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A choir (/ˈkwaɪ.ər/) (also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which spans from the Medieval era to the 2010s, and/or popular music repertoire. Most choirs are led by a conductor, who leads the performances with arm and face gestures.
A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus. The former term is very often applied to groups affiliated with a church (whether or not they actually occupy the choir) and the second to groups that perform in theatres or concert halls, but this distinction is far from rigid. Choirs may sing without instrumental accompaniment, with the accompaniment of a piano or pipe organ, with a small ensemble (e.g., harpsichord, cello and double bass for a Baroque era piece), or with a full orchestra of 70-100 musicians.
The term "Choir" has the secondary definition of a subset of an ensemble; thus one speaks of the "woodwind choir" of an orchestra, or different "choirs" of voices and/or instruments in a polychoral composition. In typical 18th- to 21st-century oratorios and masses, chorus or choir is usually understood to imply more than one singer per part, in contrast to the quartet of soloists also featured in these works.
Got Talent is a talent show television format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCOtv company. A pilot was made in the United Kingdom in 2005, hosted by Paul O'Grady, but after O'Grady's split with ITV, the series was postponed, resulting in America's Got Talent – the first full series of the format.
It has spawned spin-offs in over 58 countries (as of April 2014), in what is now referred to as the Got Talent format, similar to that described by FremantleMedia of the Idol and The X Factor formats. In April 2014, the format was named the world's most successful reality TV format ever by the Guinness World Records.
Got Talent was an invention by The X Factor creator Simon Cowell, with comedian and talk show host Paul O'Grady producing a pilot for ITV in 2005 under the provisional title Paul O'Grady's Got Talent. O'Grady left the network after disputes with ITV, resulting in Cowell moving the concept to the United States while he and ITV searched for a new show host.
Due to these issues, the Got Talent franchise ended up debuting first as America's Got Talent on NBC on 21 June 2006, with judges David Hasselhoff, Brandy Norwood, and Piers Morgan. The show's original series was hosted by Regis Philbin. In 2016, the judging panel consisted of Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Melanie Brown, and Simon Cowell, and hosted by Nick Cannon, who has been the presenter since 2009. The grand prize on America's Got Talent is $1 million, and, since season 3, a chance to headline a show on the Las Vegas Strip. America's Got Talent proved extremely successful for NBC, pulling in high ratings in both total viewers and the younger 18-49 demographic. The show's initial success in America is credited with the eventual launch of the British series, and the overall global launch of the Got Talent franchise.
Britain's Got Talent (often shortened to BGT) is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent franchise. The show is a Thames production (formerly Talkback Thames) distributed by FremantleMedia and is produced in association with Syco TV. The show is broadcast on ITV and its sister show Britain's Got More Talent is broadcast on ITV2. Anyone of any age with some sort of talent can audition for the show. Acts compete against each other in order to gain the audience support while trying to win the title of "The winner of Britain's Got Talent''. The original judging panel consisted of the show's creator Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan. Kelly Brook was brought in as a fourth judge in series 3, but was axed after one audition site. Morgan did not return for series 5 and Cowell was only present during the live shows, while David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre joined the panel. Alesha Dixon and David Walliams joined the panel in series 6 as replacements for McIntyre and Hasselhoff.
One Voice may refer to:
One Voice Children's Choir (originally known as the 2002 Winter Olympic Children's Choir and Studio A Children's Choir) is an American children's choir in Utah.
The group was founded by Masa Fukuda in 2001 after he composed the song "It Just Takes Love" for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. He asked students to help make a commemorative CD for the Olympics. Some of the students also were "children of light" performers for the Olympics, whom he volunteered to help train. After the Olympics, 25 students wanted to continue singing together, and Fukuda formed the choir as a nonprofit organization to continue working with them.
One Voice is led by director Fukuda and has 140 members ages 4–17. Every year, the choir perform around 50 to 70 times. The group meets year-round for once-a-week practices. They perform a vast selection of music such as pop music, gospel music, classical music, Broadway musical songs, and patriotic songs.
