A Unique Choir

MUNDO AFRIKA is the award-winning world Music Choir based at Formby High School, in Merseyside. Over the past 12 years, we have trained five generations of young performers from across the school as part of our extra-curricular Music programme. Special...  moreMUNDO AFRIKA is the award-winning world Music Choir based at Formby High School, in Merseyside. Over the past 12 years, we have trained five generations of young performers from across the school as part of our extra-curricular Music programme. Specialising in acappella African vocals, our performances are enhanced with dynamic percussion and traditional dance. Many arrangements are created by the group's Musical Director, Mr Steve Cook, and by the students themselves. Our repertoire includes a range of traditional and contemporary African songs in a variety of languages. Over the years, this outstanding group has developed a reputation for thrilling, breathtaking and energetic performances at school concerts and further afield. The group has achieved great success at the National Festival of Music for Youth on three occasions, performed at the Royal Albert Hall at the School's Proms and also performed for HRH Queen Elizabeth II in Liverpool. in 2012, these talented students entertained thousands of specta...    less

One Voice Community Choir takes contemporary Gospel Music to another level with its unique blend of voices and harmonies. Although the Choir originated and is based in Preston, Lancashire, members come from all over the North West. Individual Choir mem...  moreOne Voice Community Choir takes contemporary Gospel Music to another level with its unique blend of voices and harmonies. Although the Choir originated and is based in Preston, Lancashire, members come from all over the North West. Individual Choir members are involved in a wide range of local community projects and often call upon the whole Choir to help drive fundraising events across the region. One Voice Community Choir celebrates diversity and continually sources new material from its multi-cultural roots. The inspired leadership of Musical Director Tyndale Thomas MBE, combined with 14 years of performance experience has produced a stunning sound and versatile choral ensemble. We were thrilled to be Finalists in the 2013 BBC Songs of Praise Gospel Choir of the Year!  less

written for Mixed Choir and published by Preludio Music - Milan - Italy

In the summer of 2005, a few singers in the Madison Early Music Festival decided that it was a fine idea to get together and delight themselves with singing madrigals. The group's first piece—William Byrd’s “This sweet and merry month of May”, whose endin...  moreIn the summer of 2005, a few singers in the Madison Early Music Festival decided that it was a fine idea to get together and delight themselves with singing madrigals. The group's first piece—William Byrd’s “This sweet and merry month of May”, whose ending celebrated Queen Elizabeth I with the words and greet Eliza with a rhyme: O beauteous Queen of Second Troy, Take well in worth a simple toy. provided a great name for the group. Eliza’s Toyes was born, and existed every summer in Madison, Wisconsin. In 2008, a fair number of singers who were in Eliza's Toyes are living in Madison once again. Thus we gather, outside of the Festival, for the joy of Music making. It is our pleasure to continue sharing this wonderful body of Music with you for the second year!  less

The New Choir was founded by the Music Director and Conductor, Eileen Chang, in August, 2000 and is composed of about twenty five singers from the greater San Francisco Bay Area. The New Choir is an auditioned chamber Choir performing choral works from al...  moreThe New Choir was founded by the Music Director and Conductor, Eileen Chang, in August, 2000 and is composed of about twenty five singers from the greater San Francisco Bay Area. The New Choir is an auditioned chamber Choir performing choral works from all genres. The Choir has been conducting regularly scheduled performances in the Bay Area since its founding. The members of the New Choir have been brought together by their common love for the making of beautiful Music. The New Choir is dedicated to the study and performance of quality choral literature and sharing the joy and the spiritual enhancement inherent in the making of Music. The New Choir has been recognized for their performances of thoughtfully prepared programs. The Choir receives frequent requests for guest performances in the San Francisco Bay area and, in March 2006, was honored with an invitation to perform at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Western Division Convention where the Choir's performance was received very warml...    less

In Hora Sexta was born as a chamber Choir in 2002. From the beginning our intention was to establish a dialog between ancient vocal Music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods and contemporary Music from the 20th and 21st centuries. As the vocal requir...  moreIn Hora Sexta was born as a chamber Choir in 2002. From the beginning our intention was to establish a dialog between ancient vocal Music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods and contemporary Music from the 20th and 21st centuries. As the vocal requirements of this aim are very important, we pay special attention to the Musical and technical preparation of our programmes, in order to provide high quality performances. Our repertory includes ancient and contemporary Music and works from composers such as Claudio Monteverdi, William Byrd, Heinrich Schütz, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Thomas Tallis, Vicente Goicoechea, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Vytautas Miskinis, Zoltán Kodaly, Samuel Barber, Benjamin Britten, Astor Piazzolla and Marcos Leite. In Hora Sexta has regularly taken part in the Musical series of concerts organized by Madrid town council and other Spanish institutions since 2003. We have been on tour in Canarias, Barcelona, Valencia, Toledo or La Granja de San Ildefonso. We have also taken par...    less

There is no need to be able to read Music and your singing ability doesn’t matter; this Choir is about joining together for a sing along for an hour each Tuesday and having fun. Caroline Mander is a hugely experienced Choir leader and her background in mu...  moreThere is no need to be able to read Music and your singing ability doesn’t matter; this Choir is about joining together for a sing along for an hour each Tuesday and having fun. Caroline Mander is a hugely experienced Choir leader and her background in Musical theatre gives her the perfect platform from which to lead you in renditions of uplifting songs from many different genres.  

We - as vocal orange - are just one Mixed bunch of unique ladies. Yet our passion of singing joins us every week to rehears interesting and rarely performed Music. With passion and great ambition, Music and literature from all over the world comes sensual...  moreWe - as vocal orange - are just one Mixed bunch of unique ladies. Yet our passion of singing joins us every week to rehears interesting and rarely performed Music. With passion and great ambition, Music and literature from all over the world comes sensually alive. The focus of our Music is located in the Baltic region. of course! Our cherished and beloved conductor Arūnas Pečiulis is from Lithuania. In 2016 we released our first own CD "Christmas in Orange" with traditional and extraordinary Christmas songs from all over the world. We are also represented with a total of three pieces on the CDs „Salzburg singt 2 - Advent" and „Salzburg singt 3 - Adventkalender" of the Salzburg Choir Association. In 2017 we made our first big trip abroad to Lithuania and Latvia, in 2018 we were one of only two „non-Lithuanian“ Choirs to take part in the Lithuanian song festival „Dainų šventė“ in Vilnius. In 2019 we were awarded at the International Choir Competition i...    less