Choir
noun
A group of people who sing together.
She sings in the school choir.
Often appears as...
- choir practice
- choir member
noun
The part of a church where the choir sits during services.
The priest led the congregation to the choir.
Often appears as...
- choir stalls
- choir screen
noun
A group of instruments of the same type playing together in an orchestra.
The string choir played a beautiful section of the symphony.
Often appears as...
- string choir
- brass choir
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Technical
noun
An organized group of angels in heaven.
The heavenly choir sang praises to God.
Often appears as...
- heavenly choir
- celestial choir
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Literary
noun
A group of people who sing together.
She sings in the school choir.
Often appears as...
- choir practice
- choir member
noun
The part of a church where the choir sits during services.
The priest led the congregation to the choir.
Often appears as...
- choir stalls
- choir screen
noun
A group of instruments of the same type playing together in an orchestra.
The string choir played a beautiful section of the symphony.
Often appears as...
- string choir
- brass choir
Usage tips
Technical
noun
An organized group of angels in heaven.
The heavenly choir sang praises to God.
Often appears as...
- heavenly choir
- celestial choir
Usage tips
Literary
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Pro Tip 1/3Group Singing
A choir involves collaboration, often performing in concerts or services.
The choir rehearsed harmonies for the concert.
Pro Tip 2/3Musical Variety
Choirs vary by size and style, from gospel to barbershop.
She joined a jazz choir for its vibrant style.
Pro Tip 3/3Voice Parts
Choirs usually have sections like soprano, alto, tenor, bass.
He was placed in the tenor section of the choir.
Pro Tip 1/3Group Singing
A choir involves collaboration, often performing in concerts or services.
The choir rehearsed harmonies for the concert.
Pro Tip 2/3Musical Variety
Choirs vary by size and style, from gospel to barbershop.
She joined a jazz choir for its vibrant style.
Pro Tip 3/3Voice Parts
Choirs usually have sections like soprano, alto, tenor, bass.
He was placed in the tenor section of the choir.
Pro Tip 1/3Group Singing
A choir involves collaboration, often performing in concerts or services.
The choir rehearsed harmonies for the concert.
Pro Tip 2/3Musical Variety
Choirs vary by size and style, from gospel to barbershop.
She joined a jazz choir for its vibrant style.
Pro Tip 3/3Voice Parts
Choirs usually have sections like soprano, alto, tenor, bass.
He was placed in the tenor section of the choir.
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5 ways to listen better...
Wow! So, mundane sounds can be really interesting -- if you pay attention. I call that the "hidden choir" -- it's around us all the time. The next exercise is probably the most important of all of these, if you just take one thing away. This is listening positions -- the idea that you can move your listening position
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The climate change...
the problem in the first place leads me to three wee liberals can be our own worst enemy sometimes we think we own the high moral ground and that tends to cause us to disrespect and demonize people who are not part of the choir it also leads to a somewhat distorted worldview we're being right is
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Nalini Nadkarni: For the...
realized that I was really preaching to the choir these products of my publicity we're really getting to people who were already aware of the importance and the beauty of canopy organisms so I began to ask how I can get outside that choir how can I bring my messages to people who
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Ben Cameron: The true...
Frankly, what we're seeing now in this environment is a massive time, when the entire world is changing as we move from a time when audience numbers are plummeting. But the number of arts participants, people who write poetry, who sing songs, who perform in church choirs,
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Borneo: Paradise Under...
like looking at whales like orchids dolphins or larger whales we just don't know what they think what their concept of life is we don't understand that doesn't mean that they don't think of course again I'm pre to the choir but it you know it first I
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The true power of the...
seeing now in this environment is a massive time when the entire world is changing as we move from a time when audience numbers are plummeting but the number of arts participants people who write poetry who sing songs who perform in church choirs
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What Ping-Pong Taught Me...
reminds me why choirs regularly enjoy more fun than soloists. In a choir, your only job is to play your small part perfectly, to hit your notes with feeling, and by so doing, to help to create a beautiful harmony
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José Antonio Abreu: The...
enthusiasm and strength. In its essence, the orchestra and the choir are much more than artistic structures. They are examples and schools of social life, because to sing and to play together
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12 truths I learned from...
But writing can. So can singing in a choir or a bluegrass band. So can painting community murals or birding or fostering old dogs that no one else will. Number families.
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This Little Sun Bear's...
the moonlight fills the cup of my nest my eyes fall to a close on the sand of peaceful off an unfamiliar racket interrupts the morning choir an
Video examples
5 ways to listen better...
