Need something to do over the Christmas Break? Well, it wouldn’t be hard to while away a few hours playing “Handbell Hero” (opens new window), a rhythm-matching knockoff of the popular Guitar Hero. No, there is no choir involved, but since choirs and handbell choirs often perform together I thought you might be interested.
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could have all the greatest vocal talent assembled in one place for a Christmas concert? Here are 25 Christmas selections on youtube that I’ve assembled from choral ensembles all over the world (will open a new window). Once the window is open, just click “Play All Videos” on the right to start […]
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“Qui Tollis” sing-a-long (Vivaldi) with the John Alldis Choir
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O.K., so I made up the quote, but it does seem to cure an awful lot. See A Cappella News for the full story, excerpted from the UK Sun.
I went to one of the myriad of Messiah ’sing-ins’ a couple of years back and enjoyed blasting through many of the familiar choruses. If you’d like to listen to / sing along with a good performance, visit NPR’s Handel’s ‘Messiah’ from Philadelphia.
On the other hand, I came away that evening thinking that there could have […]
Listen to NPR’s 2007 Christmas Around the Country (opens a new window). Of especial note: the Pro-Arte Singers present the world premiere of a new Christmas song by Finnish composer Jaakko Mantyjarvi. Also, I’d like to give congrats to the BYU Men’s Chorus (BYU is my alma matter) for being included on the program this year.
Though some pieces […]
Listen to an archive of NPR’s 2005 Christmas Around the Country (opens new window). The program includes choral and instrumental Christmas works. Don’t be fooled by the playlist on the page though, it must have been for a previous year’s program. There are, however, many delights from Cantus, bell choirs, orchestras, children’s choruses and more.
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Need something to listen to while you’re working? What could be more relaxing or able to take the stress out of your day than choral sacred music? Visit the Choral Treasure on Live365 and click ‘play’ to listen. You will have to sit through an ad, but the music will start soon.
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The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Sissel have received two Grammy nominations for their newest release, “Spirit of The Season.” The album was nominated for Best Classical Crossover Album as well as Best Engineered Classical Album.
If you like a bit of variety in your Christmas music, perhaps this new release is what you are looking for. […]
Here is some footage from Canterbury Cathedral’s 2006 St Nicholas Day Parade. The footage ends with the children’s choir singing “Away in a Manger.”
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“I love it, I like to see people succeed, and music is a positive academic program that gives kids the opportunity for success.” ~Margaret Pantalone
Ms. Pantelone, with 65 years as a choral music educator, was just recently honored by having a 38-year-old choral festival in West Virginia renamed after her. Read about it here.
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Instrumentalists, please don’t shoot me! but a recent choralnet blog post concerning choral vs orchestral conductors got me thinking along similar lines: the seeming divide between vocalists vs instrumentalists. As I see it, the broad stereotype seems to go like this:
Instrumentalists think of vocalists as non-musicians, amateurs, a lower breed (’singers’ they say with a knowing nod).
Vocalists tend to […]
“Ever consider what the Christmas season would be like without that special music? As a small child (more years ago than I like to think about) when winter was well under way, one day I’d hear my mama playing Christmas carols on the old piano in the living room and thrill with excitement, knowing that […]