Milwaukee Choristers

The Milwaukee Choristers, Inc., seeks to provide for its members and the public a rich and diverse musical experience that is anchored in the best of the choral repertory, and aspires to a consistent level of performance that represents the finest of the choral art.

We have distinguished ourselves as one of Milwaukee's most versatile and popular mixed voice choruses for more than 85 years.

We began in November, 1933 when a group of nearly 20 graduates of Milwaukee's Riverside High School A Cappella Choir decided to meet, rehearse and, if possible, perform. With our high school conductor, Ellen Sargeant, on the podium, the dream was fulfilled and the rest is history.

In our eight decades of existence, the Choristers have had only seven conductors: Ellen Sargeant, Dorothy Royt, Donald Mohr, Roger Tweiten, Mark Aamot and B.H. Diekhoff. Currently, the choir is led by Dr. James B. Kinchen, Jr. of Sturtevant, WI, who was selected as the group's Music Director in 1993. Dr. Kinchen is a member of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Milwaukee Symphony Chorus

The 150-member volunteer chorus has been praised by reviewers for "technical agility," "remarkable ensemble cohesion," and "tremendous clarity." In addition to performances with the MSO, the chorus has appeared on public television and recorded performances on radio stations throughout the country. The chorus has performed a cappella concerts to sold-out audiences and has made guest appearances with other performing arts groups including Present Music, Milwaukee Ballet, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The chorus has also made appearances at suburban Chicago's famed Ravinia Festival.

Mineola Choral Society

The Mineola Choral Society of Long Island, now celebrating our 73rd concert season, continues to grow both in numbers and repertoire. Consisting of 80 amateur singers from many professions and walks of life, the Mineola Choral Society is still much the same as it was when we began, rehearsing Monday evenings in a friendly, congenial atmosphere and performing two major concerts each season. Over the years, our concerts have featured many classical masterworks from immortals such as Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Haydn, Handel and Schubert, as well as the music of more modern composers including Berlin, Bernstein, Copland, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Gershwin, Webber, Orff, Durufle, Poulenc and many others. Below is a synopsis of our last five concerts.

Minimum Wage

Minimum Wage is a group that can only be described as inventive, insane and delightful! Picture the Marx Brothers, Forever Plaid and the Flying Karamozov Brothers rolled into one. Por example, one might witness a lecture on Spatula techniques that goes hilariously awry. Or a capricious, musical history lesson about the "'Histoire du le Burger." Or even a rap number with wildly eclectic choreography. They won a Bistro award for Outstanding Musical Comedy Act by BackStage Magazine and in 1999 they were chosen as the Mid Atlantic Harmony Sweepstakes Champions and went on to win "Audience Favorite" in the National Finals. They can be seen pseudo- regularly on the Food Network's, Doorknock Dinners and other TV appearances include The Fox Network, Comedy Central, Good Day New York, The Veronica Network and America's Funniest People(Grand Prize Winners).

Minneapolis Commodores

The Minneapolis Commodore Chorus chartered with the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A.) in 1944 and continues that association with the current Barbershop Harmony Society. Our BHS District is Land O' Lakes.

FIFTEEN TIME...Land O' Lakes District Champions FIVE TIME International Competition Medalists A big, full quality sound combined with colorful costumes and entertaining stage play make any Commodore production a truly memorable experience.

Singing a cappella harmony in 4-part barbershop style is our hobby and we really enjoy doing it. We're always looking for men who love to sing. We invite you to join us at a rehearsal to see what it's all about.

Minnesota Boychoir

The Minnesota Boychoir, founded in 1962, is the oldest boychoir in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metropolitan area. The Boychoir's reputation for excellence has brought invitations from local and national music conventions, as well as sporting events and touring Broadway companies. The Boychoir has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Minnesota Opera, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Prague Philharmonic, Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion on National Public Radio, and a long list of local and national performers.

Minnesota Center Chorale

The Minnesota Center Chorale (MCC) is a regional community chorus founded in 1973 to bring quality choral music to the community. MCC draws members throughout central Minnesota to perform a mixture of classical and contemporary music.

Minnesota Choral Artists

Founded in 2004, The Singers organization is dedicated to giving world-class performances of the finest choral literature. The Singers exists to serve as artists, educators, and ambassadors of the choral art. Choir members are drawn from the region and come from all walks of life. Some are music educators, computer programmers, composers, bankers, woodworkers, artists, and church musicians.

