[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I’m usually the last one to notice, but often when I’m teaching one section of the choir, there’s chit chat from the rest of the Singers....
We just published a new article on audiation over at EasyEarTraining.com, and I wanted to see if the Singers and choir directors here at ChoirPlace are using these kinds of exercises in your choirs? What is 'audiation'? There are differe...
There are few things that have as powerful an impact on our ensembles as the standing formations of the Singers. This will directly impact the speed at which the ensemble learns new repertoire and polishes the same. Standing formation impacts balance, the...
Atmospheric choral music often includes at least four harmony parts, sometimes many more. For the average village or community choir this can be a challenge to say the least, especially when many of the Singers have limited experience or are non-music rea...
Aequalis Foundation and the International Choral Composition Competition (CICCAG) assisted by IFCM was join the celebration of World Choral Day(december 2018) that commemorated the Centennial of the Armistice of World War I. Singers from all over the wo...
Choral Holidays is a small company that specialises in taking groups of amateur Singers to beautiful locations and forming them into choirs. Last year we took a group to the beautiful location of Milton Abbey in Dorset, and also to Florence, where we sta...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I don’t like rehearsing. I’d much rather turn up on the day, trust the Singers I’m working with and just busk it. ...
This composition is dedicated to people of Haiti and the victims of the January 12, 2010 earthquake. --This is the world premiere performance on January 22nd, 2011 by the 2011 Michigan School Vocal Music Association Men's Honor Choir. Brandon Ulrich, Co... more
The best young Singers Northwest Indiana has to offer. Performs exclusively in the summer months. Auditions and interviews typically held in May.
This has been a long time coming. For the past several years I’ve mused about forming an interfaith vocal ensemble, but it never seemed to be the right time. Now it is. Feel free to join me. We already have rehearsal spac...
