[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...

Recorded at a Concert to mark the fifth anniversary.

From our August 11 ,2013, Concert, "From Darkness Into Light"

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 ...

Il est bel et bon de Pierre Passereau par les Canterbury Voices en Concert à Ris Orangis sous la direction de Kerry Boyle

"Hallelujah" from Acappellago December 2013 Concert, Congregational Church of Batavia, 12-8-2013.

First Christmas Concert. Year 2012

http://www.moodswingchoir.com A little vision from our 2011 Concert. Now with stunning choreography!!

Live performance from our Christmas Concert, 2021

Composer/pianist Ola Gjeilo joins the CWU Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director) in presenting Gjeilo's "Ubi Caritas". In mid-April, 2011, Ola spent 3 days on the Central Washington University Campus for a project in which he joined the choir in reco...  moreComposer/pianist Ola Gjeilo joins the CWU Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director) in presenting Gjeilo's "Ubi Caritas". In mid-April, 2011, Ola spent 3 days on the Central Washington University Campus for a project in which he joined the choir in recording 3 of his compositions. On this video, Gjeilo adds an improvised accompaniment (in a one-take rendition) to his setting of the Ubi Caritas text -- which is published as an unaccompanied piece. Because of his view that improvising is a wonderful snapshot of artists "at that moment", the project was entitled "In the Moment".  less