The Goethe-Institut Choir is one of the most established choirs in Dublin. We rehearse on a Tuesday night in the Lutherhaus in Adelaide road just a few minutes’ walk from the NCH. We sing a varied repertoire with an interest in Bach, Modern Br...
[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...
Highlights from the City of Derry International Choral Festival, 21-25 October 2015. Includes guest artists The King's Singers and the Ulster Orchestra, international competitors Academic Choir of Carinthia Mohorjan (Slovenia), Härlanda Voces (Sweden)... more
Two men's choirs joined together to make 240 strong.
Michael McGlynn's composition; from our May 2011 concert. Sung by our most advanced treble choir, Cantabile.
IT could be said that music is Liz Leatherdale's life. Not many of us are lucky enough to have made a vocation out of Pastimes, but Liz has managed to do so. Colchester born and bred, the mum-of one flrst picked up a musical instrument ag...
Choral Holidays is a small company that specialises in taking groups of amateur singers to beautiful locations and forming them into choirs. Last year we took a group to the beautiful location of Milton Abbey in Dorset, and also to Florence, where we sta...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] choirs are starting to rehearse again, both indoors and outdoors. Many are insisting that their singers wear masks. Archway Gospelish Choir, Sussex What a...
DEAR CHORAL FRIENDS, I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to let you know that there are just 3 days left to take advantage of a special 20% discount on "Galaxias," a piece that has resonated deeply with many choirs and audien...
Pektoral chamber Choir (Kyiv, Ukraine). Art Directior - Andriy Karpinets 1. M. Leontovych "At Your Kingdom", solo - Vladimir Polyanskiy. 2. Ukraininan Church Chant of XVIII century Fragment of the concert in Cathedral of Saint Apostles Peter & Pa... more