Score video of THE FERVID HOKEY POKE, Greg Bartholomew's setting for Mixed Choir (SATB) of the poem by Jeff Brechlin. Audio recording by Matt Curtis (Choral Tracks). Jeff Brechlin won The Washington Post's Style Invitational in March 2003 with his poem T...  moreScore video of THE FERVID HOKEY POKE, Greg Bartholomew's setting for Mixed Choir (SATB) of the poem by Jeff Brechlin. Audio recording by Matt Curtis (Choral Tracks). Jeff Brechlin won The Washington Post's Style Invitational in March 2003 with his poem The Hokey Poke. The competition asked readers to rewrite some banal instructions in the stvle of a famous writer. Brechlin chose to rewrite one verse of the traditional dance song The Hokey Pokey as if written by William Shakespeare, for which he won the prize of a shotgun shell salt and pepper shaker. His poem is used with permission. For more information visit www.gregbartholomew.com/hokeyindex.html  less

Choir "KORAIS" H I S T O R Y Since its foundation in 1994, Choir KORAIS has a particularly strong presence in the choral movement of our country, organizing large events, in collaboration with famous Greek composers, songwriters, performers ...  moreChoir "KORAIS" H I S T O R Y Since its foundation in 1994, Choir KORAIS has a particularly strong presence in the choral movement of our country, organizing large events, in collaboration with famous Greek composers, songwriters, performers of the classical repertoire and personalities of arts. The Choir has held concerts in many cities of Greece and abroad, and made a special appearance in Cuba, where it performed a concert in the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, in Havana, invited by the Cuban Ministry of Culture. The two concerts with the popular oratorio "AXION ESTI" of Mikis Theodorakis at Thessaloniki Palais des Sports and the "CARMINA BURANA" at Thessaloniki Concert Hall, performed in collaboration with Thessaloniki’s State Symphony Orchestra (under the Cultural Olympiad), are the Choir’s most important moments until now. The Choir has been honored by the Organization for the European Capital of Culture "Thessaloniki 97" as well as by other Institutions fo...    less

From the 2011 MCHS Christmas Show, the Mixed Ensemble performing Dance of the Sugar Plumb Faries

The POKROFF (translation: Protection of the Virgin Mary) Chamber Choir was set up in 1993 by its director and trumpeter Andrey Goryachev as a church Choir. Its creative efforts and dynamic development in 1999 permitted the Choir under the sponsorship of t...  moreThe POKROFF (translation: Protection of the Virgin Mary) Chamber Choir was set up in 1993 by its director and trumpeter Andrey Goryachev as a church Choir. Its creative efforts and dynamic development in 1999 permitted the Choir under the sponsorship of the Voice of Russia Radio Company to record its first CD – “Divinity in Sound”. Two more CDs were recorded in 2003 and 2005, devoted to Christmas and Easter. Since 2000 the Choir began touring not only in Russia but also abroad, visiting Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France, Italy, Ukraine, Moldavia, Croatia, Montenegro, BiH and Estonia. The Choir also took part in television shows in Russia and abroad, such as in the “Bregenzer Advent” in 2002. Apart from regular concerts and recordings, the Choir also minds it spiritual roots, regularly taking part in church services, both routine and special ceremonial, such as Episcopal services at which it frequently performs. The Choir is also a frequent guest at schools, orphanages and homes for the eld...    less