[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A few years ago I was asked by BBC Radio Suffolk to create a choir from scratch to perform in a concert in aid of Children in Need: The Big Night Out...

We are actually three choirs Meeting in different parts of Bristol. One in Thornbury, another in Shire and the other in Easton. We coMe together as one Mega choir for concerts and other performances at events. Our aim is to Build community through gospel ...  moreWe are actually three choirs Meeting in different parts of Bristol. One in Thornbury, another in Shire and the other in Easton. We coMe together as one Mega choir for concerts and other performances at events. Our aim is to Build community through gospel music and so we emphasise the fact that we are a choir for anyone to join, no auditions and nor previous experience is required. If you love to sing...we're the choir for you!  

Vocal Vibes is an ensemble of around 40 singers based in Ringwood, Victoria. We are committed to Building community through excellence in a cappella harmony, and we love to learn. We rehearse weekly to improve our vocal skills and Build lasting friends...  moreVocal Vibes is an ensemble of around 40 singers based in Ringwood, Victoria. We are committed to Building community through excellence in a cappella harmony, and we love to learn. We rehearse weekly to improve our vocal skills and Build lasting friendships in the process. Although we have diverse backgrounds, our Members thrive by working together to achieve shared goals. We sing a range of repertoire from jazz standards to 21st-century pop, barbershop to show tunes, but most importantly we sing a cappella. As well as entertaining audiences across the eastern suburbs of Melbourne we compete regularly in barbershop harmony competitions at a national level. Vocal Vibes is available to sing at private and community events - find out more by visiting our below pages, or get in touch with us at info@vocalvibes.org.au Web: www.vocalvibes.org.au Facebook: www.facebook.com/VocalVibesChorus Instagram: www.instagram.com/vocalvibesacappella/ Youtube: www.youtube.com/@VocalVibesChorus  less

Our choir's mission is to Build community through choral music. "Choral music is a perfect example that soMething can equal more than the sum of its parts. By working together, we can do amazing things. In a tiMe of divided ideologies, global unc...  moreOur choir's mission is to Build community through choral music. "Choral music is a perfect example that soMething can equal more than the sum of its parts. By working together, we can do amazing things. In a tiMe of divided ideologies, global uncertainty, and in a place like Chicago where entire neighborhoods can be overcoMe by violence and hopelessness, what better antidote than choral music to bring people together and make them a bit happier?" - Mark Tomasino, Founder & Artistic Director  less

The Members of Bridgnorth Choral Society are having a very busy tiMe in the Build Up to Christmas. Every Friday and Saturday in December they are entertaining dinner guest at the house at Weston Park. This has becoMe a very popular event at Weston Park wi...

Established in spring 2021, we are a community youth choir program in Prince William County for middle school, high school ​and young adult singers. We have fun as we Build friendships with singers from many schools, sing a wide variety of music and...  moreEstablished in spring 2021, we are a community youth choir program in Prince William County for middle school, high school ​and young adult singers. We have fun as we Build friendships with singers from many schools, sing a wide variety of music and bring joy to the community. We are ideal for singers who want more singing in their life! We are proud of our alumni singing at NOVA, NYU, JMU, UNT, Bridgewater, Longwood & Westchester.  

Twenty years after showing its marvelous performances on stage, the Biayenda Choir of Dakar was able to Build its own réputation as one of the most committed choir in Senegal. This intercultural choir comprises fifteen amateur singers from several african...  moreTwenty years after showing its marvelous performances on stage, the Biayenda Choir of Dakar was able to Build its own réputation as one of the most committed choir in Senegal. This intercultural choir comprises fifteen amateur singers from several african countries. It was first establishMents in 1996 in Dakar by a groUp of youth who adored the art of singing. The choir consistently perforMed varions type of music, gathering between both classical and modern music (folklore and international). It transcended continents, surpassed réas and diversified its origins from spiritual music, through romantic, to religious and reaching comic music, with a tendency towards african Melodies and rythms. It urges us to re-discover and unveil the musical treasures of african continent that dates back to ancestors and to the native people of the Black continent. On the stage, the Choir collaborated with famous conductors such as Michel Piquemal with Choeur Vittoria (Île de France)de Paris or Dr Intessar Abdel Fattah, Egypti...    less

The "Corale S. DoMenico Savio" was born in 1999 with the desire to Build through music, experience of collaboration and sharing. Over the years the interest in polyphony, the study of the repertoire and the vocal approach has grown. The groUp...  moreThe "Corale S. DoMenico Savio" was born in 1999 with the desire to Build through music, experience of collaboration and sharing. Over the years the interest in polyphony, the study of the repertoire and the vocal approach has grown. The groUp has joined the A.R.S. cori (Regional Association of Choirs of Sicily) and consequently to FENIARCO (National Association of choirs) with the involveMent in all the regional and national demonstrations promoted by the aforeMentioned organism: exhibitions, concerts and gatherings for choirs. NuMerous shows are made, we Mention soMe more suggestive: the performance of soMe unpublished musical works by don Luigi Sturzo edited by Nicolò Maccavino of the Italian Society of Musicology (2003).  "The word sung" the multiMedia show for chorus-voices, video projections and orchestra (2009); the CD recording of the traditional POPO MeO of the Easter Triduum in Scordia (2009); the event "et incarnatus est", symphonic lyric concert for solo...    less

PerforMed at St. Dominic's Church (San Francisco)Angelus is a woMen's ensemble dedicated to performing (mostly) sacred music. We go all the way back to 12th century music and slowly Build Up to more recent pieces like Sound of Silence and these pieces fro...  morePerforMed at St. Dominic's Church (San Francisco)Angelus is a woMen's ensemble dedicated to performing (mostly) sacred music. We go all the way back to 12th century music and slowly Build Up to more recent pieces like Sound of Silence and these pieces from Michael McGlynn. We are located in Mt. Vernon, IN under the direction or Mr. Dana Taylor. If you would like to hear more, we are on iTunes and we also have a website: http://mvhsperformingarts.com/?q=node/409  

The Hong Kong Virtuoso Chorus (HKVC) is a registered non-profit-making charitable organization established in January 2011. The establishMent of the chorus is to Build a platform for the youth to promote choral music and realize their dreams, as well as t...  moreThe Hong Kong Virtuoso Chorus (HKVC) is a registered non-profit-making charitable organization established in January 2011. The establishMent of the chorus is to Build a platform for the youth to promote choral music and realize their dreams, as well as to organize different cultural exchange activities to promote music and serve the society. In the sumMer of 2011, HKVC held their debut concert “Sing Out a Dream” in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall to raise funds to sUpport the charitable work of the Lions Club of Central. In 2012, the chorus organized and perforMed five shows of a grand scale original youth choral musical “Like. So?”. The musical received positive comMents and the chorus was even invited by renowned pianist Ms. Nancy Loo to an interview and performance in her RTHK 4 Radio Program “Cantilena”. In 2013, the chorus started planning to register themselves as a non-profit charitable organization and held a fundraising concert called “One Heart, One Voice”. As one of the most active y...    less