In 2003, the choir sang the Christmas song "Innocence of Youth" and won the John Lennon International Music Award after singing in a competition for Yoko Ono. In 2014, One Voice received national attention for their rendition of the Disney song "Let It Go", starring Lexi Walker and Alex Boyé. Their video received 1 million views in one day, 18 million in 10 days, and over 60 million by July 2015. They were invited to compete in the ninth season of America's Got Talent in 2014 and reached the quarterfinals.
Actors: Noel Gallagher (actor), Dick Carruthers (director), Jeremy Azis (producer), Ed Coleman (editor), Robert Gorrie (actor), Marcus Russell (actor), Andy Kinsman (actor), Russ Pritchard (actor), John Mindlin (actor), Vincent Lawlor (actor), Bob Bishop (actor), Alec McKinlay (actor), Glyn Jones (actor), James Brown (actor), Steve James (actor),
Genres: Documentary, Music,Actors: Anthony McPartlin (actor), Anthony McPartlin (actor), Anthony McPartlin (actor), Declan Donnelly (actor), Gary Lineker (actor), Simon Cowell (actor), Anthony McPartlin (actor), Anthony McPartlin (actor), Declan Donnelly (actor), Declan Donnelly (actor), Declan Donnelly (actor), Declan Donnelly (actor), Declan Donnelly (actor), Cliff Richard (actor), Anthony McPartlin (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Music,Actors: Hidehiro Ito (miscellaneous crew), Jessica Renslow (miscellaneous crew), Chris Boscardin (editor), Ken Stachnik (miscellaneous crew), Ken Stachnik (miscellaneous crew), Dave Cain (miscellaneous crew), Erika Oda (actress), Rick Vargas (actor), Jason Harrington (miscellaneous crew), Ed Koziarski (producer), Ed Koziarski (writer), Ed Koziarski (director), Junko Kajino (producer), Junko Kajino (director), Junko Kajino (writer),
Plot: A young Okinawan woman named Rei kidnaps the teenage son of a U.S. Marine with whom she shares a dark and mysterious past.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, number-in-titleActors: Christina Hwang (miscellaneous crew), Stanley Clarke (composer), Ice Cube (producer), Michael Beach (actor), Loretta Devine (actress), Trae Ireland (producer), Nicholas Turturro (actor), Katt Williams (actor), Ice Cube (actor), Don Abernathy (actor), Keith David (actor), Tracy Morgan (actor), Clifton Powell (actor), Chi McBride (actor), Starletta DuPois (actress),
Plot: Durell Washington and LeeJohn Jackson are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When Durell learns that his ex-girlfriend plans to move to another state with their son Durell Jr.--unless they can get her $17,000 to pay off a debt-- and so Durell and LeeJohn ultimately comes up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. But when the duo fumbles their way through the break-in, they discover someone has beaten them to the punch. In order to get their hands on the money, Durell and LeeJohn are forced to spend the night in the presence of the Lord and his followers--and end up getting a lot more than they bargained for.
Keywords: african-american, african-american-comedy, air-conditioner, baltimore-maryland, black-comedy, caper, cell-phone, choir, choir-director, churchActors: Xzibit (actor), Tim Ware (actor), Michael O'Keefe (actor), Tim Blake Nelson (actor), Chaz Smith (actor), M. Jearl Vinot (actor), Lance E. Nichols (actor), Elton LeBlanc (actor), Anthony Mackie (actor), Louis Herthum (actor), Will Patton (actor), Paul Guilfoyle (actor), Charles S. Dutton (actor), Carol Sutton (actress), Lucinda Jenney (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Paul DeNigris (director), Paul DeNigris (editor), Paul DeNigris (producer), Laura Durant (actress), Steve Briscoe (writer), Steve Briscoe (actor), Steve Briscoe (producer), Tracey Shrier (actress), Vince Reign (actor), Louie Palmieri (actor), Laura DeNigris (producer), Lindsey Marlin (actress), Todd Anderson (actor), Daniel Baranowsky (composer), Isaac DeNigris (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Janet is an attractive and together young woman smart enough to be cognizant of a female's frequently precarious position in the corporate hierarchy. Steve is the business owner's brother and an insufferable chauvinist boor. He is a figure immediately recognizable and universally loathed by every woman who has ever entered the hallowed portals of the corporate world. Tricked into lunch alone with Steve, Janet suffers his outrageous and demeaning discourse as long as she can, until she can only retreat into her imagination... A place where she can safely deal with a creature such as this. A place where she can make him sharply aware of the error of his ways.
