–By Brandon Franz Biebl, who wrote Ave Maria, served as a choir director and assistant professor of choral music in Germany and Austria, punctuated by World War II, when Biebl was drafted into the military in 1943 and served as … Read More
Javier Busto’s “Ave Maria” is among the pieces Choir of the Sound will be singing at our holiday shows next weekend. Although Busto sang and played in various folk and rock bands in his youth, he was originally trained as … Read More
In 1979, the TV special John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together aired, and it has never been released on home video. The special involved the Muppets singing traditional and new Christmas carols with John Denver, including the famous … Read More
“Go Tell It on the Mountain” is a well-loved carol that dates back to the oral traditions of slaves in the American South. Its preservation in published form, leading eventually to its appearance on Choir of the Sound’s 2015 Holiday Show … Read More
Vince Guaraldi is most renowned for having one of the top five mustaches in recent history (finishing close behind Tom Selleck). It is hard to walk through stores at Christmas without hearing the jazz stylings of Guaraldi, who composed and … Read More
Danny Elfman composed the music for The Nightmare Before Christmas and provided the voice for Jack Skellington. Elfman has compiled an impressive list of film scores, including most of Tim Burton’s works, as well as several television themes (The Simpsons, … Read More
“I Wonder as I Wander” is a traditional Appalachian folk song, generally attributed to John Jacob Niles. While in Murphy, North Carolina in June 1933, Niles ran across a destitute preacher who had been living in the town square with … Read More
When Christmas comes to Choir of the Sound this December, our cartoon-themed show will include a stop in Halloween Town as we sing a medley from Danny Elfman’s score for Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, for which the composer … Read More
What’s this? What’s this? There’s music in the air… This year’s holiday show will feature a number of songs from Christmas cartoons and movies. One of the most prolific of these Christmas songwriters is Johnny Marks. Marks is famous for … Read More
For nearly 25 years, Choir of the Sound has included dancing in our Holiday and Spring Pop Shows, a feature that sets us apart from most other choral groups. As the Dance Coordinator and one of the choreographers, Erin Bowles … Read More