Vasa Voices of Cleveland

We are a friendly mixed chorus who love our Scandinavian (primarily Swedish) heritage and enjoy celebrating our culture by singing together. Sweden has a rich tradition of choral singing that goes back many centuries. Our repertoire includes both contemporary and traditional Swedish choral music and folk songs, sacred as well as secular music. Most ot the songs we sing are in Swedish; some are in English and a few in Danish and Norwegian.

We welcome new singers, with or without Scandinavian background. We have no auditions, and you don't have to speak Swedish - we have several native Swedes who help us with pronunciation and translation. The Vasa Voices originated in the Nobel-Monitor Lodge #130 of the Vasa Order of America. Most of us are Lodge members, but you do not have to be a Lodge member to join the Vasa Voices.

We have two major events each year; a spring concert in May and a Lucia/Christmas concert in December. Both of these events are part of the programming of Nobel-Monitor Lodge. We also have participated at the Scandinavian Festival in Jamestown, New York, and local cultural events and international festivals.

Vashon Island Chorale

The Vashon Island Chorale is a non-auditioned mixed chorus located on Vashon Island in the southern Puget Sound. It is one of the most prominent and influential cultural bodies on the Island. The Chorale performs great masterworks, often with small orchestra, as well as lesser-known works including world premieres.

Velvet Hills Chorus

The Velvet Hills Chorus has been a chapter of Sweet Adelines International for over 50 years! We currently have over 70 members and are always welcoming new members. We are united in our love of singing 4-part unaccompanied Barbershop harmony. Our Director is Darin Drown. We rehearse each Monday night from 7-10 p.m. and have extra weekend coaching session once a year. The Chorus performs throughout the Pikes Peak Area. We participate regularly in the Rocky Mountain Region 8 Annual Chorus Competition. In the 2019 regional competition the Chorus took 2nd place and earned a wildcard spot to compete in the 2020 Sweet Adelines International Competition.

Our members have many opportunities for learning and improving musical skills during rehearsals and competitions. In the continuing quest for musical excellence, we occasionally bring in nationally renowned coaches (e.g., Peggy Gram, Betty Clipman, Jim Arns, Renee Porzel, Ase Hagerman, Carol Kirkpatrick, Sharon Babb, Marge Bailey).

Venetian Harmony Chorus

Venetian Harmony is a non-profit chorus of women singers who sing a cappella music in the Barbershop style. We are an affiliate of Sweet Adelines International. We love to sing for our community, and are available for performances at your next function.

Venice Chorale

The Venice Chorale's mission is to serve a regional audience by promoting the art of choral singing through vocal excellence and multi-generational education. Supporting chorale performance in the public schools has been part of our mission from the outset. The Apprentice Program, "Seniors Mentoring Juniors," was instituted in Exsultate's first season. Five students are chosen for the program each season. The program has benefitted dozens of students, many of whom have continued their music studies and work as musicians and teachers and many of whom have continued to sing in chorales and churches in places where their lives have taken them.

We extended our outreach to young musicians by establishing the Youth Chorus in the 2013-14 season. 25-30 students from grades 4th-8th participate and perform in each of the three performances of the season.

The Mayor of Venice designated Exsultate! as the Chorale of Venice a decade ago. Since then, our organization has expanded beyond the concert choir to include the chamber and youth choirs as well as the apprentice program, and we have become the resident chorale of the Venice Performing Arts Center. We have developed working partnerships with the Venice Symphony and the Venice Concert Band, providing the opportunity to broaden our audience and spread the love of song and the joy of singing to more and more people in the Venice region. The Venice Chorale looks forward to continuing for many years to come!

Venice Gondoliers

We are the Venice Gondoliers, the local chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Education of Barbershop Quartet Singing of America (S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. now known as the Barbershop Harmony Society.)

We sing for fun and fellowship and share our music with Civic Clubs, Schools, Retirement Centers and a variety of Community groups. We dress up in our best Barbershop finery for our Annual show, held each March, where you might find us performing Broadway show songs, traditional Barbershop tunes, sacred hymns or rousing patriotic anthems.

