Whois & Analysis for elmhurstchoralunion.org

Elmhurst (formerly Newtown) is a working/middle class neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City.

It is bounded by Roosevelt Avenue on the north; the Long Island Expressway on the south; Junction Boulevard on the east; and the New York Connecting Railroad on the west.

The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 4.

A choir (also known as a quire, chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers.

Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.

Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which spans from the Medieval era to the present, or popular music repertoire.

Most choirs are led by a conductor, who leads the performances with arm and face gestures.

An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which mixes instruments from different families, including bowed string instruments such as violin, viola, cello and double bass, as well as brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments, each grouped in sections.

Other instruments such as the piano and celesta may sometimes appear in a fifth keyboard section or may stand alone, as may the concert harp and, for performances of some modern compositions, electronic instruments.

Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music.

While a more precise term is also used to refer to the period from 1750 to 1820 (the Classical period), this article is about the broad span of time from before the 6th century AD to the present day, which includes the Classical period and various other periods.

The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900, which is known as the common-practice period.

The major time divisions of Western art music are as follows: