Choral Stream

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Sing to Inspire: Dec. 14, 2015

Sing to Inspire: And the GRAMMY goes to...

Sing to Inspire: And the GRAMMY goes to...

Each week, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu and Julie Amacher share a choral music story from around the country. This week, they share interviews and performances from U.S. choirs that were nominated for a GRAMMY in the Best Choral Performance category.

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A New Holiday Song By Nico Muhly

A New Holiday Song By Nico Muhly

Hear a deceptive take on the winter blues by way of a versatile choir, a young New York composer and a 150-year-old poem by Longfellow.

Christmas with Cantus

Christmas with Cantus

Listen Thursday, Dec. 10, at 11 a.m., for a Christmas with Cantus special, broadcast live from Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis.

Sing to Inspire: Something to Think About

Sing to Inspire: Something to Think About

Each week, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu and Julie Amacher share a choral music story from around the country. This week, they share surprising data on choral singing and highlight an extraordinary professional female choral ensemble.

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Remembering David Willcocks

Remembering David Willcocks

On Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, at 1 p.m. Central, the Memorial Concert for Sir David Willcocks will air on our Choral Stream. Willcocks, who died in September at age 95, was one of the great choral directors of King's College, Cambridge. Classical host Michael Barone reflects on the life and music of Willcocks.

Sing to Inspire: Men United in Song

Sing to Inspire: Men United in Song

Each week, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu and Julie Amacher share a choral music story from around the country. This week, they share a story about the celebration of male singing across the midwest and beyond.

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Sing to Inspire: Hope and Quietly Wait

Sing to Inspire: Hope and Quietly Wait

Each week, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu and Julie Amacher share a choral music story from around the country. This week, they share a moving story about how music provided a connection between a son, and his father who was battling, and eventually succumbed to dementia.

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Vigil for Paris victim spurs recording of Runestad work

Vigil for Paris victim spurs recording of Runestad work

Jonathan Talberg, director of the Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir at California State University, Long Beach, led his choir in song at a vigil for CSULB student Nohemi Gonzalez, who died in the Paris terror attacks. Afterwards, Talberg was inspired to record a performance of Minneapolis composer Jake Runestad's 'Let My Love Be Heard.'

Pentatonix to sing 'Star Wars' score at AMAs

Pentatonix to sing 'Star Wars' score at AMAs

The classically-trained pop vocal group Pentatonix plan to sing - yes, SING - excerpts from John Williams's 'Star Wars' score on this year's American Music Awards.

VIDEO: a choral performance in an Icelandic hot spring

VIDEO: a choral performance in an Icelandic hot spring

When the host of a French travel program asked if a group of men in an Icelandic hot spring knew one another, it turns out they did: All are members of a men's choir. The choir treated the TV crew to an impromptu choral performance, even as they were up to their shoulders in steaming water.

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