The Gesualdo Chamber Choir was founded in 2000 by conductor András Stimecz with the aim to popularize Hungarian culture worldwide and introduce foreign choral traditions to Hungary. The choir is made up of 25 members from a variety of professional backgro...  moreThe Gesualdo Chamber Choir was founded in 2000 by conductor András Stimecz with the aim to popularize Hungarian culture worldwide and introduce foreign choral traditions to Hungary. The choir is made up of 25 members from a variety of professional backgrounds, including teachers, scientists, clerics, accountants, carpenters, and engineers. The choir's repertoire consists mainly of choral works from the renaissance and 20th century, as well as contemporary pieces in Hungarian, English, Latin, Italian, French, and German. The Gesualdo Choir has earned several national and international awards, winning top ratings in Hungary as well as 2nd and 3rd place prizes at the prestigious Tonen choir competition in the Netherlands. The Choir performs 15 times each year within Hungary, and continually seeks opportunities to spread the beauty of the Hungarian choral tradition abroad. Hungarian culture is rich with musical traditions, yet many of the country's most talented composers remain relatively unknown to the outsi...    less

The choir, when it was founded in 2002 specialized in Greek, Russian and Hungarian Byzantine music. Today, it is the most acclaimed vocal group in the Hungarz, renowned for quality performances. The exceptional abilities of its members enables the choir t...  moreThe choir, when it was founded in 2002 specialized in Greek, Russian and Hungarian Byzantine music. Today, it is the most acclaimed vocal group in the Hungarz, renowned for quality performances. The exceptional abilities of its members enables the choir to choose from a wide selection of repertoire, indeed. Whether it’s church music that you’re after, a powerful performance of contemporary music, enjoying short outtakes from Italian films accompanied by renditions of Italian bar music from the 1500’s until nowadays, or you just can’t resist an insightful staging of the works of Hungarian composer-giants, Liszt and Bartok, needless to say, you shall always be in for a treat with the Saint Ephraim Male Choir.  less

If you are looking for a tuneful large-scale choral work to perform with your choir  - you might like to consider a new SATB arrangement by John Whittaker of Vaughan Williams' Folk Songs of The Four Seasons' (duration 50 minutes) - which was original...

The singers are mainly from Carinthia/Austria. The group pursues two main aims: on the one hand to revive Old, nearly forgotten Carinthian Folk Songs, and on the other hand to enrich the Carinthian music scene by new Songs and interpretations. The Oktet S...  moreThe singers are mainly from Carinthia/Austria. The group pursues two main aims: on the one hand to revive Old, nearly forgotten Carinthian Folk Songs, and on the other hand to enrich the Carinthian music scene by new Songs and interpretations. The Oktet Suha has performed more than 1400 times in Austria and all over Europe, as well as in the USA, Australia, Ukraina, Argentina and Canada. They had lots of tv and radio appearances worldwide. Oktet Suha has released 12 CD ́s since and is the main organizer of the annual cross boarder vocal Festival Suha. Their highlights were the European Award for Folk and Art and the Silver award of the Slovenian Republik.  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I’ve written before about finding Songs for your choir (Where do you find all your Songs? and Easy Songs for your choir and Finding Songs for your ch...

"Cuatro canciones eslovacas" de Bela Bartók (1. Wedding Song from Poniky, 2. Song of the Hayharvesters from Hiadel, 3. Dancing Song from Medzibrod, 4. Dancing Song from Poniky). Coro del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias. Piano: Nauzet Medros. ...  more"Cuatro canciones eslovacas" de Bela Bartók (1. Wedding Song from Poniky, 2. Song of the Hayharvesters from Hiadel, 3. Dancing Song from Medzibrod, 4. Dancing Song from Poniky). Coro del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias. Piano: Nauzet Medros. Directora: Nikoleta S. Popova  

We take pleasure in singing Songs of joy, struggle, liberation, celebration and peace from around the world. We are a mainly secular, community choir where everyone is welcome. No audition. No need to read music (unless you want to). We're a friendly bun...  moreWe take pleasure in singing Songs of joy, struggle, liberation, celebration and peace from around the world. We are a mainly secular, community choir where everyone is welcome. No audition. No need to read music (unless you want to). We're a friendly bunch - why not come along and give us a go?  

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I love Georgian Songs and singing.     Not Songs from the Georgian era in British history, not Songs from the state of Georgia in the US...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]I teach Songs from all over the world, often in foreign languages. But people are always asking me for more Songs in English. Why is this? Especially since ...

【夏夜、玫瑰、情】2007夏季演唱會 Conductor: Chia-Fen, Weng Composer: Eric Whitacre More information about composer and this song please visit: http://ericwhitacre.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/the-five-hebrew-love-Songs/