The Drake Choir is Drake University’s select touring ensemble, performing regionally on an annual basis and internationally every four years, most recently in May 2012. It has appeared in major venues in Austria, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Wales...  moreThe Drake Choir is Drake University’s select touring ensemble, performing regionally on an annual basis and internationally every four years, most recently in May 2012. It has appeared in major venues in Austria, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Wales, and Ireland. The ensemble regularly collaborates with the Des Moines Symphony and sang the Beethoven Ninth Symphony with that orchestra in September 2011. The Drake Choir has performed in Carnegie Hall and has been featured on the conference program of the American Choral Directors Association North Central Division. The ensemble consists of 64-70 singers who are first-year students through seniors and who represent every College of the University. Auditions for returning students take place in April and for new students during the weekend preceding the start of the fall semester. The ensemble rehearses Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 3:30-5:00 p.m. and is conducted by Dr. Aimee Beckmann-Collier, Director of Choral Studies and Professor of Condcuting.  less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I have to admit that I’m not really a lyric person. I might have been listening to a particular pop Song in English for years when I suddenly realise...

Народный коллектив России Академический Хор Нижегородского государственного университета (ННГУ). Выступление на Международном хоровом фестивале в Санкт-Петербурге 30 мая 2009. Русская народная песня (обр. И. Семенкова) - Вдоль по питерской. Nizhny Novgor...  moreНародный коллектив России Академический Хор Нижегородского государственного университета (ННГУ). Выступление на Международном хоровом фестивале в Санкт-Петербурге 30 мая 2009. Русская народная песня (обр. И. Семенкова) - Вдоль по питерской. Nizhny Novgorod State University Academic Choir (NNSU Choir). Performance at the International Choral Festival in Saint Petersburg, 05/30/2009. Russian Folk Song (arr. I. Semenkova) - Vdol Po Piterskoi (Along The Piterskaya).  

Ukrainian Folk Song "I am young". Arrangement - Kira Maindenberg. Conductor - Galyna Shpak Performance of ORIANA youth female choir, anniversary 5-years concert. 2013 Украинская народная песня "Ой я молода" в обработке Киры Майнденберг. Дирижер - Галин...  moreUkrainian Folk Song "I am young". Arrangement - Kira Maindenberg. Conductor - Galyna Shpak Performance of ORIANA youth female choir, anniversary 5-years concert. 2013 Украинская народная песня "Ой я молода" в обработке Киры Майнденберг. Дирижер - Галина Шпак В исполнении молодежного женского хора "Ориана". Юбилейный пятилетний концерт. 2013  

Выступление Народного коллектива России Академического хора ННГУ на закрытии I Международных хоровых ассамблей EURASIA CANTAT в г. Екатеринбурге, 2011. Рус. нар. песня (в обр. П. Плаксина) - "Ах вы, сени". Performance of the NNSU Academic Choir at the ...  moreВыступление Народного коллектива России Академического хора ННГУ на закрытии I Международных хоровых ассамблей EURASIA CANTAT в г. Екатеринбурге, 2011. Рус. нар. песня (в обр. П. Плаксина) - "Ах вы, сени". Performance of the NNSU Academic Choir at the closing ceremony of the I International Choir Assamblies EURASIA CANTAT in Ekaterinburg, 2011. Russian Folk Song (arr. P. Plaxin) - "Akh vy, seni".  

Arrangement of an old English Folk Song for three voices (versions available for women's voices, mixed voices and men's voices). This one is for women's voices. Images from Dunham Massey in Cheshire

Trad. Scottish tune Cuachag nan Craobh collected by Anne Campbelle MacLeod Lyrics by Sir Harold Boulton Arrangement by Desmond Earley Glenn Murphy (tenor) Emily Doyle (soprano) UCD Choral Scholars 2013-2014 Desmond Earley (conductor) Matthew Leigh ...  moreTrad. Scottish tune Cuachag nan Craobh collected by Anne Campbelle MacLeod Lyrics by Sir Harold Boulton Arrangement by Desmond Earley Glenn Murphy (tenor) Emily Doyle (soprano) UCD Choral Scholars 2013-2014 Desmond Earley (conductor) Matthew Leigh (director) Kevin Whyms (sound) Emmet Reddy (editor) Recorded in UCD Fitzgerald Chamber, UCD Student Centre in February 2014. This video ⓒ and ⓟ Desmond Earley 2014. Choir: Emily Doyle, Glenn Murphy, Audrey Keogan, Sarah Thursfield, Niamh McCullough, Aoife Heeney, Sorcha kinder, Gráinne O'Hogan, Abby Molloy, Clara Leahy, Justin Neville, Mark Waters, Eoin Falconer, Óisin Ó Callaghan, Oisín Friel, Jimmy Billings, Ryan Hitchcock, Diarmuid Sugrue, James Ahearn, Emlyn Farrell, John Fallows.  less

Inspira performs "A Song of Night" by Laura Farnell at their "A Light in the Dark (2014)" concert. Nick Turnbull, Music Director

The State Chamber Choir of the Republic of Belarus was created in September 1988. From its first steps it attracted attention to the musical community and it also achieved a significant success. Since 2000, the choir led by honored artist of Belarus Nata...  moreThe State Chamber Choir of the Republic of Belarus was created in September 1988. From its first steps it attracted attention to the musical community and it also achieved a significant success. Since 2000, the choir led by honored artist of Belarus Natalia Mihailova. Sacred music and jazz, classical and modern music organically and naturally coexist in the repertoire of the choir. The creative possibilities of the collective, consisting of 30 professional musicians, are inexhaustible. They constantly work on new programs of Russian works (D. Bortniansky, P. Tchaikovsky, S. Rachmaninov, G.Sviridov) and Western classics (I.S.Bach, G.Gendel, D.Bukstehude, W.A. Mozart). Then they prepared premieres of works by contemporary Belarusian composers as S.Kortes, V.Kopytko, A. Bondarenko, O.Hodosko, etc. The State Chamber Choir of the Republic of Belarus has many tours. Hundreds of successful concerts in some cities of Belarus, performances in the best concert halls in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Kiev, Sochi are ...    less

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