{"id":20608,"date":"2016-11-07T11:41:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T16:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=20608"},"modified":"2016-11-07T11:41:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T16:41:31","slug":"the-texas-state-men-boys-choir-releases-follow-up-to-top-40-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/the-texas-state-men-boys-choir-releases-follow-up-to-top-40-record\/","title":{"rendered":"The Texas State Men &#038; Boys Choir Releases Follow Up To Top 40 Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 7, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; In 2016, The Texas State Men&#8217;s Choir, founded in January of 2015, released its debut record titled &#8220;Prayers, Poems &amp; Promises&#8221; which reached #39 on iTunes classical charts in April. With the choir&#8217;s new treble addition and now renamed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasstatemenandboyschoir.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Texas State Men &amp; Boys Choir<\/a>, they teamed up with The Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir to offer a new Christmas album titled &#8220;Following The Star; Traditional Carols.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/16-1107-FollowingStar-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Following the Star - Christmas Carols\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/16-1107-FollowingStar-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/16-1107-FollowingStar-600x450-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/16-1107-FollowingStar-600x450-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dorothyshawbellchoir.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir<\/a>, founded in 1964, has had a long tradition of collaborating with vocal groups including the Grammy\u00ae winning The Gregg Smith Singers. This record marks the first release for The Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir since \u201cThe Afterglow\u201d was released in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to bring back the tradition of voices and bells together,\u201d said Gary McGrath, Producer of \u201cFollowing the Star\u201d and Executive Director of The Texas State Men &amp; Boys Choir. \u201cThis record really became something special. A collection of music celebrating the true meaning of Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the stand outs on this album is &#8220;The Four Old English Carols&#8221; by Gustav Holtz. This work holds a special meaning for both organizations. In their hometown of Fort Worth, Texas both The Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir and The Texas State Men &amp; Boys Choir participate in the play pageant of the nativity titled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelittlestwiseman.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Littlest Wiseman<\/a>&#8221; presented annually as a free gift to the community.<\/p>\n<p>The music in the production is based around &#8220;The Four Old English Carols\u201d which will be released as four separate music videos on YouTube.com in December of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the Star\u201d is available in hard copy form in stores nationwide, online, and internationally for digital download on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play Music, Spotify, and many more.\u00a0Release date November 1, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on \u201cFollowing the Star,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasstatemenandboyschoir.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Texas State Men &amp; Boys Choir<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dorothyshawbellchoir.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir<\/a>, or \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelittlestwiseman.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Littlest Wiseman<\/a>,\u201d look for a link to their websites below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasstatemenandboyschoir.org\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.texasstatemenandboyschoir.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/dorothyshawbellchoir.org\/\">Home<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript'><!--\/\/--><![CDATA[\/\/><!--\t\t\/*! 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