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Paul DeNigris (director), Paul DeNigris (editor), Paul DeNigris (producer), Laura Durant (actress), Steve Briscoe (writer), Steve Briscoe (actor), Steve Briscoe (producer), Tracey Shrier (actress), Vince Reign (actor), Louie Palmieri (actor), Laura DeNigris (producer), Lindsey Marlin (actress), Todd Anderson (actor), Daniel Baranowsky (composer), Isaac DeNigris (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Janet is an attractive and together young woman smart enough to be cognizant of a female's frequently precarious position in the corporate hierarchy. Steve is the business owner's brother and an insufferable chauvinist boor. He is a figure immediately recognizable and universally loathed by every woman who has ever entered the hallowed portals of the corporate world. Tricked into lunch alone with Steve, Janet suffers his outrageous and demeaning discourse as long as she can, until she can only retreat into her imagination... A place where she can safely deal with a creature such as this. A place where she can make him sharply aware of the error of his ways.
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jennifer Morrison (actress), Phill Lewis (actor), Christina Applegate (actress), Stephen Root (actor), David Selby (actor), Ben Affleck (actor), Sy Richardson (actor), James Gandolfini (actor), Marshall Manesh (actor), Peter Jason (actor), Kent Osborne (actor), Tom Kenny (actor), Udo Kier (actor), Betty Thomas (producer), Catherine O'Hara (actress),
Plot: Drew Latham is an executive leading an empty, shallow life with only wealth on his side. Facing another lonely Christmas ahead, Drew wants to revisit his old childhood home and possibly relive some old holiday memories. But when he arrives, he finds that the house in which he was raised is no longer the home in which he grew up. Inhabited by another family, Drew offers a nice financial reward that has the family ringing. But is Drew's generous cash offer only the beginning of an annoying visitor who's a little too overeager to celebrate Christmas?
Keywords: actor, advertising-executive, african-american, airport, airport-security, amateur-theater, anger, assault, audience, based-on-novelActors: Ron Wisman (editor), Brian Kaulback (actor), Joshua Close (actor), Andreas Grünberg (producer), Catherine Black (actress), Andrea Alvarez (miscellaneous crew), Jake Simons (actor), Sean Clement (actor), LeAnne Armano (miscellaneous crew), Charles Kassatly (producer), David J. Woods (producer), Izidore K. Musallam (director), Charles Kassatly (producer), Izidore K. Musallam (writer), Michael Kremko (actor),
Plot: Adam is a dashing young priest who catches the eye of Eve. Adam is having trouble fighting his desires to be with his young pursuer, and before long, finds himself in a steamy affair with the woman. Homosexual dancer Jason can't hide his jealousy over the newly formed couple and begins to challenge the pair's staying power
Keywords: catholic-schoolgirl, choir, love-triangle, priest, seduction, sex-standing-up, sex-with-a-priest, woman-on-topActors: Aki Kaurismäki (producer), Jan-Eric Nyström (miscellaneous crew), Timo Linnasalo (editor), Aki Kaurismäki (director), Aki Kaurismäki (writer), Mauri Sumén (actor), Sakari Kuosmanen (actor), Sakari Kuosmanen (actor), Mato Valtonen (actor), Sakke Järvenpää (actor), Silu Seppälä (actor), Atte Blom (actor), Kirsi Tykkyläinen (actress), Kirsi Tykkyläinen (actress), Jore Marjaranta (actor),
Plot: A 57 minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a number of US Rock songs sung in English (like "Sweet Home, Alabama") as well as more traditional Russian songs like the "Volga Boatman".
