While studying at a private school in Bayswater, Sullivan, then aged 11, persuaded his parents and the headmaster, William Gordon Plees, to allow him to apply for membership in the choir of the Chapel Royal.

While classical, gospel, and contemporary popular music comprise the majority of the choir ’ s repertoire, the choir is noted for its emphasis on preserving the heritage of the spiritual, especially in the historic practices of performance.

In 1859 Liddell welcomed the then Prince of Wales when he matriculated at Christ Church, being the first holder of that title who had matriculated since Henry V. While he was Dean of Christ Church, he arranged for the building of a new choir school and classrooms for the staff and pupils of Christ Church Cathedral School on its present site.

While in prison Letourneau tutored fellow inmates, created audio books for blind readers, participated in the prison choir and " rarely missed Mass.

While non choirboy students had 2 months ' holidays during the summer, half of the boys were on duty every day during the summer and had to attend choir practice and 2 services each weekday, one service on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.

While many of the choir stalls date back to the 16th century, some repair work was carried out by the Mayfield School of Carving in the early 20th century.

While Duccio's Maesta and Simone's Annunciation were displayed behind the choir screen, Pietro's Birth of the Virgin was on view in the central part of the Siena Cathedral.

While most modern legislatures sit in a circular chamber, the benches of the British Houses of Parliament are laid out in the form of choir stalls in a chapel, simply because this is the part of the original room that the members of the House of Commons utilised when they were granted use of St Stephen's Chapel.

While most of Messiaen's compositions are religious in inspiration, at the time of writing the symphony the composer was fascinated by the myth of Tristan and Isolde, and the Turangalîla Symphony forms the central work in his trilogy of compositions concerned with the themes of romantic love and death — the other pieces are Harawi for piano with soprano and Cinq rechants for unaccompanied choir.

While still a student in 1954, he founded his first choir, the Gächinger Kantorei.

While in Warsaw – the location of the court, recently moved from Kraków – Marenzio wrote and directed sacred music, including motets for double choir, a Te Deum for 13 voices, and a mass, the music for which has been lost.

While a student at Beloit he directed a church choir and participated in athletics and debate.

While in Boston, she participated in several theatre productions, and studied Western classical, chorus and choir singing, as well as Kathak dance.

While living in León, she was a member of the city's prestigious university choir and used to be a music teacher for 7 to 9 graders at one of León's and Spain's most prestigious schools, Colegio Leonés.

While the membership of the choir at the Milan cathedral was mostly Italian, the cross-influence between his choir and the group at the Sforza chapel was significant.

As in the previous Marx Bros. MGM films, the movie contains elaborate production numbers, such as the upbeat " Sing While You Sell ," led by a singing, dancing Groucho ; and " Tenement Symphony " sung by Tony Martin and a boys ' choir.

While in her spare time, she was a painter, reader, skater, and singer in the Ascension Episcopal Church choir.

While the nave and crossing tower are Romanesque, the choir has been rebuilt in the Gothic style.

While somewhat primitive living conditions were the norm for many years into the 20th century, the settlers quickly established institutions and social outlets, including a Lutheran congregation, a school, the Bardo Ladies ' Aid Society, a literary society, a youth choir, and a brass band.

While in graduate school at the University of Michigan, his alma mater, Luther College, asked him to serve as interim director of the band and choir on a one-year faculty appointment.

While this was done the choir sang what St. Germanus called the Sonus.

While the elements were being offered the choir sang the Laudes, which included Alleluia.

While at Faithful Central he began playing piano for the youth choir.

While Baum was in South Dakota, he sang in a quartet that included a man who would become one of the first Populist ( People's Party ) Senators in the U. S., James Kyle.

While at Grinnell College, Noyce sang, played the oboe and acted.

While in college, Crow sang in a local band, Cashmere.

While being known for his dramatic roles, Finney appeared and sang in two musical films: Scrooge and the Hollywood film version of Annie, which was directed by John Huston, who would direct him once again in Under The Volcano two years later.

While living in Mayagüez he sang and acted in various amateur radio and television broadcasts, as well as in high school talent shows.

While Cher sang " Alfie " on the closing credits of the movie, Black was the first and only artist to have a hit with the song in the UK ( No. 9 ).

While in New York, she sang the leading role in the zarzuela " Dona Francisquita " for the Repertorio Español theater company housed at the Grammercy Arts Theater, Off-Broadway.

While in Italy, she was under contract to RAI Television Network, and sang in front of kings and high dignitaries from different countries.

While signed to local Lupine Records, Diana Ross and Mary Wilson sang lead on the group's only 45 on that label, " Tears of Sorrow "/" Pretty Baby " though Ballard added a soprano whoop at the beginning of the latter track.

While Ross sang lead on the group's debut recording, " I Want a Guy ", seventeen-year-old Ballard performed lead vocals on the second single, " Buttered Popcorn ".

While the films centered more on Hope and Crosby, Lamour held her own as their " straight man ", and sang some of her most popular songs.

While in college, she joined a soul band, Pride, in which she sang backing vocals.

While his nurse would sometimes sing folksongs, the peasant choirs who sang using the podgolosnaya technique ( an improvised style — literally under the voice-which uses improvised dissonant harmonies below the melody ) influenced the way he later felt free to emancipate himself from the smooth progressions of Western harmony.

While at Chess, Riperton also sang lead for the experimental rock / soul group Rotary Connection, from 1967 to 1971.

While studying under Jeffery, Riperton sang operettas and show tunes, in preparation for a career in opera.

While in the Metropolitan company she sang Giannetta in L ' elisir d ' amore to Enrico Caruso's Nemorino and Fyodor in Boris Godunov to Feodor Chaliapin's Boris.

While in high school, she sang with a group of friends in subway stations and on street corners.

While Dee was recovering in the hospital, one-time Doobie Brothers member Michael McDonald was brought in to help out with the recording sessions ; he wrote lyrics and sang back up on " Long Way Back ," a forthcoming track for their next album.

While attending University High School in Newark, she sang with several jazz bands and, encouraged by Helene, entered outside pageants, festivals and contests, where her voice would be noticed and praised.

While others like Roland Zoss and Tinu Heiniger sang on in German.

While a teenager, he sang, arranged, and played drums in a band led by Chico Marx of the Marx Brothers.

While it is not known where he received his rudimentary music training, he sang at a church in Rome from 1676 to 1677 and at the Milan cathedral from 1681 until 1685, when he was dismissed for “ misconduct .” Thereafter, he made his one recorded appearance in opera at Reggio nell ’ Emilia in 1687 ( in Varischino ’ s Odoacre ) and was based for a time in Genoa.

While with the company he sang several leading tenor roles, including the title role in Rossini's Otello opposite Maria Malibran as Desdemona and Fernando in the world premiere of Gaetano Donizetti's Il furioso all ' isola di San Domingo ( 1833 ).

While there he notably sang leading roles in the world premieres of the first two operas composed by Giuseppe Verdi, portraying Riccardo in Oberto on 17 November 1839 and Edoardo in Un giorno di regno on 5 September 1840.

While wax models were being made, he made pleasant conversations with the patients, sang songs or at times played the piano.