[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s the final rehearsal before your big concert. The warm up is over and everyone is ready to go. But a handful of Singers (the usual suspects...

[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...

The primary goal of the Choir is to raise intercultural awareness skill, communication skill and holistic learning skill via singing and to raise funds for continued development and support of the academic programs. Providing for children’s well being and...  moreThe primary goal of the Choir is to raise intercultural awareness skill, communication skill and holistic learning skill via singing and to raise funds for continued development and support of the academic programs. Providing for children’s well being and qualified education utilizing the transformative power of music. The program features well-loved children’s songs, body percussion, hand clapping, traditional and contemporary songs.  

A group of vibrant young men and women, poised to uplift souls up to heaven with every effort and opportunity they have, through good Choral music.

The Samford University A Cappella Choir singing "If I Can Help Somebody" by Ray Liebau at the Florilege Vocal de Tours: International Song Competition, May 25-27, 2012. Philip Copeland, conductor.

The concert "ACH! PG Carnivalesque" under the patronage of Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk Tech, attracted several hundred people who listened to daring performances of popular pop music hits. During the performance we heard choral arrangements of...  moreThe concert "ACH! PG Carnivalesque" under the patronage of Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk Tech, attracted several hundred people who listened to daring performances of popular pop music hits. During the performance we heard choral arrangements of hits such as: "Dancing Queen", "Memory", "California Dreamin'" and "Maria". This time it was not Mozart or Bach, but ABBA, Queen and songs from the musical West Side Story that graced the walls of the Gdansk University of Technology in carnivalesque musical artistic creations. Jazz musicians performed along with the choir, and the musical effects were accompanied by a unique lighting arrangement, which required appropriate space and audience arrangement. The more-than-hour-long performance by the Academic Choir of the Gdańsk University of Technology, conducted by Prof. Mariusz Mróz and accompanied by musicians from the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz, ended with joint singing, encores and a standing ovation.  less

Tadeusz Maklakiewicz - Kurpie Suite (1955), part I - "Through the woods girl drove the cattle"; University of Warsaw Choir, conductor: Irina Bogdanovich; Legnica Cantat 43 Tournament; special concert of the last year's winner; Church of The Sacre...  moreTadeusz Maklakiewicz - Kurpie Suite (1955), part I - "Through the woods girl drove the cattle"; University of Warsaw Choir, conductor: Irina Bogdanovich; Legnica Cantat 43 Tournament; special concert of the last year's winner; Church of The Sacred Heart of Jesus, Legnica, Poland, 18th May 2012; text: Hey, through the woods girl drove the cattle, Jasiul set a trap for her there. You won't catch me in your trap, but you can persuade me with a kind word. I won't catch you, girl, you'll get caught yourself If you go to the meadow, on the hay.  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Feel like you’re on a treadmill? Constantly learning and practising and planning but never arriving? Not enough time to catch your breath between concer...

Ljubljanski madrigalisti mixed Chamber choir

[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’...