[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...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I looked at What is unique about Singing together. In this post, I’ll consider which aspects of Singing together can be duplicated online and...

- SURE ON THIS SHINING Night by Morten Lauridsen - Coro de Cámara Patagonia (CCP) / Conductor: Eduardo Andrés Malachevsky - Piano: Anica Arnsek / September's 7th, 2013 live recording on Junín de los Andes - Argentina - Original video by Eduardo Andrés ...  more- SURE ON THIS SHINING Night by Morten Lauridsen - Coro de Cámara Patagonia (CCP) / Conductor: Eduardo Andrés Malachevsky - Piano: Anica Arnsek / September's 7th, 2013 live recording on Junín de los Andes - Argentina - Original video by Eduardo Andrés Malachevsky - Contact the CCP´s conductor at ccp.corodecamara@gmail.com / http://www.malachevsky.com.ar Poem by James Agee: Sure on this shining Night Of star made shadows round, Kindness must watch for me This side the ground. The late year lies down the north All is healed, all is health. High summer holds the earth. Hearts all whole Sure on this shining Night I weep for wonder wandering far alone Of shadows on the stars.  less

Hi everyone! I'm happy to share with you my Singing journal. Originally created as an experiment, it is now receiving amazing feedback: "Fantastic aid for helping you progress in your Singing journey This is an amazing book which assisted me to pass my ...

"Hodie Christus natus est" from "On Yoolis Night". 13th century British antiphon, arr. Anonymous 4 http://www.anonymous4.com Recorded live on Friday, December 21, 2012, at All Saints Episcopal Church in fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chambe...  more"Hodie Christus natus est" from "On Yoolis Night". 13th century British antiphon, arr. Anonymous 4 http://www.anonymous4.com Recorded live on Friday, December 21, 2012, at All Saints Episcopal Church in fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson. Hodie Christus natus est; hodie salvator apparuit; hodie in terra canunt angeli, letantur archangeli; hodie exultant justi dicentes: Gloria in excelsis deo. Alleluya! Today Christ is born; today the savior has appeared; today the angels sing on earth, the archangels rejoice; today good people exult, saying: Glory to God in the highest. Alleluia!  less

"Ther is no rose of swych vertu" from "On Yoolis Night". 15th century British carol, arr. Anonymous 4 http://www.anonymous4.com Recorded live on Friday, December 21, 2012, at All Saints Episcopal Church in fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Cha...  more"Ther is no rose of swych vertu" from "On Yoolis Night". 15th century British carol, arr. Anonymous 4 http://www.anonymous4.com Recorded live on Friday, December 21, 2012, at All Saints Episcopal Church in fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson. Ther is no rose of swych vertu As is the rose that bare Jhesu; Alleluya. for in this rose conteynyd was Heuen and erthe in lytyl space, Res miranda. Be that rose we may weel see That hs is God in personys thre, Pari forma. The aungelys sungyn the shperdes to: 'Gloria in excelcis Deo.' Gaudeamus. Leue we al this worldly merthe, And folw we this joyful berthe; Transeamus. There is no rose of such virtue as is the rose that bore Jesus, alleluia. for in this rose was contained both heaven and earth in a little space, a thing to wonder at. By that rose we may well see that he is God in persons three, but...    less

"Nowel: Owt of your slepe aryse" from "On Yoolis Night". 15th century British carol, arr. Anonymous 4 http://www.anonymous4.com Recorded live on Friday, December 21, 2012, at All Saints Episcopal Church in fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Cha...  more"Nowel: Owt of your slepe aryse" from "On Yoolis Night". 15th century British carol, arr. Anonymous 4 http://www.anonymous4.com Recorded live on Friday, December 21, 2012, at All Saints Episcopal Church in fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson. Nowel, nowel, nowel, Nowel, nowel, nowel. Owt of 3our slepe aryse & wake for God manynd nowe hath ytake al of a maide without eny make; of al women she bereth the belle. Nowel. And, þorwe a maide faire & wys, now man is made of ful gret pris; now angelys knelen to mannys seruys; & al þis tyme al þis byfel. Nowel. That euer was thralle, now ys he fre, þat euer was smalle, now gret is she; now shal God deme bothe the & me unto his blysse, yf we do wel. Nowel. Nowell, nowell, nowell, Nowell, nowell, nowell. Out of your sleep arise and awaken, for God has taken human form from a maid without any equal: of all women she is b...    less

Choir of the Music Conservatory of Canary Islands (CSMC, GC) Dir: Nikoleta S. Popova

Singing When the soul first put on the body's shirt, the ocean lifted up all its gifts. When love first tasted the lips of being human, it started Singing. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. ...  moreSinging When the soul first put on the body's shirt, the ocean lifted up all its gifts. When love first tasted the lips of being human, it started Singing. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six poems by the thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and the ocean's gifts and Singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, speak to us with both vivid immediacy and transcendence. The idea for the piece originated with the Mellon Elemental Arts Initiative, which proposed funding activities that would involve students in a...    less

lyrics: Pere Ljubić A part of the choir's winning performance at the 58th Croatian Youth Music Festival held in May 2015 in Varaždin. The song depicts Procession "Za križen" ("Following the Cross") which takes place every year in the Night between M...  morelyrics: Pere Ljubić A part of the choir's winning performance at the 58th Croatian Youth Music Festival held in May 2015 in Varaždin. The song depicts Procession "Za križen" ("Following the Cross") which takes place every year in the Night between Maundy Thursday and Good Friday on the Croatian island of Hvar. The event has centuries of tradition and is included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Za_kri%C5%BEen www.facebook.com/m.marulic.choir m.marulic_choir@yahoo.com video recording: Bernard Kahle, Goran Sučić audio recording and production: Bernard Kahle www.facebook.com/BKrecordings b.kahle@yahoo.com  less