We are a nonprofit organization which sends performance proceeds to the Barbershop Harmony Society in Nashville, which distributes such proceeds to Music Programs, Scholarships and Cultural groups. Currently there are twenty six of us, women and men, who sing with the Venice Gondoliers.

If you like to sing and if you would like to share in the fun and excitement of barbershop harmony, then why not visit one of our rehearsals? All you need to be a Venice Gondolier is an interest in singing and harmony. Our music programs teach you basic music reading skills and vocal techniques.

Ventura County Master Chorale

Here, in beautiful Ventura County by the sea, living is abundant and music is unbound. From the simple songs of holiday tradition to the joy of choral-symphonic masterworks, the Master Chorale bridges physical barriers. All persons share the music. Precise and opulent choral sound distinguishes the Master Chorale name.

The Master Chorale actively promotes the growth, quality, appreciation, performance opportunities, and access to classical and contemporary vocal music.

Verdant

Verdant is a 6-member semi-professional a cappella group located in Eugene, Oregon, which was first established in 2016 under the direction of Cameron Graham-Mask.

Verdant brings together the unique musical stylings of each member to shape dynamic, compelling arrangements of songs from a variety of genres, including Top-40, indie rock, film soundtracks, and more.

Verdi Chorus

The Verdi Chorus first started performing in 1983 at the old Verdi Ristoranti di Musica in Santa Monica under the direction of soprano, and former Pasadena City College opera program director, Anne Marie Ketchum de la Vega, our Artistic Director. The Verdi Chorus presents four concerts each year as well as other collaborative events, and brings the beauty of grand opera choruses to community audiences. It offers performance opportunities to both aspiring and established singers.

Verdugo Hills Showtime Chorus

Verdugo Hills Chorus is a membership organization of female singers in the beautiful Glendale California area. We meet regularly to practice, perform, socialize and have fun. There are currently 50+ members of all ages, from all walks of life. We are a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, a non-profit organization of approximately 23,000 members in choruses and quartets worldwide.

Veritas

Over the past several years, classical crossover vocal group Veritas found themselves in some tremendous places, from multiple performances at Carnegie Hall to cruises in the Caribbean and Alaska, to their symphonic debut with the highly acclaimed Miami Symphony. Since coming together in 2012, the sound of Veritas has captured not only the ears but the hearts of listeners across the globe. With backgrounds in opera, musical theater, rock, gospel, and pop, the five voices join together to create the "wall of sound" for which they have become known. From symphonies to theaters, churches, and civic events, audiences of every distinction attend Veritas concerts to experience a musical journey unlike any other.

Vermillion Valley Show Chorus

Vermont Choral Union

Perhaps the oldest of Vermont's choral performing ensembles, the Vermont Choral Union's mainly a cappella repertoire covers five centuries of sacred and secular music

Vermont Symphony Chorus

Vernon Chorale

The Vernon Chorale presents high-quality choral concerts three times a year, drawing its members from Greater Hartford's community of both trained and amateur musicians.

Vestre Sund Mannskor

A men's chorus who enjoys singing songs of "the old country" (Norway and other Scandinavian countries) as well as American songs. We're located in Poulsbo, on the Kitsap Peninsula of Washington State. We practice nearly every Thursday evening at the Sons of Norway lodge in Poulsbo.

Victory Chorus

The Victory Fund is excited to launch an innovative new Chorus in January, 2019, through its Dementia Friendly Duluth community initiative. The Victory Chorus will be a structured chorus comprised of persons with dementia, their care partners/loved ones, and volunteer helper singers. The Victory Chorus is led by a professional music director and other professional staff. Three sessions of the Chorus will be offered each year - lasting between 8 and 12 weeks. Each session includes weekly rehearsals leading up to the Chorus performance which takes place the last week of each session.

Vienna Choral Society

A not-for-profit musical organization, the Vienna Choral Society (VCS) was formed in January 1987 to provide music for events sponsored by the Town of Vienna, community organizations, and the residents of Vienna and surrounding communities. Our membership and audience has since grown to serve a much wider radius in the DC-Metro region with singers and audience members from all over Fairfax County, Loudon County, and Montgomery County.

Our purpose is to be an excellent teaching choir that presents varied programs of high-quality music for public entertainment and personal enrichment, to promote greater appreciation and enjoyment of good music by the general public and to join with other organizations in giving our time and our talent to programs and activities that benefit our community.