In 2006, The Singers sang for the National Federation of Music Clubs and the Minnesota chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. In 2008, The Singers performed at the North Central Division Convention of the American Choral Directors Association, the American Guild of Organists National Convention, and shared the stage with the world renowned Harvard Glee Club under the direction of Jameson Marvin.

Minnesota Chorale

A family of choirs: Minnesota Chorale, Minneapolis Youth Chorus, Prelude Children's Choir and Voices of Experience

Minnesota Compline Choir

The choir is comprised of 20 male voices, selected by audition from a wide variety of congregations and denominations. In worship, the choir performs liturgy, hymns, anthems and psalms which create the office of Compline, or prayers at the close of the day.

Minnesota Valley Chorale

The Minnesota Valley Chorale was established in the fall of 1978 by founding director Randi Ellefson and a handful of close friends with the intent to establish a quality choral performing group in the southern Minnesota area. It has evolved into an outstanding adult choral ensemble which presents performances in the fall and spring. While its members come from many different backgrounds and occupations, the goal of the Chorale is the same today as it was at its inception-to provide the audience with a rich and varied musical experience that is unique to this area

Minnesota Valley Chorus

Minnesota Valley Chorus is a group of regional women singing barbershop harmony. We meet regularly to practice, perform, socilize and have fun. We are part of an International non-profit organization Sweet Adelines International with over 30,000 members world wide focusing on accapella singing and musical education. Our members currently live in Mankato, North Mankato, Eagle Lake, St. Peter, Elysian, Madelia, Nicollet, Rochester and Menominie, WI.

We love to sing and ring chords! We have an annual show in November, sing in regional churches during the summer, and compete in an annual regional contest. We would love to sing at your next event! In addition we currently have three quartets who perform throughout the region.

Minnesota Valley Men’s Chorale

The Minnesota Valley Men's Chorale was organized in September of 2003. Steven Boehlke retired from Rosemount High School after 36 years as a public school choral director. The men's chorale was a dream of Boehlke's, along with several influential charter members. The chorale is a non-auditioned ensemble dedicated to singing together as a community and sharing the male chorus repertoire with the community

The chorale has a unique rehearsal schedule. We have a two concert season, fall and spring. Rehearsals begin approximately twelve weeks before the concerts. Traditionally, the fall concert is two weeks before Thanksgiving. The chorale then breaks for the holiday season. Rehearsals begin again the third week in January with concerts approximately 12 weeks later. The chorale has found that many men want to sing, but are involved in careers that won't allow them to sing with ensembles that meet for nine months.

Minnetonka Choral Society

For those who love to sing, there is little that is more satisfying than hearing voices joining together in song. Minnetonka Choral Society (MCS) offers those in the west metro of Minneapolis a music group to do just that. Tight harmonies are rewarding to hear resonate. A resolving chord brings a sense of completion. A melody can be as pleasing to sing, as it is to hear. Singers love to learn new music as well as return to an old standard on occasion. Those are just some of the reasons why the members of the MCS join the group and return year after year. It's fun to sing!

Minor Adjustment

Minor Adjustment is a contemporary co-ed a cappella group from Seattle. Catch them at various concerts in the area, or reach out for a private event!

Minor Mischief A Cappella

Minor Mischief A Cappella is a new ensemble of old friends, formed in 2020. The group is comprised of singers Christina Case (mezzo-soprano), Luke Ericksen (bass & vocal percussion), Ricky Pierce (tenor), Nathan Ringdal (bass), and Anna Torgerson (soprano).

Though the quintet itself is new, all of its musicians have been singing together for almost ten years, beginning their musical journeys together within the Vocal Jazz ensembles at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. With UMD Vocal Jazz, they have performed in over 50 concerts together, including most prominently as an opening act at the legendary Apollo Theater in New York, and in St. Mary's Cathedral in Limerick, Ireland.

mirabai women's ensemble

A resident ensemble in the College of Music at Michigan State University, singers in mirabai are professionals in a variety of music-related careers including music educators in schools, universities and professional singers, many of whom sang as undergraduate or graduate students in the Michigan State University Women's Chamber Ensemble. Inspired by the spirit of our namesake, the 16th century mystic singer and poet who created her own destiny amid societal expectations to the contrary, each performer values the opportunity to share not only singing but mentorship and connectivity with women engaged in their own communities as agents of change for young women and the arts. As passionate advocates for music as a form of peace making, mirabai seeks to engage audiences in meaningful explorations of musics, texts, and conversation around contemporary issues of our time.

