• Stephen Bigger

    World Choir update! Mozambique Videos now posted!

    Added July 11, 2014 by Stephen Bigger - 953 views - 0 comments

    World Choir lovers might want to check out the brand new videos we just posted from the 2013 Mozambique, Africa Manda Wilderness Choir Festival. http://www.stephenbigger.com/category/stephens-blog/   More information and videos will be posted soon at www.stephenbigger.com but for now there are two videos from t... read more

  • Kitty Babcock

    10 Tips to Becoming a Conductor

    Added July 9, 2014 by Kitty Babcock - 1214 views - 0 comments

    This was originally published on the Embro Thistle Singers' blog.  I was reading an article posted to Facebook the other day.  Esa-Pekka Salonen became a conductor when he filled in for an absent colleague.     In the following short video, you can pick up on both his talent and sense of humour... read more

  • Kitty Babcock

    How Should An Audience Behave

    Added July 9, 2014 by Kitty Babcock - 2813 views - 0 comments

    This is originally published in the Embro Thistle Singers blog.    There was a very interesting article in the Telegraph U.K. talking about audience responses & behaviour during a concert.  Click here to ready the full article.  This is a different take on how audiences respond & what is acce... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    The value of concert reviews (and how to get them)

    Added July 9, 2014 by Chris Rowbury - 1565 views - 0 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I don’t know what it’s like in other parts of the world, but here in the UK it’s notoriously difficult to get any kind of review of a concert in the press — local or national.   Newspaper... read more

  • MelbourneInternationalSingersFestival

    Melbourne International Singers Festival 2015

    Added July 8, 2014 by MelbourneInternationalSingersFestival - 812 views - 0 comments

    School of Hard Knocks presents Melbourne International Singers Festival 5 - 8 June 2015   Now in its sixth year, Australia’s most exciting Singers Festival, for all school and community choirs and individual singers, is proud to present one of the World’s most loved composer, arranger and jazz sing... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Singing Safari arrives after 6 weeks on the road

    Added July 7, 2014 by Chris Rowbury - 839 views - 0 comments

    The Singing Safari has been on the road for five weeks now collecting exotic songs from all over the world. Just 6 days to go before we arrive at Holywells Park in Ipswich to perform the songs we've gathered. Tired, dusty and a few less people in our party since we set off on 3rd June: RIP Carruthers, Mansell an... read more

  • Kelly Galbraith

    Charlie Chaplin - The Man and His Music

    Added June 30, 2014 by Kelly Galbraith - 4935 views - 0 comments

    Charlie Chaplin -The Man & His Music originally published: http://kellygalbraithblog.com/2014/06/30/charlie-chaplin-the-man-his-music/ Today is day one of my summer vacation.  Yahoo! I’ve already been out for a kayak paddle and I’m thinking about which old movies I want to watch in the late ... read more

  • Andrew Throssell

    ALBION - Christmas Concert Season

    Added June 29, 2014 by Andrew Throssell - 645 views - 0 comments

    Following last year’s sell out Christmas Season of concerts ALBION have already booked our first two performances.     Put in your diary now our magical Christmas concerts, which sold out last year:   Friday 19 December in Sheffield and Saturday 20 December in Buxton. Tickets will go on sa... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    How to make a song your own

    Added June 25, 2014 by Chris Rowbury - 1475 views - 0 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   This post is part of a series of occasional Questions and Answers. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question.       Blue Cat asks:   “How do you develop your own singing ... read more

  • Andrew Throssell

    ALBION - Tideswell Festival

    Added June 22, 2014 by Andrew Throssell - 602 views - 0 comments

    Advanced notice to get in your diaries, ALBION is starting its Autumn season by opening the Tideswell Festival on 20 September.   A chance to visit a beautiful area of England, with the Derbyshire Peaks and the ancient monuments, churches, castles and houses of the landed gentry - not to say anything of the lo... read more