Last Choir Standing programme, initially to be called "Choir Wars", looked to find 'the nation's favourite choir'. Presented by Myleene Klass and Nick Knowles, the programme aired on Saturday nights, with some of the results shows shown on Sundays, in the same timeslot as other BBC entertainment programs such as "Strictly Come Dancing" and "I'd Do Anything". Applications on tape were accepted from amateur choirs of 10-50 people, aged 13 years or older, and around 1,000 choirs entered the competition. 60 choirs were then invited to audition in front of the three judges in May at Cadogan Hall in London, where the choirs
Bach-Elgar Choir choir presented a series of concerts with the best-known songs from Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. Bach-Elgar Choir The Bach-Elgar Choir is a community chorus of long standing in Hamilton, Ontario. The Choir is composed of accomplished amateur singers from Hamilton and neighbouring cities of Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga and Simcoe. Notable performances by the ensemble include the North American première of Verdi's "Requiem" and the Canadian premières of Górecki's "Miserere" and Mahler's "Symphony No. 2" (the Resurrection). The choir has had several directors throughout its history and has performed at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, the Brantford's Sanderson Centre, with the