BYU is one of the nation’s largest private universities with an enrollment of more than 30,000 students from all parts of the United States and 120 foreign countries. And they are doing just that with this stunning rendition of ‘I Can Only Imagine’ The song ‘I Can Only Imagine’ is the best-selling Christian song of all time. These 9 talented women strive to uplift others through the power of music.
The ensemble originates in the School of Music of the College of Fine Arts & Communications at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. BYU Noteworthy is the all-female a cappella group from Brigham Young University.
BYU Singers was founded in 1984 by Ronald Staheli.īYU Singers consists of around 40 students pursuing a variety of graduate and undergraduate degrees in such areas as statistics, accounting, social science, engineering, and music. The choir appeared on national television in four programs created for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. BYU Singers has performed numerous times at state, national, and regional conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Education, and National Collegiate Choral Organization since 1985. The choir was the United States representative at the Fourth World Choral Symposium in 1996, performed at the inaugural conference of the National Collegiate Choral Organization in 2006, and participated in the 2009 Cork International Choral Festival, where they received the PEACE Award, an honor given to the audience’s favorite choir. They have traveled throughout the United States and to 27 countries including Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, England, Egypt, Australia, Ghana, Ireland, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Baltic states. Petersburg, the Musikverein in Vienna, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. They have given concerts in some of the most prestigious venues in the world, including Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Sydney Opera House and Town Hall, the Kauffman Center in Kansas City, the Hanoi Opera House, the Kapella in St. The ensemble will next compete in the 53 rd Tolosa (Spain) Choral Contest in October 2022. In 2021, the group placed first in the mixed choir category, and earned the overall Gran Prix award in the International Youth Choir Festival “Aegis Carminis” (Koper, Slovenia). In May 2022, BYU Singers received multiple first place prizes at the 22 nd International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (Klaipėda, Lithuania), including the Grand Amber award for best choir. Andrew Crane, the group performs pieces from nearly every musical genre as well as many original works written or arranged for the choir.
The CD also features special guests BYU Noteworthy, nationally acclaimed One Voice Children's Choir and powerhouse vocalists Ryan Innes and Elisha Garrett.īYU Vocal Point has performed in front of millions on NBC's The Sing-Off, on YouTube and in concerts around the United States.Brigham Young University Singers is an exciting choir with impressive voices and a wide range of styles. "Not only will He Is Born be available at iTunes, and Deseret Book like many of our other titles, at the end of October it will also be available in Barnes & Noble stores across the United States, which we are very excited about," Fales said. "This long-awaited album has been crafted to aid in commemorating the most nostalgic and meaningful aspects of the Christmas season," Crockett said.īYU Records general manager Ben Fales says the release of this album will mark the widest release ever of a BYU album.
He Is Born producer and Vocal Point director McKay Crockett says the group has thought about doing a Christmas album for the past several years. The album, He Is Born, features eleven songs including contemporary classics such as "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and "Sleigh Ride" as well as religious favorites like "Silent Night" and "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly." 9, during the BYU Homecoming festivities. Members of Vocal Point will be at the BYU Store from 2-3 p.m., on Friday, October 9, to sign copies of their new album He Is Born.īrigham Young University's nine-man a cappella group, BYU Vocal Point, released an album dedicated to Christmas songs on Friday, Oct.
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