It is a time of organization. Christmas gift lists, candy cane cookies and car trips to arrange. Without so much order, the pressure at this time of year can crush you. The Crosssgates Mall food court ...

Aged Zen Buddhist Jew composes Christmas smash: who said pop music was lost to irony? Venerable bohemian Canadian poet-monk gets his first (and no doubt last) number one, moreover, thanks to a TV ...

With Easter come some staples: Peeps, egg hunts and, for churchgoers, George Frideric Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. It's the five-minute piece often sung at the end of the service on Easter. The music ...

I survived the Hallelujah Chorus. And I survived it as a soprano. My Christmas is complete. After 50 years of singing alto in school choruses and church choirs, I am now a soprano. Betty Burton, choir ...

The fifth annual Hallelujah Chorus flash mob brought holiday cheer Saturday morning to several locations in Lancaster city, beginning at 9 a.m. Dozens of carolers sang Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus,” ...

A gaggle of disgruntled atheists are doing a whole lot of hollering about the Hallelujah Chorus in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s local chapter is angry after a teacher ...

The "Hallelujah Chorus," from George Frideric Handel's Messiah, is such an iconic piece of music — and is so ingrained as a Christmas tradition — that it's easy to take its exuberance and its ...

For Mark Shapiro, 20 years as artistic director of the Monmouth Civic Chorus also means two decades of holiday concerts — many of them including full or partial performances of Handel’s "Messiah." ...

Countless choral singers haven't been allowed to do what they love during the pandemic. The risks associated with singing and spreading high concentrations of aerosols has kept them off stages and ...