A Year As a Nomad:   April 4, 2023, marked the last day I spent in my birth country. I shared breakfast with my brother and mother, showed my boarding pass, and within minutes, I was on a plane to London. What happened during all that Time? ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Rather than everyone singing all the Time, many choirs ring the changes by creating smaller ensembles within the larger choir or have occasional solo...

Dear Fans of choral music! January is the Time for re-start and New Year’s resolutions! We do not promise anything else to you, but in the way you always believed in: a great festive season full of exciting music programs. NEW: Find out about...

Glasgow Lyric Choir was founded in 1950 as Clydebank Lyric Choir. Following the move in 1983 into the West End of Glasgow the choir was renamed Glasgow Lyric Choir. ​ Under its present conductor, Julian Evans, the Choir sings a wide repertoire of choral...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreGlasgow Lyric Choir was founded in 1950 as Clydebank Lyric Choir. Following the move in 1983 into the West End of Glasgow the choir was renamed Glasgow Lyric Choir. ​ Under its present conductor, Julian Evans, the Choir sings a wide repertoire of choral music from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods and traditional Scots and Gaelic songs. We are a mixed voice choir numbering around 30 at present. ​ We gave two cOncerts in Glasgow during the 2017-2018 season: in December we presented a Christmas programme and in June we gave a cOncert featuring a selection of music from the movies. However, in April we also gave two cOncerts in Italy, the first in Barga (including a Vivaldi Credo and Scottish songs) and the second in Milan where we joined forces with Canti Corum to sing Dvorak’s Mass in D. ​ Choir members enjoy many social as well as musical events together. We regularly run events for family and friends such as our annual Associates' Night, quizzes and Burns' Suppers. ​ in 2009 the Choir was cho...    ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s that Time of year again. Summer is over and choir starts back. We choir leaders will be thinking about which songs to teach for the next s...

the moment before a cOncert begins, when singers and audience members wait for the downbeat, is a magical Time. Our first video seeks to capture that shared moment - the hushed anticipation, the sound of coordinated footsteps, the group intake of breath....  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">morethe moment before a cOncert begins, when singers and audience members wait for the downbeat, is a magical Time. Our first video seeks to capture that shared moment - the hushed anticipation, the sound of coordinated footsteps, the group intake of breath. Many voices, gathered as one...join us on the journey. www.dacapochamberchoir.ca Thank you to our funders - the Kitchener-Waterloo Community Foundation (the Urie A. and Dorothy M. Bender Endowment Fund) and the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund.  

Purdue Varsity Glee Club and the Cornell University Glee Club in cOncert at St. Thomas Aquinas Church - West Lafayette indiana Thursday, January 12, 2012

No Excuses! Women’s Choir We are inviting singers and choirs to join the No Excuses! massed Women's Choir, presented by the School of Hard Knocks and the Big West Festival.   No Excuses! is a song suite created by composers Christina Green a...

My quartet Rendezvous had the pleasure of recording a 7 song EP in October of 2009 here in Toronto. "Tonight, Tonight" is from West Side Story with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and music by Leonard Bernstein. It was adapted for barbershop by Jay Giallomb...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreMy quartet Rendezvous had the pleasure of recording a 7 song EP in October of 2009 here in Toronto. "Tonight, Tonight" is from West Side Story with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and music by Leonard Bernstein. It was adapted for barbershop by Jay Giallombardo and made famous by the quartet "Acoustix". Danny and I transcribed it in the fall of 2008 and it has become one of our favourite songs to sing in the quartet. Bass : Calvin Frank Baritone : Andrew Kesler Lead : Brodie Cuff Tenor : Danny Fong Produced by: Andrew and Sarah Kesler Mixed by: Tristan Henderson and Andrew Kesler  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A while back I taught a song wrongly. Not for the first Time!     Even though I corrected myself quickly, the original version stuck in peo...