Our members come from all backgrounds and walks of life. We share a love of singing and a desire to grow both in our awareness of the rich choral music that exists and in our abilities to perform it well. We are proud to have several founding members of VCS still within our ranks, and we warmly welcome new members who are interested in blending their voices with ours.

Vienna-Falls Chorus

We are an auditioned group of a cappella singers in the Northern Virginia/D.C. area. We compete on both regional and international levels, hold a popular bi-annual show as well as entertain for various functions throughout the D.C./Northern Virginia area.

Hailing from Fairfax, VA is proud to celebrate over 55 years bringing the world together through music. We welcome all women 16 and up so stop by one of our rehearsals!

Vikings

Bob Lindley, baritone; Bob Maurus, tenor; Bruce Conover, lead; and Carl Stuhr, bass were all ex-service men who liked to do a little harmonizing. All four were attending Augustana College in Rock Island, IL on the GI Bill. The year was 1946. They decided to form a quartet and made their first public performance at the college the following spring. Soon they were singing for churches and PTA meetings as well as at college gatherings.

They joined the Rock Island chapter of the barbershop harmony society in 1947 and sang in their first district contest that fall, placing third. With $25 donated by the mayor, another $25 from a local radio station, and $50 from various friends, the quartet was able to attend the international convention in Buffalo in 1949.

Village Harmony Inc.

Village Harmony, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in central Vermont with activities around the world welcoming singers of all colors, creeds, ethnicities, nationalities, gender orientations & socio-economic backgrounds. Our focus is on deep exploration of harmony singing styles from traditional cultures throughout the world. We view this as an important aspect of building bridges between different cultures and communities.

Village Vocal Chords

The VILLAGE VOCAL CHORDS chorus has been an organized women's barbershop chorus since 1960 and chartered with the international organization of Harmony, Inc. in April of 1961. Harmony, Inc. was founded on February 26, 1959 in Rhode Island, and presently has approximately 3000 members within the U.S. and Canada.

Village Voices

The Village Voices Chorale is a spirited community chorus for adults who love to sing. Directed by Gloria Hilliard and accompanied by Christine DeKlotz, the 60+ voice chorale delights its listeners with a wide variety of music from Classical to Broadway and Contemporary.

The Village Voices Chorale makes financial contributions to support vocal school music programs and provides scholarships to students majoring in voice. We rehearse in Westlake Village, California, and perform primarily at the Scherr Forum Theatre at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center Thousand Oaks.

Vintage Mix

Vintage Mix is an award-winning a cappella group of quadruplets from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, consisting of members Ian, Kelsey, Anika, and Julia. The vocal group has showcased their tight harmony, international awards, and viral video on NBC, CBS, PBS, and Fox television networks. Since their official debut in 2014, they have made 300+ appearances nationwide with vocal jazz, barbershop, and 1940's music to ultimately grow their vision of "Bridging Generations Through Harmony."

Vinyl Street

Vinyl Street is the story of a group of strangers who found each other through a shared passion for music (and craigslist) and became a family. Based out of Somerville, MA, the group is a member of the Contemporary A Cappella League (CAL) and performs pop, rock, and country covers throughout the Greater Boston area.

The group performs regularly at the Lansdowne Pub and are fixtures of Boston's music scene, having showcased at popular concert venues including the Burren, Beat Hotel, Johnny D's, the Lilypad, the Longwood Players Theater, Church, and the Little House of Music & Theater. Volunteering their time to help non-profits, they perform annually at Project Bread's Walk for Hunger and Zoo New England's fundraisers, Brew at the Zoo, ZooLights, and A Wild Affair.

Virginia Baptist Male Chorale

BGAV is a cooperative missions and ministry organization that consists of over 1,360 autonomous churches in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as churches from Seoul, South Korea, Toronto, Ontario, the District of Columbia, and the states of California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and West Virginia.

Geography does not limit churches from joining the mission and vision of the BGAV. The ministries of the BGAV are coordinated through the staff who work through five ministry teams who work alongside churches to help them be more effective in their ministries.

The Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV) was established in 1823 and it has always existed to "furnish the Baptist churches of Virginia a medium of cooperation for the propagation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and for the advancement of the Redeemer's Kingdom by all methods in accord with the Word of God."

Virginia Beach Chorale

The Virginia Beach Chorale is one of southeastern Virginia's longest-tenured performing arts ensembles and has been a foundational member of the Hampton Roads arts community since 1958. We are dedicated to quality performances, music education, and community service. As the resident choral ensemble of the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, we perform a varied repertoire from classics to Broadway and rock to jazz in two main concerts, one during the Christmas season and one in the spring, with additional benefit and collaborative performances throughout the year. Scheduled auditions for new members are held in August and January of each year.

Our mission is to enhance the cultural and musical life of the community and to provide an opportunity for those interested in choral music to participate in these musical endeavors.

Virginia Children's Chorus

The Virginia Children's Chorus offers an exciting and artistically comprehensive program designed to develop both musical sensitivity and choral skills. Chorus members look forward to deepening their appreciation of the vocal arts through weekly training in healthy vocal technique, solfege, language and diction, expression and concert decorum.

The curriculum follows the educational philosophy of world-renowned Hungarian composer and music educator Zoltan Kodaly. Kodaly believed that a child's earliest musical experiences should be firmly rooted in the folk songs of his or her own culture, and that music literacy - the ability to read music - is key to enjoyment and artistry. Much care is taken to provide wonderful age-appropriate choral literature, drawn from many cultures and time periods - from sub-Saharan Africa to Schubert! Programs highlight ethnic music from around the world and newly commissioned choral works for children, as well as art songs, rounds, classical, sacred and twentieth-century selections.

Virginia Choral Society

The Virginia Choral Society is a community-based choral group of 80-100 voices which currently presents three major concert series each year; one series in the fall, one during the winter holiday season, and one in the spring. VCS sings a wide variety of repertoire; at any given concert you might hear Broadway choruses, a large choral-orchestral work, jazz standards, folk songs, traditional favorites, or a commissioned work from a local composer.

VCS is one of the oldest continuously performing choral organizations in Virginia having been organized in 1931. This 2019-2020 concert year is our 89th. VCS is home-based in Newport News, Virginia and performs throughout the Hampton Roads area of Virginia.

Virginia Chorale

The Virginia Chorale is a fully professional performing and educating ensemble drawn from across the Commonwealth of Virginia. Under the artistic direction of Charles Woodward, the singers perform a series of five concerts with programs that feature the world's greatest choral music. In addition to the annual concert series, the Chorale sponsors the Young Singers Project, a unique opportunity for select high school students to be mentored by the Chorale singers through the rehearsal and performance process

Virginia Coast Chorus

Virginia Coast Chorus is a membership organization of female singers, who meet regularly to practice, perform, socialize, and have fun. The Virginia Coast Chorus (VCC) was founded in 1986. We range in age from teens to 80s - we are nurses, teachers, government employees, administrative assistants, homemakers, students, retirees - everyday women just like you. We have varied music backgrounds from degrees in music to "can't read a note!" We currently have approximately 40 members from all parts of the Greater Tidewater area.

Virginia Consort

The Virginia Consort was formed in 1990, held its first formal auditions in 1991, and in 1992 performed Carl Orff s Carmina Burana in the University of Virginia s Cabell Hall. An auditioned Youth Chorale was formed in 1992, and The Prelude Choir began in 1999. With Judith Gary as our Director, The Virginia Consort has performed three major concerts per season from 1992 to 2022. Each season one concert, the Mid-Season Masterworks, includes a large, orchestrated work with soloists and expanded chorus, called the Festival Chorus.

The Virginia Consort has also performed with the Wintergreen Performing Arts Society, performing a Christmas Concert in mid-December. Both The Virginia Consort and The Youth Chorale have performed at the White House in Washington, D.C., and The Youth Chorale has sung at the Washington Cathedral and at St. John The Divine in New York City.

Virginia Gentlemen

Virginia Glee Club

The Virginia Glee Club is a critically acclaimed men's chorus based at the University of Virginia. It performs both traditional and contemporary vocal works, typically in TTBB arrangements. Founded in 1871, the Glee Club is the University's oldest musical organization and one of the oldest all-male collegiate vocal ensembles in the United States. It is currently conducted by Frank Albinder.