Keywords: 1990s, choir, concert-film, cross-cultural-relationship, helsinki-finland, leningrad-cowboys, live-concert, pop-culture, rock-band, rock-documentaryA Great Big World and Christina Aguilera Arranged: Pentatonix Adapted for the Stellenbosch University Choir (South Africa) by André van der Merwe Recorded in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch University Department of Music 2015
A gorgeous anthology of famous Sacred Masterpieces performed by the Choir of New College of Oxford, conducted by Edward HIGGINBOTTOM. VOL. I Recorded in New College Chapel-Oxford-England, january/april 1996. [DDD /HD] [ Support New College Choir and Buy this CD & others : ] http://www.newcollegechoir.com/ http://www.newcollegechoir.com/agnus-dei-recordings.html https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/agnus-dei-vols.-i-ii/id79578293 [ You can support this great Choir by voluntary contributions ! the New College's website offers to you an incredible Discography ; BREATHTAKING ! ] TRACKS LIST / TIMING : total time : 72,36mn. 00:00 1 BARBER : Agnus Dei 08:00 2 FAURE : Cantique de Jean Racine 13:25 3 PALESTRINA : Kyrie (Missa Papae Marcelli 17:42 4 MOZART : Ave Verum Corpus 20:50 ...
Hailing from Northern Ireland, the St. Patrick’s Junior Choir want to show off their powerful voices for the Judges, but what will they make of their emotional version of Somewhere Only We Know? See more from Britain's Got Talent at http://itv.com/talent SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/BGTsub Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BGT Twitter: http://twitter.com/BGT
One Voice Children's Choir, under the direction of Masa Fukuda, performs "Diamonds" by Rihanna at the Spiral Jetty near Promontory Summit, Utah, USA. This short yet impactful arrangement was prepared specifically for NBC’s America’s Got Talent (Season 9) in order to meet their 90-second criteria if the choir was to move on to the Semi-final / Final rounds. Stay tuned for a special documentary regarding the creation of this music video! Featured soloists: Sophie Bandley Cache Cook Christy Higginson Hailey Heiner Sarah Coon Jocelyn Bench Sydney Adamson Blake Walker Sierra Sun William Kim Music Arranged and Produced by Masa Fukuda, director of One Voice Children's Choir Recorded by Masa Fukuda at One Voice Recording Studios Music video directed by: Amy Oakeson Director of Photography/Vid...
Throw on some headphones + feel our cover of Zombie by The Cranberries. We meet every Tuesday + Wednesday at Clinton's Tavern in Toronto, teach the arrangement, and within a couple hours it all comes together. Check us out at choirchoirchoir.com.
