Choral music, and look for choral concerts near me, is music that is performed, sung, by a choir of singers. Sometimes the singers sing without music or instrumental accompaniment, sometimes they sing alone. Choir singers are made up of different kinds of singers, and you will have all heard the word baritone, alto, soprano, bass, and they come together to create magnificent choral music. A choral choir often sings classical music, music that predates the 1700s and 1800s, and it can be chorale, which is generally more spiritual music and hymns. When it is chorale music, often the choir sings and invites the congregation or the audience to join in. A full choir can sing, sometimes there is a duet, and if the choir is accompanied by instrumentals, sometimes the choir is quiet and the instrumentals take the limelight.
Types of choirs
When you listen to choral concerts you are likely listening to a mixed choir, which has a combination of men and women singing together, and this is when the soprano, tenor, bass and alto voice combine. You might find a male-only choir, with the younger men who sing treble or soprano, and the older men singing alto in falsetto. When you listen to a women’s-only choir, and note that women have higher voices, you are probably hearing a combination of soprano and alto, and with time, you will start recognizing this. If you listen to men only, no boys, you are hearing baritone, bass and tenors.
By the way and out of interest, children’s choirs are a combination of tenor and cambiata as kids’ voices are always changing.
When you go to a choral concert, it could be a church or cathedral concert, a chorale concert with is about sacred music, or a university of community choir, with varied music. Look for choral concerts costa mesa
