Choral Stream

In honor of Women's Equality Day on Aug. 26, listen to 'Bread and Roses,' a celebration of women in classical music, with host Andrea Blain.

Francisco J. Nunez created the acclaimed Young People's Chorus of New York City to bring children from all backgrounds together to make music. He's now questioning what more we need to do to better serve our young singers.

Because singers, as well as certain wind and brass instrumentalists, generate respiratory aerosols at high rates, researchers warn that group singing remains "extremely dangerous and irresponsible" amid the coronavirus crisis.

In this episode of the Thistle & Shamrock, African American gospel and Hebridean psalm singing are explored and celebrated.

If you're pressed for time, checking out the Adult Swim Choir probably isn't the best idea. You'll wonder where the minutes have flown once you start playing around with this goofy, interactive take on choral singing.

Even before the age of social-distancing, composer and conductor Eric Whitacre had been leading an online chorus for a decade. Choir members say the connection they foster is more important than ever.

While at St. Olaf College, Jayden Browne created Transpose, a card game for players to learn, practice and master music theory.

Welcome to the Choral Stream Download, a handpicked, free, downloadable piece of choral music available every week for subscribers to the Choral Stream newsletter. This week, get a free MP3 of Josef Rheinberger - Abendlied.

A choir of about 100 performers sang at a megachurch campaign event featuring Vice President Pence on Sunday. They did not wear masks while they sang.

This MPR News feature originally ran for a memorial concert that took place in March on the 100th day before the 100th anniversary of the horrible mob lynching of three black men in Duluth in 1920. With Monday's arrival of the actual anniversary -- and planned public events canceled due to the pandemic -- we offer an updated version of the story that adds a recent WPR interview with composer Jean 'Rudy' Perrault, who composed 'We Three Kings' to commemorate the men and their tragic deaths.