"Lux Arumque" by Eric Whitacre. Text "Light and Gold" by Edward Esch, Latin translation by Charles Anthony Silvestri. Recorded live on December 8, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers and Me...  more"Lux Arumque" by Eric Whitacre. Text "Light and Gold" by Edward Esch, Latin translation by Charles Anthony Silvestri. Recorded live on December 8, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers and Men's Auxiliary ensembles of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson.  

Diponegoro University Choir - Rimini International Choral Competition 2014, sacred category, gold medal (Champion / 1st place category) Conducted by Jefry Franklin Bode

The Male Choir of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) at 9th World Choir Games in Sochi (Russia) Category: C27 Folklore a cappella Result: 88.63, Gold, QI (the choir is the 2nd among the winners in t...  moreThe Male Choir of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) at 9th World Choir Games in Sochi (Russia) Category: C27 Folklore a cappella Result: 88.63, Gold, QI (the choir is the 2nd among the winners in this category) July, 2016 http://www.interkultur.com/about/world-choir-games/  

I wrote an essay about group singing for Time, and I mentioned ChoirPlace as one of the places to find a choir.    This is a picture of a summer sing I went to on Monday, hosted by the West Village Chorale.  

I'm always trying to get more men singing.   For some reason some men don't like mixed group, but prefer to sing with their own kind. I must admit that there is someThing special about hearing all male (or all female) voices in harmony together - i...

Half of California’s school music programs have been Canceled in the last eight years. This is removing an important tool for childhood development. Below, we will look at How singing helps brain development and How to pick up the slack where t...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I often get enquiries From people looking for one-to-one singing lessons. I tell them that unfortunately I don’t offer them.     I...

“Marko Marulić” High School Mixed Choir was founded under the guidance of prof. Tomislav Veršić in the school year 1992/93 by merging two school ensembles founded a year earlier: Girls’ Choir, and traditional Dalmatian male vocal group (so-Called “klapa”)...  more“Marko Marulić” High School Mixed Choir was founded under the guidance of prof. Tomislav Veršić in the school year 1992/93 by merging two school ensembles founded a year earlier: Girls’ Choir, and traditional Dalmatian male vocal group (so-Called “klapa”) “Šufit”. At the end of the following school year, the choir participated for the first time at the Croatian Youth Music Festival, choral competition which is traditionally held in Varaždin, thereby winning the Silver Plaque. In 1996 the performance of the choir at the same event was rewarded with Gold Plaque. After this success, the choir received new, more experienced members, and began to act as the Mixed Choir of Cultural and Artistic Association “Aspalathos”. Although new ensemble soon became well recognized and multiply awarded, it ceased to be a part of the school and thus of this historical review as well. The choir continued its work under the name of “Marko Marulić” High School in the school year 2004/05. Since 2006 until now, the Choir has performe...    less

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about 10 ways to be a better choir member. This was prompted by an earlier post on whether you need singing lessons or not i...