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[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Some choirs and singing groups meet frequently, often once a week, requiring a high level of commitment. Others meet less frequently and work on a dr...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Certain people are rather dismissive of “Singing for fun” choirs. If it’s for fun then it can’t possibly be of any quality. ...

Saint Alexander choir was founded by Ioannis Kottoros, Cantor at Saint Alexander’s Church in Palaion Faliron, in 1943 and conducted by him until 2006. However, the existence of a primary form of the choir conducted by Agesilaos Papantoniou and then Ioanni...  moreSaint Alexander choir was founded by Ioannis Kottoros, Cantor at Saint Alexander’s Church in Palaion Faliron, in 1943 and conducted by him until 2006. However, the existence of a primary form of the choir conducted by Agesilaos Papantoniou and then Ioannis Kottoros in succession is traced in 1930s. Since its foundation the choir has had an exclusive and leading position in the parish ecclesiastical music, and, like Saint Alexander’s Church, follows the eastern orthodox doctrine and comes under the Holy Metropolis of Nea Smyrni. Both the choir and the former conductor Ioannis Kottoros hAve been awarded several times; recently, in 2005, they were honoured with the Golden Cross of Apostle Paul by His Beatitude the late Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, Christodoulos. The choir consists totally of men and performs the choral part during the Divine Liturgy in Saint Alexander’s Church every Sunday (10.20 a.m. - 12.00 p.m.) of its operational year, which begins on the first Sunday of November and lasts until...    less

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I was in the middle of planning a workshop and was checking through a few songs to make sure I had the correct lyrics, source, meaning, backgr...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Many’s the time I see Ann lean over to Gill (not their real names) to help her get her part right. And every time I see a pained expression on ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] The world can be a terrible place sometimes as we’ve seen in the news lately. It’s hard to imagine how a single person can make a difference. Ch...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Sometimes you might hAve to learn your song part from a recording rather than with everyone else together in a choir session.   photo by Kat...

Haneirot halalu (a Piece for Chanukah - version for Men's Chorus) for Tenor Solo, TTBB Chorus unaccompanied Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (b. 1959) Traditional Hebrew Words Performed by The Golden Gate Men’s Chorus Conducted by Joseph Piazza ...  moreHaneirot halalu (a Piece for Chanukah - version for Men's Chorus) for Tenor Solo, TTBB Chorus unaccompanied Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (b. 1959) Traditional Hebrew Words Performed by The Golden Gate Men’s Chorus Conducted by Joseph Piazza Sheet Music Words: Public Domain. Music and English Translation: © Copyright 2000 by Ione Press, Inc, a division of ECS Publishing Group. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Recording © Copyright 2019 by The Golden Gate Men’s Chorus.All rights reserved. Used by permission of Joseph Piazza. Images By the Composer. Choral Conductors: to purchase copies of this score, The Catalog Number is 7688, And the distributor is Canticle Distributing. www.canticledistributing.com  less

1943 - 2013 : Our choir has just completed 70 years of life, since 1943, when it was established in Palaion Faliron (Athens, Greece) during the dark years of the of World War II, and never stopped singing since then....   We feel proud of its histo...