In 1988, when Budapest International Choir Festival & Competition was founded, a milestone was set in the history of Choral competitions. In 2025 we will already celebrate the 19th anniversary of this festival in Budapest. Be participants in one of Centr...

Dear Choir Directors, Congratulations on successfully completing another semester filled with beautiful Choral performances and uplifting musical experiences. As we wrap up this chapter, I invite you to take a moment to reflect on the accomplishments ach...

Düzenleme (arr.): Muammer Sun, Turkish Folk Music 8 Aralık Dünya Koro Müziği Günü (The World Choral Day) IFCM (International Federation for Choral Music), ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) ve Unesco ile birlikte koro günü olarak ilan edilmi...  moreDüzenleme (arr.): Muammer Sun, Turkish Folk Music 8 Aralık Dünya Koro Müziği Günü (The World Choral Day) IFCM (International Federation for Choral Music), ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) ve Unesco ile birlikte koro günü olarak ilan edilmiştir. Dünya Koro Müziği Günü'ne ithaf olunmuştur. www.facebook.com/vocavoicesamsun www.twitter.com/vocavoice vocavoice@gmail.com Koristler/Chorister's Sop: Ayça ÖZGÜN Beyza Dilara TEKELİ Cemre EĞİLMEZ Hatun SEZGİN Şule İdil AYDIN Alt: Aslı CENGİZ Burçin YAŞMUT Büşra Nur ÜĞÜTEN Damla CENGİZ Gülay ÇETİN Tuğçe YILDIRIM Ten: Eray DEMİRAL Erman AYDIN Fuat LAFCI Halilcem GÜDEK Mustafa Ozan TÜRKOĞLU Bas: Caner YERLİ Emrah KÜÇÜKCANBAZ Oğulcan BERBER Tolgahan TOPÇU Uğur Can TURMUŞ  less

A powerful declaration for freedom and equality, Rich Campbell’s “Border” is angular, emotional, and desperate. The text draws from (and paraphrases) several sources: contemporary media, Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus,” the Bible’s Matthew 25:31-40, curr...  moreA powerful declaration for freedom and equality, Rich Campbell’s “Border” is angular, emotional, and desperate. The text draws from (and paraphrases) several sources: contemporary media, Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus,” the Bible’s Matthew 25:31-40, currency, and others. The changing meters of “Border” fill the work with an up-tempo, rhythmic energy that propels it forward. Campbell’s piece hardly relents, even as the pace slows this work presses forward with a colorful and often modal harmonic language. “Border” is a call for justice, empathy and compassion, a summons to our collective conscience.  less

As an organiser of international #Choral #festivals and #competitions, #Fiestalonia appeared as a result of our enthusiastic work, constant search for new ideas and the desire to replace the traditional #festivals with more perfect and comfortable ones. ...  moreAs an organiser of international #Choral #festivals and #competitions, #Fiestalonia appeared as a result of our enthusiastic work, constant search for new ideas and the desire to replace the traditional #festivals with more perfect and comfortable ones. The exceptionally high quality of the festivals is guaranteed by the promise given by the team of Fiestalonia. Our company is strong thanks to our employees, each of whom is a highly qualified professional and a positive person. We create our festivals as stunning and emotionally charged events that invariably remain in memory as the most vivid life impressions. We realise that, as a #flagship of the industry of organisation of festival events, we have the opportunity to influence the established models of festivals through the introduction of the highest standards and #innovations. We focus on quality, we think it is the most important and intrinsic value. We have achieved the position that Fiestalonia festivals personify the refinement #embodying the best tra...    less

Date: 7 - 10 July 2017Location: SingaporeOrientale Concentus, conceptualised in 2008 with the purpose of promoting international arts and cultural exchange and youth Choral music development, has seen a successful run across China, Taiwan and South Kore...

Te Deum Chamber Choir www.te-deum.org Live performance, November 13, 2016 Village Presbyterian Church, Prairie Village, Kansas

Choral music is currently going through a renaissance with hundreds of professional and amateur choirs singing all across the world. But what makes the sound, and in particular the sound of a professional group, so appealing? In this essay, I look at the ...  moreChoral music is currently going through a renaissance with hundreds of professional and amateur choirs singing all across the world. But what makes the sound, and in particular the sound of a professional group, so appealing? In this essay, I look at the science behind the notes to find out why Choral music sounds so good. ▶ Support my channel: https://www.patreon.com/listeningin ▶ Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2PlVaMS ____________________ ▶ Website: http://www.barnabymartin.com ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarnabyMartin FURTHER READING Choral Phonetics - when vowels control the intonation [Wolfgang Saus]: https://www.oberton.org/wp-content/uploads/ws-Choral-Phonetics-vh-2.pdf CHOIRS FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO Tenebrae Choir: https://www.tenebrae-choir.com/ Voces8: https://voces8.com/ Illuminare Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnDCENlgvXo The Choir of Westminster Abbey: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/worship-music/music/the-abbey-choir-and-musicians/the-choir The Kingdom Choir: https://ki...    less

World Premiere performance, November 12, 2017 Village Presbyterian Church, Prairie Village, Kansas May the Mother in us comfort us And the Father in us protect us; May the Daughter in us bring us Hope And the Son within us bring us Joy. May the ...  moreWorld Premiere performance, November 12, 2017 Village Presbyterian Church, Prairie Village, Kansas May the Mother in us comfort us And the Father in us protect us; May the Daughter in us bring us Hope And the Son within us bring us Joy. May the Dancer in us move us And the Poet inspire our Song. May the Explorer embolden us And the Artist honor the Beauty that holds us. May we all be Creators and Priests and Nurses and Heroes, And may our Song lift beyond these walls To light the world. -Poem by Robert Bode in honor of Te Deum's 10th season www.te-deum.org  less

"evening morning day" by David Lang. Text from the Book of Genesis 1. Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University. Director: Beth Willer. ...  more"evening morning day" by David Lang. Text from the Book of Genesis 1. Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University. Director: Beth Willer. The composer writes: "I wanted to make a piece about the creation story but I didn't want to highlight one religion's or culture's narrative over another." "It was important for me to try to find something universal, something present in all stories, or common to all cultures. I hit upon the idea of making a kind of checklist of everything that needed to be created to get the world to this point, without each individual culture's stories or myths or exoticisms. I went back to the first chapter of Genesis, to see what I could get out of my own culture's story, and I stripped away all the descriptions, adjectives, connectors and motivators. All that is left of Genesis in my text are the nouns, leaving a dispassionate list of everything created, in the order in ...    less