(This post was orginally written for the Embro Thistle Singers blog.)   I think sometimes we get so focused on making the music as directors and singers, we forget that the People around us have "baggage" good and bad that we need to unpack before ...

Online rehearsals have had varying degrees of success but have been successful in bringing People together and maintaining a connection when it is currently very much needed ... however, other things we are finding that musicians and singing groups are re...

the Royal College school Song written by late Principal H L Reed has been re-recorded by Kalasuri Diliup Gabadamudalige - an old Royalist, keeping in line with the original piano music score written by H L Reed himself. Diliup had orchestrated the music ...  morethe Royal College school Song written by late Principal H L Reed has been re-recorded by Kalasuri Diliup Gabadamudalige - an old Royalist, keeping in line with the original piano music score written by H L Reed himself. Diliup had orchestrated the music in terms of a classical orchestra and recorded it with the vocals of old Royalist Santhush Weeraman of B&S fame and the Royal College choir. the re-recording of the school Song was an initiative taken by the Secretary RCU Manju Ariyaratne on the advice of the RCU Council together with the consent of Prinicipal Upali Gunasekra.  less

Ars Cantica Ensemble rehearsing the Song "Sa 'Yo Lamang" at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Chapel. Composed by: Fr. Manoling Francisco Arranged by: Mr. Robert Delgado *This is the first time that we're singing this Song with this kind of arrangement....  moreArs Cantica Ensemble rehearsing the Song "Sa 'Yo Lamang" at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Chapel. Composed by: Fr. Manoling Francisco Arranged by: Mr. Robert Delgado *This is the first time that we're singing this Song with this kind of arrangement. http://arscanticaensemble.blogspot.com MUSICAL DIRECTOR Ms. Julie Garcia SOPRANOS Chinn Kalingo Cezua Pangilinan ALTOS ER Baring Puri Espeleta Julie Garcia Choy Zablan TENORS Mark Agngarayngay Ramil Angeles Ricky Cabico Toper Torres Bong Vibar BASSES Edwin Estrada Lhance Lim Joseph Sierra  less

NUMBER ONE RUGBY REFEREE REALISES HIS DREAM As we come to the end of the rugby season, perhaps a Song from, in our opinion, the World's number one rugby referee. We recently recorded this with Nigel Owens for a TV programme. He always wanted to sing h...  moreNUMBER ONE RUGBY REFEREE REALISES HIS DREAM As we come to the end of the rugby season, perhaps a Song from, in our opinion, the World's number one rugby referee. We recently recorded this with Nigel Owens for a TV programme. He always wanted to sing his favourite Song with a Male Voice Choir. We in Dowlais were so pleased to help him realise his ambition. Hope you all enjoy listening to a great referee and a great Choir, as together we sing......MYFANWY.  

Ženska vokalna skupina Lipa iz Litije, Zrejlo je žito, slovenska ljudska/slovenian folk Song priredba/arr.: Katarina Pustinek Rakar Posnetek na prireditvi Klanec 2013 v Tolminu, 8.6.2013 Recorded in Tolmin, 8.6.2013, Slovenia

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   People sometimes welcome a distraction from watching rows of identically dressed choristers singing with books in front of their faces.   Photo by...

Seeing the forest for the trees... Something on my mind today as I prepare young minds for a year of learning and growing as human beings through the medium of Choral Music, is the value of an individual identity in a group setting.  So many People ...

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about whether you need singing lessons in order to be able to sing. I suggested that People should simply jump in and join a...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Some People just love anything that’s finely honed, all shined up, squeaky clean, highly skilled and perfectly rendered. Not me.     ...