Review of "The Choir"
"The Choir is full of fresh ideas, new terms, thought-provoking discussions and abundant inspiration. Choral conductors will find much of value in this well-written book."
See the full review of "The Choir" from Conan Castle in American Choral Journal, october 2010.
Schola Cantorum - Audiens
"This is hands-down one of the most spectacular-sounding choral SACDs I have ever heard; the sound is vibrant, palpable, beautifully balanced, and thrilling. This would all go for naught if the music was bad, but it is anything but."
Read more at Audiophile Audition (in English).
"The appealing repertoire and fine performances make this a CD that should be of strong interest to fans of contemporary choral music."
Read more at AllMusic.com (in English).
"Schola Cantorum project with a radiant, crisply nuanced choral sound. Whitacre's Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine is proof of that: ricocheting from the opening 'tutti' chord, sub-groupings of variously shaded female voices are revealed like evver smaller Russian Dolls, an effect few choirs could nail with such precision."
Read the review from Classic FM (in English).
"This is a phenomenal disc. As editor of a review column for a professional music monthly, I get the chance to sample dozens of recordings every month, most of them choral music. Something like "Audiens" only crosses my desk once every four or five years."
Read more at SA-CD.net (in English).
Into the spotlight
Norwegian music has many secrets. Two of the biggest are named Tone Bianca Dahl and Schola Cantorum.
Read more at Morgenbladet (in Norwegian).
Excellent choral CD
"Within the classical genre, this recording may be described as great art - I will also label it as glittering entertainment!"
Read more at Smaalenene.no (in Norwegian).
Schola Cantorum - Audiens
"Beautiful and varied! And in that style you may actually continue to describe this entire release."
Read more at Musikkavisen (in Norwegian).
Choral sound in world class
"A quality album until the final note, and it occurs to one that conductor Tone Bianca Dahl must have a special ability to get the singers to perform maximum.
Read the review from 
Telemarksavisa (PDF document, in Norwegian).
Inspiring! (The Choir. Singing - leading - communicating)
"One doesn't learn to direct from this book, but if you need to be reminded about musical enjoyment and communication, The Choir is the book for you. Tone Bianca Dahl has written a book primarily adressed to conductors, but it can successfully also be used by students and singers."
Read more at Musikk-Kultur (in Norwegian).
Read the review from Korledare.se (PDF document, in Swedish).
Schola Cantorum made a clean sweep in Spain
"The chamber choir Schola Cantorum, which is affilated with the Department of Music at the University of Oslo, monday won everything there was to win in the prestigious international choir competition arranged yearly in Tolosa, Spain. Schola was awarded first prize in the groups polyphony, folklore and best Basque musical work, and ended up with The Grand Prize - which never previously have been won by a Norwegian choir.
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