chorister
noun
cho·ris·ter
ˈkȯr-ə-stər 
ˈkär-
1
: a singer in a choir
specifically
: choirboy
2
: the leader of a church choir
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Masur, a former chorister himself, has a passion for choral singing and, as a young man helped his father, the famed conductor Kurt Masur, prepare choirs for New York Philharmonic concerts.
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Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024
Highlights include choristers Christmas carols, St. Nicholas, All Souls’ Christmas Mouse (a long time tradition) and crafts, cookies and spiced tea along with gift shopping.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2023
The choristers, wearing black and white clothes, begin singing from their seats and eventually walk down to the pool.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
Van Wart ultimately sold his land to buy a farm and became a respected chorister in a local Presbyterian church.
—Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 21 July 2023
Soprano Shana Oshiro, tenor DeMarcus Bolds, bass Kevin Thompson and bass-baritones Daniel J. Smith and V Savoy McIlwain filed into the chorister seats to deliver the fragments of spoken text mapped across the Sinfonia.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
The choristers stand in their stalls wearing white surplices over red cassocks and white ruffs.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
The other choristers are given voice by David John, Thomas Hill, Roberto Davide, Barnaby Edwards, Gertrude Toma and Laurence Bouvard.
—Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
The curators, conservators, choristers.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024
Highlights include choristers Christmas carols, St. Nicholas, All Souls’ Christmas Mouse (a long time tradition) and crafts, cookies and spiced tea along with gift shopping.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2023
The choristers, wearing black and white clothes, begin singing from their seats and eventually walk down to the pool.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
Van Wart ultimately sold his land to buy a farm and became a respected chorister in a local Presbyterian church.
—Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 21 July 2023
Soprano Shana Oshiro, tenor DeMarcus Bolds, bass Kevin Thompson and bass-baritones Daniel J. Smith and V Savoy McIlwain filed into the chorister seats to deliver the fragments of spoken text mapped across the Sinfonia.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
The choristers stand in their stalls wearing white surplices over red cassocks and white ruffs.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
The other choristers are given voice by David John, Thomas Hill, Roberto Davide, Barnaby Edwards, Gertrude Toma and Laurence Bouvard.
—Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
The curators, conservators, choristers.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
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chorister
noun
cho·ris·ter
ˈkōr-ə-stər
ˈkȯr-,
ˈkär-
: a singer in a choir
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