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The charitable purpose of the society is the promotion of the public education in the art and science of Choral music by the presentation of public concerts and recitals. [34] The choir achieves this by staging several performances a year around London and Europe, participating in music festivals and commissioning music.
The Paris Choral Society (or PCS) is an auditioned amateur choir based at the American Cathedral in Paris, France. The PCS is incorporated as a voluntary association under French law as an Association loi de 1901, and is made up of 100 singers of different nationalities [1] dedicated to the performance of choral masterpieces. Three concerts are ...
This article is based on interviews with Florence Kopleff, who was a member of the Robert Shaw Chorale throughout its existence and served as administrative assistant to Mr. Shaw; and on recollections of John W. Cooledge, a member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Chorus, and of the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers throughout the existence of that group.
Caroline Redman Lusher (born Caroline Anne Lusher, 17 April 1974) is an English singer and musician, best known for being the founder and director of Rock Choir, the world's largest amateur contemporary choir. [1] She is considered to be "responsible for the contemporary choir movement in the UK".
The group explores various genres of music including folk, opera, music theatre, gospel, and jazz. The CCOC performs often; in addition to COC productions, they perform with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra , [ 1 ] Soundstreams Canada , the Hannaford Street Silver Band , Art of Time Ensemble , and The Tenors as well as in their own shows.
The Turtle Creek Chorale (TCC) is an American men's chorus located in Dallas, Texas.With 38 recordings and two commercially produced, feature-length motion picture documentaries in public distribution, it is among the most recorded men's choruses in the world.
Sweden has a long tradition of professional and amateur choir singing. A large percentage of the Swedes sing in amateur choirs in various styles. The choirs of Sweden are among the best in the world, with the Radio Choir, owned by Sveriges Radio (Swedish public radio) being one of the world's top professional classical choirs.
By 1928, the BBC had decided there was a need to develop a large amateur chorus of its own. Notices advertising the formation of The National Chorus were placed, auditions were held, a broadcast was delivered in August 1928 discussing the new choir and its upcoming programme, and the choir gave its first performance later that year in Granville Bantock's oratorio The Pilgrim's Progress. [3]