Vista Hills Chorus

The members of the Vista Hills Chorus are an amazing group of real women, singing real harmony, and having real fun! Ranging in age from early twenties to a-lady-never-tells, our chorus has a place for women of all ages and all talents.

The Vista Hills Chorus is a local chapter of Sweet Adelines International, a worldwide organization of women singers that meet regularly to practice, socialize, perform and sing a capella harmony, barbershop style. We are looking for singers to join the thousands of members who value the joy of singing chord-ringing, fun-filled music.

Viva!

Viva!: a celebration! - of life, love, friendship, and music. Four friends who have a passion for singing, harmony, and friendship came together to form Viva! Quartet in the summer of 2015. Their members, Patty Cobb Baker, Gina Baker, Chris DeRosa, and Peggy Jones each bring their unique flavor to the music they sing. Their USO Show has been on the road in Missouri, Texas, Georgia, and several cities in Florida.

Since formed they have also competed and became Regional Champions in 2018 which qualified them for the Sweet Adelines International competition. St. Louis in 2018 earned them Silver Medals and most recently came home from New Orleans competition with the Gold!

Vivace Youth Chorus

Founded in 2003, by Peggy Spool and a group of dedicated parents, Vivace Youth Chorus is a high-quality choral program for children ages four to eighteen. Youth from throughout the Silicon Valley participate in our 6 choral levels. The chorus offers a program that balances vocal training, music theory, and performances. Upper level choirs take part in choral festivals and tours. All choristers gain exposure to various musical genres, from traditional folk to classical, jazz, and contemporary. The chorus collaborates with area composers and musicians, as well as with other ensembles including San Jose Symphonic Choir, Opera San Jose and Mission City Opera.

Voca People

The Voca People are friendly aliens from the planet Voca, somewhere behind the sun...where all communication is made by music and vocal expressions. The Voca People believe that life is music and music is life. They visit planet Earth and they have a lot to sing about.

Vocal Artists of Iowa

Vocal Artists of Iowa is a semi-professional choir based out of the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Area. Its membership draws primarily upon community members as well as music professionals and music educators in the region. VAoI is a project based group and typically will perform 5-6 concerts per year, with dates being chosen by the availability of its constituency. Vocal Artists of Iowa was recently honored by being given a feature performance at the Iowa Choral Director's Association Choral Showcase where it had the opportunity to perform among other distinguished choirs at the Concert Hall in the University of Iowa Voxmax Music. Recent collaborations have included Moira Smiley, Storm Larg

e and Eric Barnum. VAoI is primarily housed at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church ELCA in Cedar Rapids in Cedar Rapids and St. Andrew Presbyterian in Iowa City but frequently performs throughout the state and midwest. Please feel free to check out our recordings as well as our repertoire list from our past concerts. Follow us on Facebook as well as Soundcloud to hear the latest recordings as well as to keep up to date with our upcoming concerts!

Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati

Founded in 1979, for over 40 years VAE has brought the power of spectacular, powerful and thrilling choral performances to audiences of all generations.

Vocal Chaos

Vocal Chaos is in its 22nd year as a Chicagoland a cappella staple. This rotating cast of characters enjoys using the gift of song to force themselves out of the house at least once a week through the 8 month Chicago winter, and has been known to occasionally enjoy a post rehearsal, or mid-rehearsal drink. They may not be in college anymore, but at least they're trying to hang on to their glory days like a high school football player from Texas! Please enjoy the men of Vocal Chaos.

Vocal Confluence

VC performs primarily barbershop-style a cappella music, we also perform other varieties of music, including jazz, traditional choral, and contemporary a cappella. Made up of members of diverse ages, backgrounds, and gender identities, VC is committed to musical excellence. In March 2022 VC won best mixed chorus medal in the Barbershop Harmony Society's district convention at Dayton, Ohio.

Vocal Improv New England

We gather to create spontaneously with our voices, using both free-form exploration and improvisational structures. What will it sound like? We won't know till we go - from ethereal to funky to undescribable! No experience necessary - just a willingness to listen and "play well with others." Facilitated by Glenn Smith, who has led circles in CA, MA, and Costa Rica over the last 13 years.

