Founded in September 2000 by a group of friends from the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, the choir comprises mainly of recent graduates and current students of Durham University, but also welcomes singers from all over the North East, and includes ...  moreFounded in September 2000 by a group of friends from the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, the choir comprises mainly of recent graduates and current students of Durham University, but also welcomes singers from all over the North East, and includes many of the region’s teachers. In May, the choir travelled to Italy to take part in the “Venezia in Musica” International Choral Competition. They won first prize in the secular music category, came runners up in the sacred music category, and received the “Outstanding Performance” prize for Bogorditsye Dyevo by Rachmaninov. They have been awarded “Choir of the Day” at all five BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year regional rounds they have entered, and in 2008 reached the adult category finals in the Royal Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool, alongside the six other best adult choirs in the country. As well as their regular program of concerts in Durham, the choir have performed as guests of Cleveland Philharmonic Choir, Guisborough Choral Society and Durham Coun...    less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’m going to fess up here: I’ve never really been in a choir.     Choir of the Munich University of Applied Sciences by Mark Kam...

The Brocal Chords perform at the Drake University Relay for Life fundraiser.

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If you have lost or gained weight then it can have an effect on your singing voice, in terms of pitch and timbre. A study on classical singers by Rebekah K Smeltzer of the University of Miami, showed that your weight affects your airflow and con...

*The old name is Samsun Chamber Choir, new name is VocaVoice !.. VocaVoice was formed in October 2010 consisting of students from Samsun 19 Mayıs University. Polyphonic at the forefront of the human voice, and in some parts of various rhythm instru...  more*The old name is Samsun Chamber Choir, new name is VocaVoice !.. VocaVoice was formed in October 2010 consisting of students from Samsun 19 Mayıs University. Polyphonic at the forefront of the human voice, and in some parts of various rhythm instruments makes music using instruments and electronic sounds. VocaVoice within a cappella music teachers who fell in love and music students is located. The repertoire of the choir is a blend of the works from Middle Ages, Renaissance, Classic, Romantic, Modern Era as well as Negro - Spiritual and Jazz - Blues - Pop - R&B - Turkish Folk Song pieces. *Eski adıyla Samsun Oda Korosu, yeni adıyla VocaVoice !.. 2010 yılında Şef Bilgen Özcan Coşkunsoy yönetiminde Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Müzik Eğitimi Bölümü öğrencileri ve mezunları tarafından Samsun Oda Korosu ismiyle kurulan grup 2012 yılında VocaVoice ismini almıştır. Haftada iki gün 4 saat çalışma imkanı bulabilen VocaVoice, 22 kişiden oluşan bir akapella gruptur. Çok s...    less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   “Why can’t I sing?” The short answer is: “You can. Everybody can.”   Choir of the Munich University of Applied Scien...