Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) A group of singers from an Aboriginal children's choir from southern Taiwan's Pingtung County won enthusiastic applause at a local version of a Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conference in Taipei Saturday. Six singers from the Tai Wu Elementary School Chorus led by Camake Valaule performed traditional Paiwan songs at TEDx Taipei, […]
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Joliet Central High School Madrigal Choir Honored by City
The Joliet City Council and Mayor Arthur Schultz recently granted the Joliet Central High School Madrigal Choir a proclamation, declaring Dec. 11, 2010 Joliet Central High School Madrigal Dinner Day. Citing music as the universal language of all people, the proclamation acknowledges that the Madrigal Dinner has provided the citizens of Joliet with one of […]
Sing a few bars and you’re in the choir
By NICK SHARPE WEST LOTHIAN, UK — PAMPERED prisoners locked-up in Scotland’s cushiest nick are being offered the chance to join a new jail choir. Bosses at Addiewell nick in West Lothian plan to hire a professional singing coach to teach lags to belt out rock, pop and blues tunes. And sources at the prison […]
Poems by Alexander McCall Smith set for choir by Tom Cunningham
Roberton Publications has issued three sets of poems by Alexander McCall Smith set for unaccompanied SATB choir by Tom Cunningham. Scotland at Night (6 poems) The Painter’s Eye (5 poems) A Time of Gifts (6 poems) The first two sets are recorded by Laudibus on Delphian DCD34060. The third set will be issued […]
Can you design a Choir Games mascot?
By Lauren Bishop CINCINNATI — You can probably rattle off the names of mascots for any number of major sports teams without having to think too much about it. But how about mascots for the big events like the Olympics? The World Cup? The Paralympics? You might not realize it, but most major international events […]
Choir escapes injury as Liverpool Philharmonic Hall rubble falls from ceiling
By Ben Schofield LIVERPOOL, UK — CHORISTERS performing Handel’s Messiah escaped injury when a piece of rubble fell amongst them from the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall roof. It dropped from a duct in the ceiling after being dislodged from a vent in the art deco auditorium. But onlookers said the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir did not […]