We've celebrated choral music all year long. But we certainly didn't do it alone; this has been a shared endeavor.
This year, to celebrate your favorite choral works, we have partnered with Twin Cities-based VocalEssence to assemble a ballot of the top 100 choral favorites. We ask you to vote by choosing your Top 5 selections.
On April 22, VocalEssence will perform a countdown of the top 15 a cappella and piano-accompanied choral pieces — as voted by you and listeners from all over — at their Listeners' Choice LIVE concert.
Before then, we will reveal and play your Top 25 on the Choral Stream when our choral month begins in April.
But now, it's time to vote! Make your top five selections from this ballot before 11:59 p.m. CST on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. You can vote early and often.
Choral Classics 2016 Ballot
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