RIP Chris Cornell. No one sang like you, or ever will. Recorded live in Toronto on May 23, 2017
Watch Welsh choir Only Boys Aloud's awesome Britain's Got Talent audition in full! All 133 members of Only Boys Aloud sang their hearts out to impress Britain's Got Talent judges Simon Cowell, David Walliams, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon. See more from Britain's Got Talent here: http://itv.com/talent http://twitter.com/gottalent http://twitter.com/OnlyBoysAloud http://www.facebook.com/BritainsGotTalent
Made up from those who are missing a loved one, the Missing People Choir bring their emotional song I Miss You to BGT in a bid to get a very important message across to the nation. See more from Britain's Got Talent at http://itv.com/talent SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/BGTsub Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BGT Twitter: http://twitter.com/BGT
See more from Britain's Got Talent at http://itv.com/talent The Judges are hypnotised by Welsh choir Côr Glanaethwy's spine-tingling performance of Benedictus. David feels like he's been transported to heaven, and Simon thinks he may even be looking at this year's winners! Do they have with it takes to go all they go all the way? SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/BGTsub Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BGT Twitter: http://twitter.com/BGT
contrarede presents VOLCANO CHOIR / COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES JAPAN TOUR 2010 11/8 Mon Tokyo @ Shibuya O-west 11/9 Tues Tokyo @ Shibuya O-nest 11/10 Wed Nagoya @ Huckfin 11/11 Thurs Osaka @ Sunsui http://contrarede.com/special/vol_cocob.html video: Kris Hunt
contrarede presents VOLCANO CHOIR / COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES JAPAN TOUR 2010 11/8 Mon Tokyo @ Shibuya O-west 11/9 Tues Tokyo @ Shibuya O-nest 11/10 Wed Nagoya @ Huckfin 11/11 Thurs Osaka @ Sunsui http://contrarede.com/special/vol_cocob.html video: Kris Hunt
A trailer for short animated film "CHOIR TOUR" (2012) by Edmunds Jansons. It’s a wild free-for-all when a famous boys’ choir breaks away from their conductor while on tour in Seoul and causes mayhem in the hotel. Jury Special Award at ANIMAFEST, Zagreb festival of animated film,2014 Jury Honorable Mention at MONSTRA 2014, Lisbon, Portugal Best Animation award at INTERFILM, 29th International Short Film Festival Berlin Award for Sound & Music at London International Animation Film Festival. Special mention at Animage 2013, Brasil Special Mention at KROK, Ukraine Premier at: SICAF animation FF, Seoul Official selection: New York International Children's Film Festival Tehran International Animation festival HAFF Holand animation film festival Go Short - International Short Film Festival ...
A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera Arranged: Pentatonix Adapted for the Stellenbosch University Choir (South Africa) by André van der Merwe Recorded in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch University Department of Music 2015
A gorgeous anthology of famous Sacred Masterpieces performed by the Choir of New College of Oxford, conducted by Edward HIGGINBOTTOM. VOL. I Recorded in New College Chapel-Oxford-England, january/april 1996. [DDD /HD] [ Support New College Choir and Buy this CD & others : ] http://www.newcollegechoir.com/ http://www.newcollegechoir.com/agnus-dei-recordings.html https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/agnus-dei-vols.-i-ii/id79578293 [ You can support this great Choir by voluntary contributions ! the New College's website offers to you an incredible Discography ; BREATHTAKING ! ] TRACKS LIST / TIMING : total time : 72,36mn. 00:00 1 BARBER : Agnus Dei 08:00 2 FAURE : Cantique de Jean Racine 13:25 3 PALESTRINA : Kyrie (Missa Papae Marcelli 17:42 4 MOZART : Ave Verum Corpus 20:50 ...
Hailing from Northern Ireland, the St. Patrick’s Junior Choir want to show off their powerful voices for the Judges, but what will they make of their emotional version of Somewhere Only We Know? See more from Britain's Got Talent at http://itv.com/talent SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/BGTsub Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BGT Twitter: http://twitter.com/BGT
One Voice Children's Choir, under the direction of Masa Fukuda, performs "Diamonds" by Rihanna at the Spiral Jetty near Promontory Summit, Utah, USA. This short yet impactful arrangement was prepared specifically for NBC’s America’s Got Talent (Season 9) in order to meet their 90-second criteria if the choir was to move on to the Semi-final / Final rounds. Stay tuned for a special documentary regarding the creation of this music video! Featured soloists: Sophie Bandley Cache Cook Christy Higginson Hailey Heiner Sarah Coon Jocelyn Bench Sydney Adamson Blake Walker Sierra Sun William Kim Music Arranged and Produced by Masa Fukuda, director of One Voice Children's Choir Recorded by Masa Fukuda at One Voice Recording Studios Music video directed by: Amy Oakeson Director of Photography/Vid...