Miracles

American vocal group that helped define the Motown sound of the 1960s; led by one of the most gifted, influential singer-songwriters in 20th-century popular music. In addition to Smokey Robinson, byname of William Robinson (b. Feb. 19, 1940, Detroit, Mich., U.S.), the principal members of the group were Warren Moore (b. Nov. 19, 1939, Detroit), Bobby Rogers (b. Feb. 19, 1940, Detroit), Ronnie White (b. April 5, 1939, Detroit), and Claudette Rogers (b. 1942). Whether writing for fellow artists Mary Wells, the Temptations, or Marvin Gaye or performing with the Miracles, singer-lyricist-arranger-producer Robinson created songs that were supremely balanced between the joy and pain of love. At once playful and passionate, Robinson's graceful lyrics led Bob Dylan to call him "America's greatest living poet."

Mirandola Ensemble

The Mirandola Ensemble, established in 2011, is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based professional choral ensemble dedicated to promoting the highest standards of choral music, the idea of choral music as 'high art' in the Western tradition, and the aesthetics of the Renaissance. The ensemble is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization, and has served multiple years as a Class Notes Artist-in-Residence for Classical Minnesota Public Radio. The group's studio albums "Unquiet Thoughts: The Lute Songs of John Dowland" and "Nymphs & Angels" are now available via iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and other streaming music services.

Mirinesse

Mirinesse is Old English for "joyful women". The singers of Mirinesse Women's Choir are an auditioned group of approximately sixty women, ages 21-70, who enthusiastically and joyfully share their love of music, and strive to model the highest level of musicianship, artistry and individual vocal ability. To that end, co-conductors Rebecca Rottsolk and Beth Ann Bonnecroy seek out challenging and diverse repertoire from historic and contemporary sources throughout the world. That high-level repertoire then becomes the vehicle for education in performance practice, cultural context, language and understanding of text, musicianship and vocal technique

Misfits

Tenor Joe "Moose" Murrin had sung in a quartet while in the Navy during World War I and he sang with the Chicago Police Octet for nine years. Art Bielan, lead, had sung with a number of quartets, including the Suberpa Four, the State Four, and the Forges Post quartet, the latter group being an American Legion foursome. Cy "You're Wrong" Perkins, who had sung baritone for a quarter century, was happy to point out other fellows' mistakes, thereby endearing himself to many barbershoppers. Pete "Butch" Buckley had previously contributed his resonant bass voice to the P&O Quartet and the Variety Four.

Mishawum Choral Society

The Mishawum Choral Society has been active since 1963. Based in Woburn, MA, we perform twice a year and participate in community music programs.

Mission Dolores Basilica Choir

The Mission Dolores Basilica Choir is a dedicated volunteer group of mixed voices under the direction of Jerome Lenk. The Choir provides musical support for the liturgical life of the Parish community, and can be heard regularly at the 10 a.m. Sunday liturgies, as well as major feasts and holy days. In addition to singing for regular weekend liturgies, the Choir performs critically acclaimed annual Christmas concerts as well as a Spring Concert, and on occasion, a Spring Cabaret. The music they perform is comprised of selections that range from Renaissance music and Chant, to Gospel and Spirituals.

The Mission Dolores Basilica Choir has received international acclaim, having performed tours of Italy, Austria, and Mexico. They have been the featured choir at liturgies at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, as well as at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

The Choir can be heard on several CD recordings that showcase the range and artistry of the group. A recording of their Mexico tour repertoire was released Christmas 2005.

Mission Peak Chamber Singers

On a mission to engage and inspire audiences through the transformational power of choral music, the Mission Peak Chamber Singers (MPCS) have long been part of the Bay Area choral scene. Established as the Ohlone Chamber Singers in the 1980 s, Mission Peak Chamber Singers struck out as an independent non-profit organization in 2014 after California community colleges withdrew support for choral arts. Now reliant upon the generosity of donors, fundraising and concert ticket sales, MPCS champions the cause of music as a community enterprise and as a medium of social change. Music is our gift to you, and we recognize and are deeply grateful for the steadily increasing support from our audience and donors!

