I just discovered that youtube works much better on my home computer than it does on the one I have at school. I enjoy youtube because many a choir concert has been posted by proud choristers, parents and so on. Anyway, I have decided that it would be fun to introduce you all to some "friends" of mine, choirs that I think are stellar.
Today, I chose the Indianapolis Children's choir and Youth Chorale. These are two affiliated groups. The indianapolis children's choir is enormous. I wanted to include numbers, but their website is ...not as amazing as they are. Suffice it to say that there are, I believe, 22 choirs within the organization itself and they serve primarily school-aged children (k-12). It's incredible and I should stop rambling so you can hear the children sing.
The indianapolis Children's choir:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKbeeQA11JE (please note: this song is not in english and it is therefore no fair to complain to me about not understanding the words.)
And, here's the Indianapolis Youth Chorale (Mixed voices) singing Oh Holy Night as I can almost garantee you've never heard it before. Give it a chance and enjoy. It's way cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLioDqvIUkM Admit it. That was awesome.
I'll post more as I am inspired.
Niente Senza Gioia!