• Benjamin Thiele-Long

    Why we're crowdfunding to support new composers

    Added October 3, 2017 by Benjamin Thiele-Long - 785 views - 0 comments

    Last week we kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to professionally record an album of brand new choral music written by new and as yet unrecorded composers. This project is not about us as a choir. Our project is about giving new and emerging choral composers a chance to shine.    So why are w... read more

  • Martin Gölles

    Martin's Virtual Choir

    Added September 27, 2017 by Martin Gölles - 1111 views - 0 comments

    Hi Everyone, I'm Martin Gölles, a composer and conductor from Hungary. I'd like to perform one of my choir pieces called "Autumn Air" with a virtual choir. Want to be apart of this project? Please check my blog: http://martingolles.blogspot.hu/p/autumn-air.html   Please check and like/follow/share my ... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    How long is the ideal choir session?

    Added September 27, 2017 by Chris Rowbury - 1598 views - 0 comments

    [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There’s a gig coming up and you’ve still got work to do. Do you keep bashing out the notes until everyone’s perfect or do you rehearse ‘just enough’ and then go home?   photo ... read more

  • meeting music

    Budapest International Choral Celebration and Laurea Mundi Budapest 2018 – Music should belong to everyone

    Added September 26, 2017 by meeting music - 1019 views - 0 comments

    After a great start, continuing the fresh tradition we will come back to Budapest, the country of Kodály Method in 2018 as well to celebrate and promote choral music, and also to spread the value and experience of singing in a choir – as Kodály said: Music should belong to everyone. Come and join u... read more

  • meeting music

    Concorso Corale 2018 – A long tradition, a long lasting memory

    Added September 26, 2017 by meeting music - 741 views - 0 comments

    Lake Garda: You have to go there, either for the first time or again! Feel at home in the luminous environment, temperate climate, and luxuriant vegetation along with the majestic landscapes as the background to the remarkable historical and cultural remains spread all around and make this place to the one of the most ... read more

  • Andrew Miller

    A *MUST HAVE*, highly accessible, FUN piece all choirs will LOVE! Great universal message, it's a toe-tapper!

    Added September 20, 2017 by Andrew Miller - 908 views - 0 comments

    This EXTREMELY catchy blue-grassy choir tune will be the favorite of your students.  Great concert closer, Perfect for small groups, large groups, massed choruses, can be easily rearranged for SSA, SA, TTB, etc...  and with a little analysis, adding guitar would be a piece of cake.  If your budget's low,... read more

  • Andrew Miller

    FREE PDF of award-winning piece for advanced a cappella choir!

    Added September 20, 2017 by Andrew Miller - 1877 views - 0 comments

    This piece, "Alleluia" by Andrew Miller, is really catching fire in the collegiate and professional choral realm.    Miller was commissioned to write this piece in 2015 when he was named ND's composer of the Year, NDMTA.    Free to copy, print, perform and record!    Score:  htt... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Fresh blood: the pros and cons of letting new singers join your choir

    Added September 20, 2017 by Chris Rowbury - 1429 views - 0 comments

    [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   As choir starts back after a break, you might notice a few new faces in the ranks.   photo by Scott A. Thornbloom   Bringing in new recruits maintains the lifeblood of a choir, but what are the pros... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Re-booting your choir: shake things up for a new season

    Added September 13, 2017 by Chris Rowbury - 1833 views - 0 comments

    [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Many choirs will be starting back soon after a long break.   photo by velkr0   This is the perfect time to shake things up a bit if you feel things have gone a bit stale. It’s very easy for s... read more

  • Gary Leman

    Choir Director and Conductor Training

    Added September 4, 2017 by Gary Leman - 980 views - 0 comments

        http://fiestalonia.net/fest/training-...onductors/ One of the most important components of all the international choral festivals organized by Fiestalonia is the education and direct exchange of experience between the members of the choirs and the choir conductors. However, sometimes the cont... read more