Mission Valley Chorus

Mission Valley Chorus is a group of women singers with a rich history spanning over 60 years of history as a chapter of Sweet Adelines International Region 12. Our dedication to harmony, and to our Director Angela Suraci, and to each other shapes the chorus as we make music together. We love to learn, sing, compete, and perform our four-part a cappella harmony, and we love to do all those things while having fun!

Mississippi Boychoir

Mississippi Children's Choir

The Mississippi Children's Choir was formed in 1990; comprising some 200 members from across the state, the assembled ranks -- all aged 7 to 17 -- were originally brought together as an opening act for headliners the Mississippi Mass Choir, but were such an immediate hit with audiences that they soon proceeded to record their own LP, 1992's Children of the King. With 1994's A New Creation, the Mississippi Children's Choir introduced featured vocalist Bryan Wilson, who soon after recorded his debut solo album Bryan's Songs. When God's Children Get Together followed in 1998. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Mississippi Chorus

Mississippi Girlchoir

The Mississippi Girlchoir (MGC) is Mississippi's premier choral organization for girls in grades 3rd through 12th. The organization was founded in 1995 with just 17 young women and has grown to educate hundreds of choristers its 24-year history. The Mississippi Girlchoir is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

The organization offers an annual 1) SSA Honor Choir called Treble Song with a national or international clinician; 2) travel opportunities for girls in our programs to participate in national or international choral music festivals; and 3) school-year training and honor choirs in central Mississippi.

Mississippi Mass Choir

Missoula Community Chorus

The Missoula Community Chorus was founded to provide an educational, cultural, and recreational resource for individuals interested in singing and performing a wide range of great music. We promote universal participation. We remain open to all interested people, willing to make a personal commitment to quality musicianship so that local audiences can enjoy high quality performances at reasonable or no cost.

Missouri Choral Artists

The Missouri Choral Artists is a group of professional singers dedicated to create transcendent, unconventional, intimate choral experiences that unite inquisitive artists and audiences. The Artists prepare each specific program individually and unite for a week of rehearsals and performances.

All performances will feature a Guest Conductor that will create a unique a fresh approach to each concert while giving the ensemble the experience of working with some of the finest and emerging conductors in the region.

Our ensemble features talented musicians whom have performed with acclaimed ensembles such as The Kansas City Chorale, Chanticleer, Anuna, Bach Society of St. Louis, Te Deum, Spire Chamber Ensemble and Springfield Chamber Chorus.

Missouri Women's Chorus

In the autumn of 2010, several women who had sung together in other groups gathered to establish the Missouri Women's Chorus and had the very good fortune to engage Scott Schoonover as Artistic Director. Auditions were held in January, 2011 to form the first group of 24 singers in the Chorus and work began immediately on our first concert.

The first of two a capella concerts held during 2011 occurred on May 1, performed at Union Avenue Christian Church, St. Louis, Missouri. Titled Amore, Sacred and Profane, this concert explored the theme of love in both sacred and secular contexts and featured early Spanish works, 16-century madrigals, Brahms part-songs and contemporary motets. The second concert of 2011 was held on December 3 at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Titled Mystic Nativity, this was a Christmas concert comprised of works devoted to the figure of the Virgin Mary, and the performance was enthusiastically received by a standing-room-only audience.

Misty River Music Makers

Misty River Music Makers is more than just an a cappella ensemble, it is a family! With members of all ages and stages of life - we share a common love of friendship, learning great music and producing beautiful harmonies.

Don't read music? That's not a problem at all. Many of our members are comfortable learning by ear. Our practices are well structured often with small group sessions and access to learning tracks for assistance.

If you like to sing, consider joining a few rehearsals to hear us in action. Interested in auditioning? Check out the Getting Started section for insight on the process and audition music. Our hope is you find the process welcoming and supportive. You can attend as many practices as you'd like and remember there is no expectation to sight read music. We are happy to help you.

If you like to sing - come discover your inner diva! Visiting one of our rehearsals is the perfect way to find out more about us, and what we can do for you!

Mix It Up

Mix It Up is a Barbershop quartet, initially formed as a Valentines quartet. Its members are all Sweet Adelines, and are members of Harbor City Music Company, an international level Sweet Adelines Chorus.

Modern Men – The Coachella Valley Men’s Chorus

Modern Men is a proud member of the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses (GALA), which leads the North American GLBT choral movement, cultivating the artistic development of 10,000 singers from more than 190 choruses in the US, Canada, and Mexico. The quadrennial GALA Festival 2020 will be held in Minneapolis in July 2020.

