7-524: The San Francisco Choral Society (SF Choral) is a nonprofit organization comprising 150-200 auditioned, volunteer singers dedicated to the performance of choral masterpieces and commissioned works, and accompanied by professional orchestras and soloists. The performance schedule includes two concerts each in spring, summer, and fall, and an annual holiday concert and singalong . Some of the works that SF Choral has performed include Requiems by Brahms , Mozart , Duruflé , and Verdi ; Britten 's War Requiem;
14-430: Is an event of singing together at gatherings or parties, less formally than choir singing. One can use a songbook . Common genres are folk songs, patriotic songs, kids' songs, spirituals, campfire songs, nonsense songs, humorous songs, hymns and drinking songs . Children around the world usually sing together. Sing-along can be based on unison singing, or on singing in harmony (different parts). Group vocalizing
21-401: Is known in several animal species. For example, a lion pride and a pack of wolves are known to vocalize together (supposedly to defend their territory), although some scholars do not characterize their vocalizations as " singing ". Gibbons sing in family groups (couples sing together, sometimes with their offspring). Various species of birds also sing in duets and choruses, particularly in
28-617: The Bach B-minor, the Mozart C-minor, and Masses by Bruckner , and Stravinsky ; Haydn 's Lord Nelson Mass , Handel 's Messiah and Israel in Egypt ; Mendelssohn 's Elijah ; Vespers by Monteverdi and Rachmaninoff ; Bernstein 's Chichester Psalms , and Orff 's Carmina Burana . SF Choral has sung pieces by living composers, including Morten Lauridsen , Arvo Pärt , Kirke Mechem , Karl Jenkins , and then-living composer Moses Hogan . And
35-481: The actual sound, for example, singing in unison or octaves , accompanied or a capella or singing in harmony (in different parts, like canon). Informal group singing can be accompanied by body movements, stomping, or clapping. Organized, regularly scheduled sing-along sessions are held in both cities and rural areas, often referred to as "song circles" and sometimes organized by formal groups or organizations. Sometimes individual musicians will share their own songs with
42-667: The chorus has commissioned and premiered new works by composers Felicia Sandler, Kirstina Rasmussen, Emma Lou Diemer , Mark Winges, and Donald McCullough. SF Choral provides Bay Area high school students with the opportunity to participate in rehearsals and performances at no cost to them. The corporately funded Tickets for Kids program offers free tickets to performances for both junior and high school students. The San Francisco Choral Society offers complimentary tickets to selected Bay Area nonprofit organizations for distribution to staff and those they serve. Singalong Sing-along , also called community singing or group singing ,
49-518: The tropics. Singing in groups is one of the universal features of human musical cultures, and group singing has been often suggested as the primary form of the early human musical activity. It has been suggested that human group singing was primarily promoting the cohesiveness within human groups, and was possibly used to defend human groups from predators and competitors. In human societies, group singing can be limited to certain sexes , ages, and social groups . Group singing can be also different in
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