Dale Warland Singers
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The Dale Warland Singers were a highly successful and critically acclaimed 40-person choral group in the United States. Considered the spiritual successors of famous choral groups such as the Robert Shaw Chorale, the Dale Warland Singers (founded in 1972 and conducted by Dale Warland) tackled a repertoire of difficult, complex, and beautiful polyphonic works for a cappella choir, as well as a pieces for accompanied choir. Their repertoire consisted primarily of twentieth-century composers and arrangers, showcasing works by Arvo Pärt, Samuel Barber, Charles Ives, Stephen Paulus and others, with well-known classics by the likes of Allegri and Mendelssohn. [1]
[edit] External links
- Dale Warland Singers official site
- Dale Warland Singers Archive
- Art of the States: Dale Warland Singers performing Without Words (2002) by Huang Ruo