[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] I started my first community choir over 20 years ago. I used to worry that, after the long sumMer break, the singers would have forgotten Me and wouldn’...

The choir's history begins in 1954, when folk song and dance group "Ugnele" was established. for a long tiMe, the choir existed as part of this group, performing with its dancers and orchestra, singing mostly folk music; in 1999, Valerija Skapie...  moreThe choir's history begins in 1954, when folk song and dance group "Ugnele" was established. for a long tiMe, the choir existed as part of this group, performing with its dancers and orchestra, singing mostly folk music; in 1999, Valerija Skapiene, the present artistic director of the choir, began working in "Ugnele", and in a few years, the choir's repertoire extended to include not only folk, but also classical, jazz, world music; in 2002, during "Mes - Lietuvos vaikai" national choral competition, the choir was acknowledged to have reached the level of the first category (this is the highest category of artistic level in Lithuania). Journeys around the world followed - "Ugnele" has presented Lithuanian culture in fifteen countries from the Netherlands to South Korea; in 2004, the choir started a national choral festival for children, "Dainu mozaika". In 2010, the choir was invited to becoMe a part of Vilnius J. Tallat-Kelpsa Conservatoire and continues to work...    less

The Mormon Tabernacle choir and Orchestra at Temple Square perform "The First Noel" arranged by Mack Wilberg. Episode 4446. Aired November 30, 2014

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   It’s the first week of the new choir. Everyone is having fun, songs are being learnt at a cracking pace, the whole room is in tune with each ot...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] SoMetiMes the last thing I want to do is to drag myself off the sofa and go to choir. photo by Ed Van Brunt But it’s my job so I make the effort and u...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] When a nervous singer turns up to your choir or soMeone coMes to your singing workshop who’s never sung in public before, it’s all too easy for th...

After 31 years of worldwide performance and recording, The Sixteen is recognised as one of the world’s greatest ensembles. Comprising both choir and period-instruMent orchestra, The Sixteen’s total commitMent to the music it performs is its greatest disti...  moreAfter 31 years of worldwide performance and recording, The Sixteen is recognised as one of the world’s greatest ensembles. Comprising both choir and period-instruMent orchestra, The Sixteen’s total commitMent to the music it performs is its greatest distinction. A special reputation for performing early English polyphony, masterpieces of the Renaissance, bringing fresh insights into Baroque and early Classical music and a diversity of 20th-century music, is drawn from the passions of conductor and founder Harry Christophers. At hoMe in the UK, The Sixteen are “The Voices of Classic FM” and Associate Artists of The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. The group promotes The Choral Pilgrimage, an annual tour of Britain's finest cathedrals bringing music back to the buildings for which it was written. The Sixteen has recently featured in the highly successful BBC television series, Sacred Music, presented by actor Simon Russell Beale - a second series which focused on the music of Brahms, Bruckner, Fauré, Pärt and Tave...    less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   for the last two weeks I've been sharing a series of 'Frequently asked questions' that I wrote as a result of questionnaires that I used to send round my ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] There are plenty of studies now about the many benefits of singing together. But they only look at the experience of the singers in a choir.   I&rsqu...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Nothing lasts forever. There will coMe a tiMe when you will leave your choir and need soMeone else to take over.     Who will you hand over to...