Choral Stream

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

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

We’re taking time to reflect on the way classical music has been an outlet for grief, anger and frustration after the murder of George Floyd, as well as a source of solace and joy, uplifting Black voices and art. Watch a stunning performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by the Clark Atlanta University Philharmonic Society.

Composer Christopher Tin has joined ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ director Jon Chu to create a public service announcement to help spread awareness for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Please find out more about their work, along with Tin’s major choral project from a 2021 interview.

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.