[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...

[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...

[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...

What Happens When A Woman? (By ALEXANDRA OLSAVSKY of ARTEMISIA) Aynı Sahnede Concert Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory Concert Saloon 24 February 2024 / Ankara - Türkiye ---------------------------- ---------------------------- Let our ...  moreWhat Happens When A Woman? (By ALEXANDRA OLSAVSKY of ARTEMISIA) Aynı Sahnede Concert Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory Concert Saloon 24 February 2024 / Ankara - Türkiye ---------------------------- ---------------------------- Let our voice be our gift to all women around the world on March 8, the day recognized by the United Nations as International Women's Day, which has become a symbol of women's struggle for equality! We wanted to support this struggle with our voices, wishing to celebrate many more years of women's visibility in social life, business life, education life and even on stage! As FeminAnka Women's Choir, we sang for women who have been deprived of even Singing for centuries: What Happens When A Woman?  less

We perform choral music a cappella. There are more than 150 works of various times (Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism and music of the twentieth century) and styles (choral concerts, choral miniatures and songs, spirituals, songs of different ...  moreWe perform choral music a cappella. There are more than 150 works of various times (Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism and music of the twentieth century) and styles (choral concerts, choral miniatures and songs, spirituals, songs of different nations of the world, folk songs, Christmas music) at the repertoire of our choir. Modern Belarusian music takes a large part of our repertoire, thanks to that we are happy to open Belarus to other nations.  

[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 contact Chris if you want to submit a question.   Here is a very familiar st...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   We all know that Singing workshops are just an excuse to string together a series of tea breaks and lunch breaks. And concerts are an excuse to have a drin...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A woman came up to me last Saturday and said “I like coming to your workshops because there are always lots of men”.     Ke...

Online rehearsals have had varying degrees of success but have been successful in bringing people together and maintaining a connection when it is currently very much needed ... however, other things we are finding that musicians and Singing groups are re...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A while back I was asked if I would like to conduct an interview on my blog with a well-known Singing group who had just released a new CD.   ...