Choral Stream

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.

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.

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.'

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.

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.

Each week, American Public Media/Classical Minnesota Public Radio's Choral Initiative Manager, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, shares a choral music story from around the country. This week, Tesfa shares a story about a choral festival and it's impact on a community for over 35 years.

One morning in early August, Pentatonix - a hugely popular vocal group - rolled into town, after being on a bus all night, for a show at the Xcel Energy Center with Kelly Clarkson. Only a few hours later, they were on the mics at RiverRock Studios in Northeast Minneapolis.

Each week, American Public Media/Classical Minnesota Public Radio's Choral Initiative Manager, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, shares a choral music story from around the country. This week, Tesfa officially announces the Radio Choir from American Public Media.

Vox Nova is a summer choral ensemble directed by Vicki Peters. The singers in Vox Nova are involved in all aspects of the choral art. Some conduct, some compose, some hone their skills as choral music teachers. Highlights from this summer's Vox Nova experience are in this week's Regional Spotlight.

Managing Director of Classical Programming, Brian Newhouse, is in Munich as a judge of the Let the Peoples Sing choral contest for amateur choirs. After winners Aarhus Girls' Choir were crowned, the judges had a rethink and decided to share the top prize with the Young People's Chorus of New York City. Read Newhouse's dispatch from Munich.