Watch: Italians fill empty streets with beautiful song during lockdown
While Italy remains under a nationwide lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19, quarantined residents have joined together in song to keep their spirits high.
This activity is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment's Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

While Italy remains under a nationwide lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19, quarantined residents have joined together in song to keep their spirits high.

Listen to (and watch!) an unforgettable performance of 'Ain't No Grave' by the Wartburg Choir. It uses American Sign Language to create one of the most powerful moments in choral music.

Celebrate Women's History Month on March 5 with Her Voice Productions and its vocal program 'Short & Sweet,' featuring the Twin Cities Women's Choir, Twin Cities Girls Choir and Encore!

We're inspired by the work of Jonathan Palant, a choral leader in Dallas who's changing lives. PBS spotlighted his Dallas Street Choir, a group of Texans experiencing homelessness who lift their voices together. Watch now.

Two scholars at Stanford have joined forces to recreate what a Christian choir might have sounded like inside Istanbul's Hagia Sophia before it became a mosque in the 1400s.

There are about two dozen tuneless choirs across Britain. The choirs are intended for those who love to sing but lack the ability or confidence to do so.

The founder of the South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, which brought an innovative version of Zulu singing to a worldwide audience, died Tuesday in Pretoria. He was 78 years old.

A University of Minnesota professor, Peter Mercer-Taylor, has created a digital and recording project to explore how hymns brought classical music to the United States. Listen to performances of some of these early-American works while looking at the sheet music!

Listen to a recording of Lumina's performance of 'We Grow Accustomed to the Dark,' with music by Linda Kachelmeier and text by Emily Dickinson.

When you think of Renaissance choral composers, names like Josquin des Prez and Thomas Weelkes come to mind. Here are 5 lesser-known -- but equally great -- composers from this golden age of choral music.
This activity is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment's Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
