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

Now in its 3rd year, That Choir combines a high level of performance with a deep love of The choral art as one of Toronto’s newest choral groups. That Choir was formed in The spring of 2008 by Craig Pike and 14 of his actor friends who wanted to create an...  moreNow in its 3rd year, That Choir combines a high level of performance with a deep love of The choral art as one of Toronto’s newest choral groups. That Choir was formed in The spring of 2008 by Craig Pike and 14 of his actor friends who wanted to create and share a music experience togeTher. That Choir now brings togeTher over 25 members with diverse backgrounds in work and study, and a mixture of trained and untrained voices. New Canadian artists are important for That Choir to nurture and have already performed new works by J. Scott Brubacher as well as Reza Jacobs in December 2010. Also in December of 2010, That Choir invited Canadian Theatre Artist Nancy Palk to read Dylan Thomas's " A Child's Christmas in Wales" as part of That Choir Carols - an annual celebration of The Holidays. As That Choir looks forward into 2011, it is becoming well known for its a cappella repertoire of many styles and periods with a strong focus on storytelling.  less

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

The Ma'ayan Choir under The musical direction and conductorship of Ms. Anat Morahg is The official Choir of The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality Department of Culture and Arts, comprising of some 45 singers. Striving to achieve artistic, vocal and musical exc...  moreThe Ma'ayan Choir under The musical direction and conductorship of Ms. Anat Morahg is The official Choir of The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality Department of Culture and Arts, comprising of some 45 singers. Striving to achieve artistic, vocal and musical excellence The Choir singers are graduates of The Rubin Academy of Music Tel Aviv, The School of Choir Singing, music students and graduates of selected youth Choirs, performing a varied repertoire including both classical and contemporary music. Ma'ayan has performed in official ceremonies held by The municipality; in various festivals such as Tel Aviv –Yafo Festival, Abu Gosh Vocal Music Festival, The Renaissance Festival, "Tones in The Desert" festival, The Jerusalem Arts Festival; in concerts with The Symphonic Orchestras of Jerusalem, Haifa and Rishon Letzion, The Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra, The Israeli Chamber Orchestra, Raanana Symphonette, Baroquada, Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra and The Israeli Opera. The Ma'ayan Choir enjoys The support of The ...    less

Urjwan Choir Tartous - Syria Urjwan Choir was launched in September 2015 in Tartous City - Syria as a Choir group for harmonically distributed singing. The Adutl Choir Includes More Than 60 amateurs, who belong to various social, scientific and cultur...  moreUrjwan Choir Tartous - Syria Urjwan Choir was launched in September 2015 in Tartous City - Syria as a Choir group for harmonically distributed singing. The Adutl Choir Includes More Than 60 amateurs, who belong to various social, scientific and cultural groups and segments: school and university students, employees, teachers, engineers, doctors, parents ... and from different denominations and religions of Syrian society and Syrian Cities and Governorates, who were brought togeTher, due to war conditions, in The City of Tartous. The first objective of establishing this Choir was to integrate choral music into our local musical culture as a new type of sung music whereby The Choir presents international choral works to its Syrian audience. Moreover, The Choir aims to develop and modernize The methods of Arab musical compositions by harmonizing and rearranging it and singing it in a way that uses The best scientific and technical methods to present The best human voice professionally. The Choir’s rep...    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