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blog: Do you need to practice outside choir rehearsals?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]Many singers come to choir – especially “singing for fun” groups – to get away from the stresses of regular Life. They love to sing and...

blog: If not now, when? – start singing NOW!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] “It’s a terrible thing, I think, in Life to wait until you’re ready.” Hugh Laurie   photo by Fido   Especially when...

PSM FKM UNDIP - Karaben Sape
video: PSM FKM UNDIP - Karaben Sape

Sanita Melodia Choir at Symphony of Life Concert on November 2013

blog: Singing is for Life, not just for Christmas

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Hark the herald angels sing. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge. Slade’s Merry Christmas everybody. White Chr...

Brocal Chords - Down
video: Brocal Chords - Down

The Brocal Chords perform at the Drake University Relay for Life fundraiser.

blog: Be the best singer you can, but don’t forget there’s more to Life

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   For some people being a famous singer or being in the best choir in the world or making a hit record or singing a piece perfectly in competition is t...

El Cor Canta: Crescendo
video: El Cor Canta: Crescendo

Crescendo is the evolution of the choir, our growth as individuals and as a group ‎from the very first rehearsal to finally singing for our audience at L’Auditori.‎ It’s an empowering Life experience resulting from the intense months of work and rehear...  is).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreisplay:none;">Crescendo is the evolution of the choir, our growth as individuals and as a group ‎from the very first rehearsal to finally singing for our audience at L’Auditori.‎ It’s an empowering Life experience resulting from the intense months of work and rehearsals, ‎a learning process and a fantastic opportunity to share, to be supportive and to persevere in ‎our personal and collective dreams.‎ In this concert we present the Symphony for Strings No. 8 by William Herschel, ‎Musician and astronomer who went down in history as the discoverer of the planet Uranus in ‎‎1781. This work will be followed by the dance of planets and stars of La Lluna by ‎Ian Shaw, a work based on the poem by Jacint Verdaguer and winner of the second edition ‎of the El Cor Canta International Composition Competition for Choir and Orchestra. The ‎concert will be rounded off with a call for peace with Missa per la Pau (Mass for ‎Peace), by Salvador Brotons.‎  is).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

blog: The job of being a choir leader

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   As a singing workshop and choir leader I have an incredibly easy Life. I can get up when I want to and have no work commitments for five days ...

Jerusalem on the move...
video: Jerusalem on the move...

Here we are singing our 'theme toon' in altogether different circumstances.... ... the princely escalator in the wondrous Millennium Gallery in Sheffield. What a space! And on Sunday, we bring it to Life with the Choral Celebration. Details and FREE tic...  is).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreisplay:none;">Here we are singing our 'theme toon' in altogether different circumstances.... ... the princely escalator in the wondrous Millennium Gallery in Sheffield. What a space! And on Sunday, we bring it to Life with the Choral Celebration. Details and FREE tickets here: www.sheffieldchoralcelebration.eventbrite.co.uk  

blog: Gloria-A Pig Tale (May 29th, 7:00 pm) NY Phil Biennial

A rollicking tale of social expectations and aspirations from the brilliant creative duo Alan Gilbert (New York Philharmonic) and Doug Fitch (Giants Are Small), this humorous opera explores Life in excess, all set in the imaginative world of the heroine p...