In July 2020, Modern Men under Artistic Director Dr. Stan Hill, will present a new composition specifically commissioned for their performance in Minneapolis at GALA Festival 2020. Composed by Robert Seeley, with lyrics from the writings of Robert Espindola (1952-2016) and scored for men's chorus, string quartet, piano and oboe, the work delivers a passionate perspective of the achievements of the LGBT movement an

Modernaires

When one thinks or speaks of "The Modernaires", immediately you relate to their classic 1941-1942 association with "American's Number One Dance Band," Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. Yet, superb as each and every one of their Miller performances were, "The Modernaires", had already existed, performed and recorded for several years prior and would continue to do so for more than half a century after their sensational 19-month stint with that legendary leader.

Talent springs from all over, and in the early 1930's, Buffalo, New York was the wellspring for a trio of young men who liked to sing. Harold Dickinson (lead and second tenor), Bill Conway (baritone) and Chuck Goldstein (first tenor) were three Lafayette High School students from the wintry city of Buffalo. In 1935 as Glenn Miller Rehersal a trio, they called the group the "The Three Weary Willies", performing at high school functions and then on WGR local radio.

Moira Smiley and VOCO

Moira Smiley & VOCO is a visionary blend of voices - redefining harmony singing with the power & physicality of folksong, the avant-garde fearlessness of Bela Bartok and the delicious, vaudevillian accompaniment of cello, banjo, accordion and body percussion. Moira Smiley leads an ensemble of extraordinary musicians who share a passion for spreading powerful, emotional music with lush four-part vocal harmony, cello, accordion and banjo. Original improvisation-built songs steeped in Appalachia and Eastern Europe.

Named #1 a cappella group in the U.S. in 2007, VOCO is the energy of street singing and the elegance of a string quartet. Recently featured in Dirty Linen and on more than 100 radio stations nationwide on NPR's "Harmonia", VOCO has released two critically acclaimed CDs in '08-'09: "Small Worlds" and "Circle, Square, Diamond & Flag". VOCO is sweet, hard-driving Americana mixed with crooked eastern European dance and dissonance. It's all rounded out with body-stompin' percussive movement and joyous, magnificent, hair-raising harmonies - music that mourns and dances at the same time.

Mon Yough Chorale

The Mon Yough Chorale is a non-sectarian group of singers. We perform for many organizations and municipalities in and around Western Pennsylvania. Anyone wishing to sing is welcome and invited to come to a rehearsal to preview the group prior to committing to the group. No auditions are necessary. Our repertoire consists of many types of music: Patriotic, Broadway Show Tunes, Gospel, Sacred, Baroque, Renaissance, Jazz, Light Tunes, and Holiday, among many others. Give us a try and see for yourself!

In addition to singing locally, we also compete in a yearly competition called Saengerfest held in June each year coordinated by the United Singers Federation of Pennsylvania. Member chorus' are currently from: Altoona, Williamsport, Reading, Lebanon and Mon Yough. Each chorus hosts the competition on a rotating basis.

Monadnock Chorus

Monadnock Chorus, founded in 1959, is fortunate to be part of the vital arts community that encompasses the Monadnock Region. Our core mission is to provide choral singing opportunities for area residents and to bring quality choral music to the Monadnock Region. Key to our long term success is the promotion of choral singing as an art form among residents of all ages. We prepare and perform four ticketed concerts each year--two in December and two in May. A smaller choral ensemble, the Monadnock Chorus Chamber Singers, prepares and performs six or more concerts each year in different venues throughout the Monadnock Region.

Monmouth Civic Chorus

Monmouth Civic Chorus (MCC) is a community chorus in Monmouth County, New Jersey dedicated to artistic excellence. In addition to singing locally, we have brought the finest in choral music to audiences around the world since 1949.

Our most memorable performances include those at Carnegie Hall, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, St. Thomas Church on Fifth Avenue in New York City, St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in Rome, and St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna with members of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra.

Critics have called MCC "close to perfect" and "among the very best in the entire Northeast (Asbury Park Press). We engage soloists heard in major concert halls in New York and around the world. Hand-picked professional instrumentalists accompany the chorus and play orchestral works.

We are proud to be the 2008 winner of the Chorus America/ASCAP Alice Parker Award, given to only one chorus in North America each year, and the 2010 Spinnaker Award for Arts and Culture from the Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce.

