Last June, at The Final School Year Concert of our Voces Blancas del Nalón Schools Choirs, we rehearsed and sang our interpretation of The New One Day One Choir Song. We did it so, that The 21st of September, we could join our voices to all those thousand...  moreLast June, at The Final School Year Concert of our Voces Blancas del Nalón Schools Choirs, we rehearsed and sang our interpretation of The New One Day One Choir Song. We did it so, that The 21st of September, we could join our voices to all those thousand of choirs and choral singers that are singing for The peace within The OneDayOneChoir initiative. El pasado junio, en el Festival de fin de curso de los Coros Escolares de Voces Blancas del Nalón, preparamos y cantamos nuestra interpretación de la pieza The New One Day One Choir Song. De esta manera, sumamos nuestras voces a las de miles de coros y coralistas del mundo que cantan el día 21 de septiembre por la paz mundial. Festival de Fin de Curso Coros Escolares de Voces Blancas del Nalón, junio 2018  less

A choral spoof on The 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons A version for SATB is also available at The link below The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of The composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Para...  moreA choral spoof on The 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons A version for SATB is also available at The link below The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of The composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Paramolehill) The words (taking The last verse) are ...on The twelfth day of Christmas The choir processed in Song and twelve candles dripped eleven altos flipped and ten lines were clipped and nine gins were sipped and eight crept to The crypt and seven hymn books slipped and six basses quipped and five sang in tune! and four cassocks ripped and three lost Their script and two tenors tripped and The soloist got it all wrong.  less

Christmas 2021

The Song of Ruth, a setting of The most famous passage from The Book of Ruth (Ruth 1:16–17), opens with a gentle polyphonic section for The chorus. (“Do not ask me to leave you, or to stop following you; for where ever you go, I will go, and where you sta...  moreThe Song of Ruth, a setting of The most famous passage from The Book of Ruth (Ruth 1:16–17), opens with a gentle polyphonic section for The chorus. (“Do not ask me to leave you, or to stop following you; for where ever you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.”) The soprano joins The choir for The twice-repeated middle section of The piece. The music here is contrastingly homophonic and intense. (“Where you die, I will die and be buried.”) The tune and harmonies are borrowed from a passage in my piece Selections from “The Song of Songs” for male voice and band. That piece is dedicated to my wife, Ruth, hence The connection. If that were not enough, our daughter is named Naomi! The Song of Ruth closes with a recapitulation of The music from The opening, but with new words assigned to it, and with The soprano soloist providing a descant for it. (“May The Lord cause ill fate to befall me, and more, if anything but death separates me and you.”) Appropriat...    less

Parody of The traditional German folk Song about The life of The farmer (Im Märzen der Bauer). In this version The farmer takes advantage of many of The technological and biotechnical opportunities of science but The world changes strangely. This is t...  moreParody of The traditional German folk Song about The life of The farmer (Im Märzen der Bauer). In this version The farmer takes advantage of many of The technological and biotechnical opportunities of science but The world changes strangely. This is The English version. The German original is also available on this site.  

Why would anyone boTher to join a choir? Why would somebody ever want to do that? Most of us will remember some experience singing at school- be it good or bad- The national anThem, some Song for a concert or a play with a Song, a teacher strumming a ...

The Womens Choir EMBLA performs Jólanótt (Christmas Night) by Roar Kvam with a text by Sverrir Pálsson.

Melodical Sensations performing Amaphiko by Siphesihle Sikhakhane from Empamgeni, KwaZulu-Natal. This Song doing well in online stores and video content platforms. Download or Stream The original Song on this link: https://youtu.be/bPulAYPGEOc Song i...  moreMelodical Sensations performing Amaphiko by Siphesihle Sikhakhane from Empamgeni, KwaZulu-Natal. This Song doing well in online stores and video content platforms. Download or Stream The original Song on this link: https://youtu.be/bPulAYPGEOc Song info: Siphesihle Skhakhane - Amaphiko (radio edit) Connect with us Facebook Melodical Sensations Instagram @melodical_sensations Twitter @m_sensations Tiktok @melodicalsensations Youtube Melodical Sensations Song credit Leading Vocals: Mandisa Mbatha, Nonhle Khumalo, Nomzamo Nxumalo & Thando Tembe. Video Credit Shot by : Bongani Nkosi & Thabiso Mbatha Edited by: Bongani Nkosi Sound recorded by: Thabiso Mbatha Mastered and mixed by: Bongani Nkosi #amaphiko  less

Each year, in September, Musica International (www.musicanet.org) chooses as its Favorite Piece of The Month a beautiful piece which would be perfect for your Christmas program. Here are a few of Them, with multimedia illustrations, recordings of pronunc...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   Sometimes I only have to hear two notes of a Song and I know what it is.   Photo by bishib70   Often I join in with someone singing a Song...