Why would anyone expect a choir to be able to (intentionally) sing microtones?
The Journey In Performing Microtonal Choral Music is a fascinating article by Robert Lopez-Hanshaw, Music Director at Temple Emanu-El in Tucson, Arizo…
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The choir giving trafficked women a voice
Jessie McDonald reports in The Guardian on an inspirational choral singing project in London.
How singing in choirs has become cool
Black, white, avant-garde, atheist – how did choirs become so cool? The Guardian's Jennifer Lucy Allen reports.
Prevention and cure – prescribing the arts
The launch of the National Academy for Social Prescribing in the UK is a welcome step forward for an idea which has been growing in…
Love Singing, love the World Youth & Children’s Choir Festival!
Chorally was Official Media Partner for WYCCF 2019. Editor, Cathy Clethero, describes a choral experience to warm the cockles of your heart!
The Belt and Road World Choir Festival: looking back, looking forward
The inaugural Belt and Road World Choir Festival, which took place in Hong Kong in July 2018, was programmed and presented by the World Youth and Chil…
McMusic? The role of franchises in the arts and wellbeing sectors
Part of our cultural landscape, music franchises are moving beyond artistic development into areas like therapy and even preventative medicine.
Angelic Voices in the Air – 2018 Belt & Road World Choir Festival
Jian Wang (王紀言) was Official Photographer of Hong Kong’s 2018 Belt & Road World Choir Festival. Here, he tells Chorally why he loves working with children’s choirs. I’m…
From team-building to wellbeing: the power of music in the workplace
Long before the phenomenon of the office choir was hijacked by prime-time entertainment TV, it was a team-building tool that bonded, networked and eve…
Voice Power – the choirs tackling health and social need
As ministers in the UK push for a Government cross-departmental strategy to support the health and social benefits of the arts, Karen Stretch meets three…