More info (and audio samples) at http://www.soundseeds.com/vocal_voyagers/

Vocal Jazz Quintessence

Quintessence is an Ottawa-based group of six singers who specialise in a cappella performances of a wide variety of repertoire from big-band through to hits of recent years, as well as some original material. The group was originally formed in 1985 under the name of 'The Ottawa Jazz Choral,' and has developed a distinctive style to create melody, accompaniment and even percussion, all from only six voices. Many of the vocal arrangements that they perform are tailor-made to their voices by arrangers from within the group. Their influences include 'Manhattan Transfer,' Take Six,' the Swingle Singers,' 'Les Double Six,' and 'The Real Group.' Their performances include pieces ranging from Glenn Miller to George Gershwin, and from Bach to the Beach Boys. Quintessence has performed at a wide variety of engagements in Ontario and Quebec, as well as in Geneva, Switzerland and Sacramento, California. They have performed with Rosemary Clooney, Carol Welsman, The Canadian Symphonic Pops Orchestra, and the Bel Canto Wind Quintet. Their main aim is to have fun exploring the a cappella vocal medium!

Vocal Majority

Officially, The Vocal Majority Chorus is the Dallas Metropolitan Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society. Not one of the 12 men who gathered on that first cold night of December 2, 1971, could have imagined the success of the VM. They wanted to form a chapter that would become the finest singing ensemble in the world. So, under the guidance of founder, first president, and marketing director Bob Arnold, the Chorus was born, and Ray Anthony consented to be the first director in April of 1972.

Vocal Matrix

Vocal Point Chorus

VocalPoint uses the power of people, art, and collaboration to tell the stories of organizations doing life-changing work. We shine a spotlight on important issues such as youth homelessness, the immigrant experience, and sex trafficking. We give 100% of performance-driven donations to a worthy cause that will make a dramatic impact in everyday lives. We have collaborated with such gifted musicians as Maria Jette, Jearlyn Steele, Copper Street Brass Quintet, Peter Mayer, the three-time Grammy-winning Sounds of Blackness, and singer/songwriter Sara Thomsen.

Our programs are multi-sensory collaborations that are unlike any other choral concerts. In our seven seasons, we have supported the work of Open Arms of Minnesota, Avenues for Homeless Youth, Neighborhood House, The Advocates for Human Rights, Upstream Arts, One Heartland, Twin Cities R!SE, and Walk-In Counseling Center. Highlights include hosting panels of the AIDS Quilt, singing with the Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota, being dazzled by the puppets of In the Heart of the Beast, and singing to the breathtaking choreography of Zenon Dance Company. We've commissioned pieces by Abbie Betinis and Joan Szymko, and had the honor of premiering pieces by Elizabeth Alexander and Abbie Betinis.

Vocal Revolution

We are one of New England's premier a cappella performing groups and have won multiple adjudicated contests. Since chartering in 1970 as Sounds of Concord, our chorus has constantly remained dedicated to its mission of Moving Audiences and Enriching Lives Through Musical Excellence.

Our members come from all over the Greater Boston area and beyond. Many of our members are very dedicated; some drive a long distance on Thursday nights to sing with us. Our informal slogan is "Is it Thursday yet?". Our rehearsals typically involve a fair amount of work, but the results are sometimes magnificent.

Members are expected to do their homework and to show up prepared to sing and perform without holding sheet music or iPads. We do not hold music in performance so the ability to memorize is important. So is the ability to perform....we are singer/actors, not just singers.

Vocal Spectrum

Vocal Spectrum has been singing together since 2003. The members of the quartet come from various musical backgrounds, from classical vocal training to jammin' in rock-n-roll bands. These 4 young men, who graduated from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri, all majored in different fields of study. V.S was originally formed as a one-time educational quartet to sing for a local high school and has never stopped singing since! V.S. has traveled to Germany, Holland, Sweden, Russia, England, Japan, New Zealand and throughout the United States singing for various shows and conventions as well as teaching high school students about barbershop harmony.

Vocal Steel

Pittsburgh's only postgraduate contemporary a cappella group.