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choir

[kwahyuhr] / kwaɪər /






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At a municipal center, a choir of about a hundred faithful practices hymns for the ceremony.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

But, like Mona and her fond memories of childhood church choir, I couldn’t let the urge go.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

But instead of preaching to the choir, he contends with society’s gray areas, never offering a solution — or even his own opinion — on the difficult topics at hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Young Marian began singing in her church’s junior choir at the age of 6.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Today it was that the drama club and choir were holding auditions for Once on This Island.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Wales is the land of song, but there may be distinct lack of voices at a festival in the Principality Stadium next year, because choirs are being charged thousands of pounds to take part.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Two large choirs also joined the orchestra at the sessions in April, which took place at Alexandra Palace in north London.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Gospel choirs, country musicians, jazz ensembles, mariachi groups, Indigenous performers, military bands and local community orchestras share stages throughout the city.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

In Meghalaya's capital, music spills constantly through public life: church choirs rehearsing late into the evening, teenage metal bands in garages, blues musicians drifting through dimly-lit bars.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

About this time, Marian was invited to join the People’s Chorus, made up of a hundred voices recruited from black church choirs all over the city.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman


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