Poster VocalEssence Chorus, October 2015
VocalEssence Chorus, October 2015
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Follow our Top 25 Choral Countdown

Throughout the month of April, we've been celebrating choral music with four weeks of special programming we call Voices of Spring. On Friday, April 29, we're culminating the month with a Top 25 choral countdown, as voted by you.

Back in January, we asked you to vote for your favorite choral pieces on a ballot of 100 titles (with room for write-ins). You responded, and 15 of those picks informed the VocalEssence Listeners' Choice concert on April 24.

Now, we bring your picks to the airwaves. Listen Friday starting at 7 a.m. as we play two selections per hour. From 1 to 3 p.m., we'll take a water break as our friends at Performance Today broadcast the day's program. Then, at 3 p.m., Steve Seel (in for Steve Staruch) plays three choral selections per hour as we count down the rest of the way from 13 down to your No. 1 pick.

Tune in or stream, and be sure to follow along as we reveal the top 25 picks via Twitter:

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