Image courtesy of Bryan Kotlar. By Bryan Kotlar Last week, the Benjamin T. Rome School of Performing Arts’ music department hosted a concert in the St. Vincent de Paul Chapel on campus. Inspired by ...

When 34 cobalt blue figures processed down the steps at the base of Christ Chapel’s altar, a stillness descended upon the crowd. Their voices reverberated against the shadowed sanctuary.

Henry Guthrie, played by Ralph Fiennes, is uncompromising in his pursuit of musical excellence as he overhauls a struggling northern English choir during World War I in The Choral. The year is 1916.

In 2005, composer Greg Gilpin created a widely performed choral piece: “Why We Sing.” Its lyrics highlight music’s unique power to unify people across all divides. One of the most memorable lines, ...

The year is 1916. The fictional northern England town of Ramsden offers such a bucolic setting in The Choral, with lush hills, singing birds and polite humor exchanged between locals that one could ...