Throw on some headphones + feel our cover of Zombie by The Cranberries. We meet every Tuesday + Wednesday at Clinton's Tavern in Toronto, teach the arrangement, and within a couple hours it all comes together. Check us out at choirchoirchoir.com.
RIP Chris Cornell. No one sang like you, or ever will. Recorded live in Toronto on May 23, 2017
Watch Welsh choir Only Boys Aloud's awesome Britain's Got Talent audition in full! All 133 members of Only Boys Aloud sang their hearts out to impress Britain's Got Talent judges Simon Cowell, David Walliams, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon. See more from Britain's Got Talent here: http://itv.com/talent http://twitter.com/gottalent http://twitter.com/OnlyBoysAloud http://www.facebook.com/BritainsGotTalent
Made up from those who are missing a loved one, the Missing People Choir bring their emotional song I Miss You to BGT in a bid to get a very important message across to the nation. See more from Britain's Got Talent at http://itv.com/talent SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/BGTsub Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BGT Twitter: http://twitter.com/BGT
See more from Britain's Got Talent at http://itv.com/talent The Judges are hypnotised by Welsh choir Côr Glanaethwy's spine-tingling performance of Benedictus. David feels like he's been transported to heaven, and Simon thinks he may even be looking at this year's winners! Do they have with it takes to go all they go all the way? SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/BGTsub Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BGT Twitter: http://twitter.com/BGT
contrarede presents VOLCANO CHOIR / COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES JAPAN TOUR 2010 11/8 Mon Tokyo @ Shibuya O-west 11/9 Tues Tokyo @ Shibuya O-nest 11/10 Wed Nagoya @ Huckfin 11/11 Thurs Osaka @ Sunsui http://contrarede.com/special/vol_cocob.html video: Kris Hunt
contrarede presents VOLCANO CHOIR / COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES JAPAN TOUR 2010 11/8 Mon Tokyo @ Shibuya O-west 11/9 Tues Tokyo @ Shibuya O-nest 11/10 Wed Nagoya @ Huckfin 11/11 Thurs Osaka @ Sunsui http://contrarede.com/special/vol_cocob.html video: Kris Hunt
A trailer for short animated film "CHOIR TOUR" (2012) by Edmunds Jansons. It’s a wild free-for-all when a famous boys’ choir breaks away from their conductor while on tour in Seoul and causes mayhem in the hotel. Jury Special Award at ANIMAFEST, Zagreb festival of animated film,2014 Jury Honorable Mention at MONSTRA 2014, Lisbon, Portugal Best Animation award at INTERFILM, 29th International Short Film Festival Berlin Award for Sound & Music at London International Animation Film Festival. Special mention at Animage 2013, Brasil Special Mention at KROK, Ukraine Premier at: SICAF animation FF, Seoul Official selection: New York International Children's Film Festival Tehran International Animation festival HAFF Holand animation film festival Go Short - International Short Film Festival ...
I could tell you there is no troll in the valley
No tricky ghoul behind the trees
Yeah, I could tell you there is no molester
In the alley
To take a lead pipe to your knee
But you won't believe it 'cause it ain't true
You won't believe it 'cause it ain't true
Rivers flowing through your precious body blue
Trickle crimson when the chicken claws you
I could assure you
You could not be swallowed by the ground
Since we've moved away from L.A.
And I could tell you no child of Jesus will be found
Under rubble somewhere today
But you won't believe it 'cause it ain't true
You won't believe it 'cause it ain't true
Rivers flowing through your precious body blue
Trickle crimson when the chicken claws you
Yes, I could swear it
I will not betray another friend
I've found true love and I've lost an eye
And I might promise never to hurt you again
Cross my contrite heart, hope to die
But you won't believe it 'cause it ain't true
You won't believe it 'cause it ain't true
Rivers flowing through your precious body blue