Category: Music

The Virtual Choir is a global phenomenon that brings together singers from around the world and their love of music through the use of technology. Grammy-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre created the very first Virtual Choir in 2009. I have participated in a few of his choirs, including Sing Gently in 2020.

The video’s visual metaphor is inspired by Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. The flaw is seen as a unique piece if the object’s history, which adds to its beauty. This stunning work of art features 17,572 singers from 129 countries bonding together in song and spirit.

Sir James Galway is a virtuoso flute player from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is recognized for his remarkable technique and ability to blend classical, folk, and popular music traditions. Galway played on the soundtracks for The Lord of the Rings film series, composed by Howard Shore. Watch his flute and tin whistle performance here.

Also, enjoy his thrilling performance of Flight of the Bumble Bee, composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

On Top of the World by One Voice Children’s Choir features One Voice International. “Thanks to the friends who joined us from around the world for One Voice International 2022! Hundreds of self-recorded audio tracks were mixed to create this song.”

In 2019 Emma Stevens from Eskasoni, Cape Breton recorded this beautiful rendition of Blackbird by The Beatles in her native Mi’kmaq language.

The Planets is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the solar system and its corresponding astrological character as defined by Holst. In 2016, a flashmob from the Berklee Contemporary Symphonic Orchestra assembled to perform Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity.

Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held in 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. The official theme for 2024 is Planet vs. Plastics.

This Pretty Planet, a song composed by Tom Chapin and John Forster, was played to wake up astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle. It is sung first in unison and then in a round.

“This song and video is an opportunity for child performers from Broadway and beyond to express their voice and to let other children know they have a voice as well. Everyone is valued and we hope this song will inspire others to be more inclusive and tolerant. Differences are beautiful and should be celebrated.” The music for I Have A Voice is by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics are by Robin Lerner.

Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson’s legendary career is celebrated in this Heritage Minute. The minute-long video chronicles the seven-time Grammy winner’s rise from a working-class Montreal family to becoming a world-renowned piano virtuoso. It touches on his encounters with greatness, such as being dubbed the man with four hands, and acknowledges the racism he faced at jazz gigs in the 1940s.