Choral Stream

Join Cantus for 'Alone Together,' a special program highlighting mental-health topics including depression and anxiety. This program is a collaboration with Call to Mind.

As the COVID-19 pandemic starts to turn a corner, Minnesota choirs are looking forward to more in-person singing and performances. Learn more about what Cantus, the Minnesota Chorale and other ensembles are doing to prepare for the return of live audiences.

All the singers in this U.K. choir have undergone laryngectomies — voice box removal — to treat cancer. Singing builds lung strength, and performing together builds confidence, choir members say.

Coronavirus FAQ: Is choir practice OK now? Found out these answers and more.

Chorus America awarded the University of Minnesota's director of choral activities, Kathy Saltzman Romey, its Distinguished Service Award for 2021. The award follows her 30 years of work with the school, as well as her deep involvement with the Minnesota choral community.

Women from Iraq's Yazidi minority get together to perform centuries-old sacred songs. They've survived captivity by ISIS and loved ones' deaths. "They are trying to heal," says a Yazidi politician.

Listen as Lumina performs three rare, early-American hymns during a recent recording session at Central Presbyterian Church in downtown St. Paul.

Two Minnesotans -- Kyle Pederson and Brian Newhouse -- are the first winners of the Genesis Prize, a competition for choral compositions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that will culminate in a world premiere concert on March 17.

A request from two avid Saturday Cinema fans, Rick Halvorson and Jeffrey Kern of Philadelphia's University of the Arts and Philly Pops. Great epic film scores that include choirs. The Lion in Winter, The Mission, Amistad, Saving Private Ryan.

The gospel trailblazer and his powerhouse choir close out Tiny Desk's Black History Month celebration with a moving performance from his studio in Arlington, Texas.