Music performed by
the BAHÁ'Í WORLD CENTRE CHOIR
As early as 1981, a group of friends under the direction of fellow World Centre staff member Evelyn Musacchia were performing as the World Centre Chorus, singing such popular songs as
"Danny Boy" and "Auld Lang Syne" at The Hall, a social
facility in Haifa.
Through the years, the group evolved into the Bahá'í World Centre Choir, with the baton being passed from Charles Grindley and Eric Welch to Roya Bauman, Mark Perry, and Farzin Shakibanejad.
As it began to perform at Holy Day commemorations, its repertoire became more focused on the Sacred Text.
Today, under its present conductor Franco Aquino, the Bahá'í World Centre Choir has over thirty singers coming from Bosnia, Brazil, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Guyana, India,
Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Saint Lucia, Swaziland, Turkmenistan, the United States, Uzbekistan, and the United Kingdom. Since November 2000, they have performed for three Holy Days and
numerous social gatherings at the Common Area. In May 2001, they were invited to share centre stage for choral music with the Congo Youth Choir at the Official Opening of the Mount Carmel Terraces. In November
2001, sixty singers performed sixteen love songs in a full-length concert entitled "Love Is . . ."
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