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A Service of Chorus America

Your Desert Island Discs

If you were stranded on a desert island, what choral music recording would you take with you?

When we asked this of some 600 choral singers, many of them thought the question was—how to put this delicately?—ill-advised.

"Are you kidding?"

"Don't be silly."

"Impossible."

"I hate questions like these"...

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Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll

Among the zipped up, stiffly starched giants of the choral repertoire, Carmina Burana is the bad girl who can't seem to keep her blouse buttoned.
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Choral Masterworks: Is Any One Version “The Best”?

In a Singer Network interview, choral conductor Tom Hall pulls back the veil on several well-loved choral works.
 

Mining for Gems

A choral music "sleuth" noses around in music stores and online to find the best choral CDs you’ve never heard of.
 

The Real Mozart Effect

Of all the claims made about the power of music, Mozart has gotten the most press. A singer imagines a conversation with the Maestro himself about this unusual development.
 
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