ORA Singers Composer Competition seeks young aspiring composers
The award-winning vocal group, ORA Singers, has launched its third national Composer Competition – a free scheme aimed at developing the skills of young composers…
New Year’s Honours for choral movers and shakers
Peter Broadbent, Andrew Carwood and Mark Strachan were among an illustrious array of figures from the musical world to feature in the 2022 UK New…
UK Chancellor announces additional £30m for covid-hit arts sector
The UK government will boost the Culture Recovery Fund by £30m between January-March 2022 as part of a £1bn business support scheme announced by Ris…
Morton Lauridsen in conversation with Ben Parry
To mark the new release of the National Youth Choir's recording of O magnum mysterium by Morten Lauridsen, NYCGB (National Youth Choirs of Great Brita…
Eight international choirs to perform online at 2022 World Choir Festival
Hong Kong-based World Youth and Children Choral Artists' Association, the organiser of the 2022 World Choir Festival, has announced that eight interna…
Music industry unites to fight climate change
All the major music companies and many independents have signed a Music Climate Pact under guidance from the United Nations Environmental Programme.
Ivors awards six first-timers in Composer Awards 2021
Nikki Isles, Alex Paxton, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Zoe Rahman, Martin Iddon and Caroline Kraabel won their first Ivors at the Composers Awards held at th…
World Youth and Children Choral Artists’ Association marks its 25th anniversary
Hong Kong-based charity World Youth and Children Choral Artists’ Association (WYCCAA) will celebrate its 25th Anniversary in 2022/23 by organising f…
Talking to… Grammy Award-winning composer Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre talks to CHORALLY Partner Musicroom about the composing process, his current and future plans and why he thinks that despite the coronav…
New safe singing guide from Sing Up
National singing organisation Sing Up has published a new guide for schools and groups to support safe singing during the festive season.