch of people from the borough and regularly performs at charity fucntions and public events such as Tottenham's Christmas lights […]
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Choir honours conductor’s 60-year career
Helga Anderson was only 15 years old when she was enlisted to teach hymns to the Sunday school children at her church. “It just came instinctively. I guess I was meant to do it,” recalls the influential choral conductor, now 80 years old, who has guided thousands of Winnipeggers through countless hours of music-making over […]
Tradition, talent and technology: How the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is taking over Christmas
By Jamshid Ghaszi Askar SALT LAKE CITY — When Syndy Lambert was 10 years old, her mother joined the ranks of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Thanks in no small measure to the choir’s annual Christmas concerts, daughter couldn’t have been more enamored with her mom’s decision. “I looked forward to those (Christmas concerts) every year — […]
New Children’s Choir Launches Website!
The newest singing opportunity for children in Northeast Indiana now has a home on the web! The VIVACE YOUTH SINGERS operates under the philosophy that all singers can learn from each other, with older members actively participating in the education of the younger members. Formed only a month ago, the VIVACE YOUTH SINGERS is off […]
HS and college choir share day long retreat
ORANGEBURG, SC — Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School and Claflin University worked together to provide O-W choral students a day of activities focused on team building, vocal technique and music literacy last month at Claflin. Theme for the choral retreat was “Building a World Class Chorus.” “It was a day of renewal and recommitment to the chorus,” […]
Choir releases CD with goal of helping homeless
CHARLOTTE, NC — A local choir made up mostly of homeless people just released its first CD. They connected through the Urban Ministry Center. Before each rehearsal, members of the Voices of Love choir pray. Many of them, like William Pumphrey, say it’s like therapy. “It’s about adding structure to often painful, painful broken lives,” […]