Press
National News Coverage
Car Concerts Offer Choirs a Way to Rehearse and Perform. NPR Morning Edition, January 11, 2021.
This choir sings in harmony from their cars to keep everyone safe. NBC Today Show, November 22, 2020.
How an $8 part from Walmart makes it safe for choirs to sing again. Los Angeles Times, December 30, 2020. By Richard Read.
A Choir Finds a Way to Sing. Just Ignore the Steering Wheel. New York Times, October 7, 2020. By Bob Morris.
Media Coverage
November 28, 2023: "The film shows exactly how a kernel of an idea blossomed into something that became somewhat of a choral movement." Full review at BVS Reviews.
November 24, 2023: "For all the stories we see of a nation divided, it is wonderful to see an example of people coming together over their love of singing." Full review at Special Mark Productions.
November 24, 2023: "it’s about the connectivity and joy of music and how it makes people feel...for everyone in this documentary, music and singing is a necessity." Read the full review by Debbie Elias on Behind the Lens Online.
November 24, 2023: "inspiring, uplifting and shows how people can band together for a common cause." Read the full review on Juicebox Reviews (medium.com).
November 19, 2023: "combines a perfect blend of human elements, innovation, resilience, and musical nostalgia." Read the full review on Caillou Pettis Moview Reviews.
November 19, 2023: "singers spill their hearts out, sharing how the music flows through them and their choir buddies, creating this powerful wave of positivity that reaches anyone tuned in." Read the full review by Lisa Johnson Mandell on At Home in Hollywood.
November 18, 2023: "spotlights the power of community and innovation in music and so it is definitely worth a watch." Read the full review by S. L. Wilson at Fantastica Daily.
November 18, 2023: "very heartwarming, and it makes you think about what the world would be like without singing and togetherness." Read the full review by ReelTalkLady on Letterboxd.
July 29, 2023: "A refreshingly upbeat and spirited film celebrating the creative spirit." Read the full review by Richard Propes at The Independent Critic.
July 10, 2023: "takes the idea of creativity as solace from the pandemic and explores it on a community level." Read the full review by Indy Reviews.
January 14, 2023: "The Drive To Sing is really something you must experience to understand. It's inspiring to watch, and an important part of our history preserved." Read the full review by IndyRed.
November 21, 2022: TV Interview with Bryce and Kathryn Denney on WMCT-TV.
October 9, 2022: "What a beautiful film, how interesting, how historic." -Callie Crossley, WGBH Under the Radar. Hear the whole radio interview.
October 6, 2022: “The Drive to Sing” Captures the Car Choirs of the Pandemic in Emertainment Monthly by Abigail Lee
October 5, 2022: Choirs in cars: How singers found joy during the pandemic in Christian Science Monitor by Stephen Humphries
More Press Coverage of Car Choirs
As one of the few positive arts stories during the COVID pandemic, car choirs were frequently in the news. We know of groups in 21 US states and 3 Canadian provinces who used microphones, mixers, and FM radio to enable their choirs to sing together again.
October 1, 2022: Local Marlborough residents produce their first documentary film in Community Advocate by Cindy Zomar
September 8, 2022: The Drive to Sing: Remembering Car Choirs in Chorus Connection Blog
May 27, 2021: Churches Find Ways To Mourn, Grieve, And Celebrate From Afar, host Arun Rath speaks with Jay Lane, music director for St. Anne's in the Fields Episcopal Church of Lincoln, MA. From the radio program In It Together on WGBH Radio.
May 13, 2021: The Red Bank Chorus of the Atlantic in New Jersey is featured in LINCROFT: TUNING UP, ‘CARBERSHOP’-STYLE and 'Carbershop' singers stay in tune in Middletown during COVID, six feet apart
May 6, 2021: Agoura Hills Harmony Chorus is in the news. Take a look at this article: A cappella group is driven to sing
April 19, 2021: Angel City Chorale is featured in Singers tune in to each other as they rehearse without leaving cars
April 16, 2021: NJ.com published Hunterdon Harmonizers get creative to rehearse safely
April 15, 2021: Barry Gabler of the Bay Country Gentlemen was interviewed on Kaleidoscope Spring/Summer 2021.
April 12, 2021: Chemeketa car choir in Salem Oregon is in the news again. Car choir performs for retirement home in first show off campus
April 12, 2021: The Vancouver Thunderbirds chorus is featured in 'Carbershop' chorus keeps harmony alive in Burnaby through COVID-19
March 26, 2021: A Car Choir led by Chrystal Heideman and Tawn Thomas is featured in a Florida TV news segment: Daytona Beach Choir Creates New Way to Practice — From Their Cars
March 9, 2021: Bruce Simonson's Choir for Cars in Juneau, Alaska is featured in ‘Apart but together,’ Juneau’s Choir from Cars gives singers a chance to perform again. See the video and listen to the audio too.
