Sentence examples for vocal choir from inspiring English sources

Throughout, Björk's voice plays off against the 25-strong Icelandic female vocal choir, dressed in electric blue and gold tonight.

For the concert's finale Mr. Auerbach and Mr. Grohl brought their guitars to join Mr. Young and Crazy Horse in "Rockin' in the Free World"; Band of Horses and K'Naan became a backup vocal choir.

In the 1990s the Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir achieved international stardom for the recording Le Mystère des voix bulgares, a collection of folk tunes sung a cappella in a style marked by strong dissonances and lack of vibrato.

Add some of her own fiery passion for good measure, and you have a singer of deceptively wide range that can handle a heavy spiritual lament like 'I Can't Tell in His Eyes', the raw gospel feel of 'Bird' or use her driving rhythmic feel as a multi-tracked vocal choir on 'The Way Things Go'.

One of the most common tunings drops the sixth string from E to C and the fifth string from A to G, thereby enabling the guitarist to capture a range approximating that of a vocal choir.

After another standing ovation, Hancock and Corea returned for the requisite encore, with the latter inviting the audience to "sit in" with them in Carnegie Hall as a vocal choir for his standard piece "Spain".

The real glories of it are the rumba guaguancos: vestiges of the large drum and vocal choirs in Cuba that had by then already ceased to exist.

Eventually, most records from Nashville were in this style, which began to incorporate strings and vocal choirs.

Chet Atkins, head of RCA's country music division, did the most to innovate the Nashville sound by abandoning the rougher elements of country, while Owen Bradley used sophisticated production techniques and smooth instrumentation that eventually became standard in the Nashville Sound, which also grew to incorporate strings and vocal choirs.

Some schools offer performance choirs, which involve dancing, as well as more traditional vocal choirs.

Vocal soloists; Choir of Eltham College, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.