Monmouth Civic Chorus was also a third-place winner of the 2018-19 American Prize Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music, Community Choral Division, for our March 11, 2018 performance of Fern Hill by John Corigliano, at Our Lady Star of the Sea in Long Branch, with guest soloist Kate Maroney, mezzo-soprano.

Monroeville Community Chorus

The Monroeville Chorus was founded in 1953 and sang its first concerts in 1954. The group was founded by a group of church musicians who wanted to sing something other than church music in four-part harmony.

Since that time, much has changed about the chorus. We have changed personnel. We have changed styles of music. We have changed equipment. We now carry our own risers, keyboard and amplification equipment to each concert. We have changed directors and accompanists. We have changed audiences.

Now I know what you are thinking - "What's left?" We are STILL a group of musicians who like to have fun with our music and sing in four-part harmony. We STILL like to perform for groups in the surrounding communities.

Montana Sapphire Chorus

Montana Sapphire Chorus is a growing chorus with a love of singing -- Real Women, Real Harmony, Real Fun!

Montana State University Choirs

Monterey Peninsula Choral Society

The Society presents two themed concerts annually, featuring popular music in the spring and a holiday program in December. We differ from other local choruses by providing an environment in which both novice and experienced singers can develop their skills, and by presenting a variety of music rather than all-classical pieces.

It is our mission to provide a pleasurable choral singing experience for our members and audiences, and to offer opportunities for our members to grow musically.

Monterey Symphony Chorus

Monteverdi Master Chorale

Monteverdi Chorale is an auditioned, multi-generational ensemble dedicated to a high standard of choral performance. Our mission is to provide area singers and accompanying instrumentalists with the opportunity to perform great choral music in a wide variety of styles, and to share that music with the Central Wisconsin community. We are based in Stevens Point Wisconsin, with singers coming from across the Central Wisconsin region, including Portage, Marathon, Waupaca, Waushara, and Wood counties. While our singers come from a wide variety of ages, backgrounds, and occupations, we all share a love of singing and dedication to the choral arts.

Montpelier Community Gospel Choir

The Big Choir meets for two seasons every year: from August/September to December, and again from January to May/June. At the end of every season we usually perform two concerts, one in Montpelier for our loyal local fans, and one elsewhere-often in Vermont, but sometimes out of state. The choir combines soul, jazz, blues, and original and traditional gospel music to produce an exuberant sound. We sing! We clap! We shout! We play! We laugh! Sometimes we cry. We do all this at Trinity United Methodist Church of Montpelier, Vermont, during our Monday night rehearsals from 7:00 to 8:45 p.m. The Big Choir is un-auditioned, and we learn all our music by rote, so reading music is not required. To join Big Choir the only thing you need to do is show up on Monday night! (Although an email introducing yourself beforehand would not be remiss.) All are welcome to join who wish to share in this glorious musical tradition.

Moonglows

Among the most seminal R&B and doo wop groups of all time, the Moonglows' lineup featured some of the genre's greatest pure singers. The original lineup from Louisville included Bobby Lester, Harvey Fuqua, Alexander Graves, and Prentiss Barnes, with guitarist Billy Johnson. They were originally called the Crazy Sounds, but were renamed by disc jockey Alan Freed as the Moonglows. The group also cut some recordings as the Moonlighters. Their first major hit was the number one R&B gem "Sincerely" for Chess in 1954, which reached number 20 on the pop charts. They enjoyed five more Top Ten R&B hits on Chess from 1955 to 1958, among them "Most of All," "We Go Together," "See Saw," and "Please Send Me Someone to Love," as well as "Ten Commandments of Love." Fuqua, the nephew of Charlie Fuqua of the Ink Spots, left in 1958. He recorded "Ten Commandments of Love" as Harvey & the Moonglows with Marvin Gaye, Reese Palmner, James Knowland, and Chester Simmons before founding his own label, Tri-Phi. Fuqua created and produced the Spinners in 1961 and wrote and produced for Motown until the early '70s. The Moonglows disbanded in the '60s, then reunited in 1972 with Fuqua, Lester, Graves, Doc Williams, and Chuck Lewis. In 2000 The Moonglows were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

Moore County Choral Society

MCCS, a 80+ voice society of volunteer singers, presents two major choral concerts each year in December and April. We welcome new singers each season. Auditions are not required. Last season, singers from five counties joined MCCS. Singers range from high school age to adults. Student memberships are graciously underwritten by society members.