March 6, 2021: Phoenix Boys Choir Car Choir Innovation featured on FOX 10 News KSAZ.
March 2, 2021: The Seattle SeaChordsmen were on the local news in Washington state. See Local barbershop singing group finds creative way to practice during pandemic
February 5, 2021: Kerry Burtis is featured in Chemeketa’s parking lot car choir on a Portland, Oregon news channel. Also in the Salem Reporter, Chemeketa singers use wireless mics, transmitters to sing safely in person. Also https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=823496424955478.
February 2, 2021: The "illumine" youth choirs in Austin, TX, directed by Nina Revering are featured in Singing is the vehicle’: Local youth choir rehearses from cars for spring program
January 19, 2021: Bryce and Kathryn Denney appear in Driveway Choir Finds Creative Way To Perform During The Pandemic
January 17, 2021: The Driveway Choir project (and Kathryn and Bryce Denney) are mentioned in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Worcester Chorus hits right notes with Driveway Choir project
January 11, 2021: David Newman and Tim Shantz are interviewed in NPR's coverage of Luminous Voices' "car concerts": Car Concerts Offer Choirs A Way To Rehearse And Perform
December 30, 2020: David Newman and Pete Stephens-Brown are featured on the front page of the Los Angeles Times. A Baritone Finds a Safe Way for Choirs to Sing Together.
December 17, 2020: The Boston Globe published an article about the upcoming Messiah sing in a parking lot in Bolton, MA. Cars are the perfect choir loft for this ‘Messiah’ sing-along. (link to more about the Messiah sing)
December 13, 2020: News from Madison, Wisconsin: Car Carols, a concert by the Wisconsin Chamber Choir, is streamed to the world from the top of a parking garage. Click to watch the Car Carols concert.
December 6, 2020: Pete Stephens-Brown and Da Upper Yoopers’ Barbershop+ Chorus appears in an article, A cappella group hosts Christmas ‘Car’-oling event
December 1, 2020: "Jersey's Best" magazine article features Somerset Hills Harmony's open rehearsals. Locales across N.J. embrace new ways to celebrate the season — 2020-style
November 24, 2020: A French podcast called Musique connectée reported on the October 24 Brahms event: A Boston, un choeur répète... en voiture
November 22, 2020: The Chorus Pro Musica Brahms Requiem event on October 24 was filmed by the TODAY Show, and they edited it and broadcast this segment: This Choir Sings In Harmony From Their Cars To Keep Everyone Safe
November 1, 2020: St. Anne’s in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Lincoln performed a live Evensong, and the Boston Globe wrote an article about it: A choir learns to sing as one once more
October 28, 2020: Wisconsin Chamber Choir is featured in Forget tailgates, parking lots are for choir practice
October 23, 2020: NBC Boston did a segment on Mark Mummert's choir in Worcester: Worcester Church Choir Finds Innovative Way to Practice Without Spreading COVID
October 18, 2020: From Ontario, Martha Walli's group was featured in Nickel City Sound singers find a way
October 13, 2020: Sherri Hansen of the Wisconsin Chamber Choir is interviewed in a TV segment: Wisconsin Chamber Choir making adjustments to prepare for performance
October 12, 2020: Rick Merritt from Nvidia wrote Turn Your Radio On: NVIDIA Engineer Creates COVID-Safe Choirs in Cars.
October 10, 2020: Bill Stearns' group is featured in Technology helps Upper Valley choruses stay apart while singing together
October 7, 2020: New York Times writer Bob Morris sang in one of the Denneys' events in Stow, MA and wrote an article about it: A Chorus Finds a Way to Sing. Just Ignore the Steering Wheel
October 4, 2020: In the MetroWest Daily News: First Parish Church hosts driveway choir
September 22, 2020: Somerset Hills is featured in Somerset Hills Harmony Chorus Finds a Way to Sing Together Again
September 16, 2020: One of Bryce and Kathryn Denney's neighbors kept noticing people singing in their cars near the house and was very curious. They told her about the Driveway Choir project, and she wrote an article (Making music together, while staying apart) for Community Advocate.
September 4, 2020: Tori Cook from Chorus Connection wrote an article: Could drive-in choirs be the solution we have all been waiting for. She interviewed several people who started doing events like these.
August 28, 2020: Somerset Hills Harmony press release in the local "Patch": Local Choir Perfects Socially Distanced Performing