Wow! So, mundane sounds can be really interesting -- if you pay attention. I call that the "hidden choir" -- it's around us all the time. The next exercise is probably the most important of all of these, if you just take one thing away. This is listening positions -- the idea that you can move your listening position
Video examples
The climate change...
the problem in the first place leads me to three wee liberals can be our own worst enemy sometimes we think we own the high moral ground and that tends to cause us to disrespect and demonize people who are not part of the choir it also leads to a somewhat distorted worldview we're being right is
Video examples
Nalini Nadkarni: For the...
realized that I was really preaching to the choir these products of my publicity we're really getting to people who were already aware of the importance and the beauty of canopy organisms so I began to ask how I can get outside that choir how can I bring my messages to people who
Video examples
Ben Cameron: The true...
Frankly, what we're seeing now in this environment is a massive time, when the entire world is changing as we move from a time when audience numbers are plummeting. But the number of arts participants, people who write poetry, who sing songs, who perform in church choirs,
Video examples
Borneo: Paradise Under...
like looking at whales like orchids dolphins or larger whales we just don't know what they think what their concept of life is we don't understand that doesn't mean that they don't think of course again I'm pre to the choir but it you know it first I
Video examples
The true power of the...
seeing now in this environment is a massive time when the entire world is changing as we move from a time when audience numbers are plummeting but the number of arts participants people who write poetry who sing songs who perform in church choirs
Video examples
What Ping-Pong Taught Me...
reminds me why choirs regularly enjoy more fun than soloists. In a choir, your only job is to play your small part perfectly, to hit your notes with feeling, and by so doing, to help to create a beautiful harmony
Video examples
José Antonio Abreu: The...
enthusiasm and strength. In its essence, the orchestra and the choir are much more than artistic structures. They are examples and schools of social life, because to sing and to play together
Video examples
12 truths I learned from...
But writing can. So can singing in a choir or a bluegrass band. So can painting community murals or birding or fostering old dogs that no one else will. Number families.
Video examples
This Little Sun Bear's...
the moonlight fills the cup of my nest my eyes fall to a close on the sand of peaceful off an unfamiliar racket interrupts the morning choir an
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Shakira
Musician
I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn't like my voice. I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it's paid off.
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Irina Shayk
Russian Model
I started playing piano age six. I was also singing in the choir, so my mum put me into music school. I went to study there for seven years, but it was not my passion. I quit because I wanted to study marketing. But I can still play piano.
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Gavin Creel
American Actor
I guess I originally got the bug for performing when I was in choirs and school stuff and all that. I don't know when. I guess I decided to do it because a lot of people said I was good, and I liked the attention.
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Kelsea Ballerini
American Musician
I grew up loving music and being super involved in church choir and school musicals and such, but when I started writing is when I fell in love with the idea of doing it for the rest of my life.
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Olivia Wilde
American Actress
Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged - in essence, not preaching to the choir.
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Juan Felipe Herrera
American Poet
By middle school, I said to myself that it's time I begin to speak. I joined the choir, not because I wanted to. I forced myself.
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Harry Hadden-Paton
British Actor
I was a choir boy at school, then when the choir became less cool, I became a kind of rock star in my own world.
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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Italian Writer
For why should we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven?
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Gladys Knight
American Musician
I have a choir in my church, and we travel all over the world.
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Austin Aries
American Wrestler
I was a choir boy my whole life.
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Shakira
Musician
I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn't like my voice. I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it's paid off.
Quote examples
Irina Shayk
Russian Model
I started playing piano age six. I was also singing in the choir, so my mum put me into music school. I went to study there for seven years, but it was not my passion. I quit because I wanted to study marketing. But I can still play piano.
Quote examples
Gavin Creel
American Actor
I guess I originally got the bug for performing when I was in choirs and school stuff and all that. I don't know when. I guess I decided to do it because a lot of people said I was good, and I liked the attention.
Quote examples
Kelsea Ballerini
American Musician
I grew up loving music and being super involved in church choir and school musicals and such, but when I started writing is when I fell in love with the idea of doing it for the rest of my life.
Quote examples
Olivia Wilde
American Actress
Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged - in essence, not preaching to the choir.
Quote examples
Juan Felipe Herrera
American Poet
By middle school, I said to myself that it's time I begin to speak. I joined the choir, not because I wanted to. I forced myself.
Quote examples
Harry Hadden-Paton
British Actor
I was a choir boy at school, then when the choir became less cool, I became a kind of rock star in my own world.
Quote examples
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Italian Writer
For why should we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven?
Quote examples
Gladys Knight
American Musician
I have a choir in my church, and we travel all over the world.
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Austin Aries
American Wrestler
I was a choir boy my whole life.
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