This sanctuary of my soul, Unwitting I keep white and whole, Unlatch'd and lit, If Thou should'st care To enter or to tarry there. With parted lips and outstretch'd hands, And list'ning ears Thy servant stands. Call Thou early, call Thou late, to...  moreThis sanctuary of my soul, Unwitting I keep white and whole, Unlatch'd and lit, If Thou should'st care To enter or to tarry there. With parted lips and outstretch'd hands, And list'ning ears Thy servant stands. Call Thou early, call Thou late, to Thy great service dedicate. my soul, keep white, and whole. (poem by Charles Hamilton Sorley) Sung at Canterbury Cathedral during our Royal School of Church Music Summer Course in 1986, under Martin How. I (David W Solomons) was one of the altos. John Huntley - a fellow alto - recorded this performance.  less

Composed by Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623) Sung here by the dwsChorale (just verse 1) Four arms, two necks, one wreathing, Two pair of lips, one breathing. Fa la la la la la. Two hearts that multiply Sighs interchangeably. Fa la la la la la. Image...  moreComposed by Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623) Sung here by the dwsChorale (just verse 1) Four arms, two necks, one wreathing, Two pair of lips, one breathing. Fa la la la la la. Two hearts that multiply Sighs interchangeably. Fa la la la la la. Images: Two lovers at St Pancras station (London) dwsChorale  

A SEASON TO sing A Season To sing is a brand new 40-minute work for choir and organ or piano, by British composer Joanna Forbes L’Estrange, inspired by Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.   A Season To sing will be published by the Royal Scho...

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

he BIG sing is based in Essex, London and Kent and has choirs for people of all ages, backgrounds and cultures including community choirs, kids choirs, advanced choirs, baby singing groups and office choirs! For more info go to www.big-sing.com The BI...  morehe BIG sing is based in Essex, London and Kent and has choirs for people of all ages, backgrounds and cultures including community choirs, kids choirs, advanced choirs, baby singing groups and office choirs! For more info go to www.big-sing.com The BIG sing - uniting our community with MUSIC!  

Almost everybody I’ve come across wants to sing higher, myself included.Low voices want to sing higher. High voices want to sing even higher.   BenefitsAs If people need to be reminded of the benefits of singing higher! They may seem obvious ...

Vocal ensemble Just for Fun "Pop & Jazz 2013" Stadsschouwburg Mechelen

sing joyfully to God our strength; sing loud unto the God of Jacob! Take the song, bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harp, and the viol. Blow the trumpet in the new moon, even in the time appointed, and at our feast day. ...  moresing joyfully to God our strength; sing loud unto the God of Jacob! Take the song, bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harp, and the viol. Blow the trumpet in the new moon, even in the time appointed, and at our feast day. For this is a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. (From Psalm 81)  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] In my recent post How to sing – the definitive guide, I pointed out that lots of people Google “How to sing” instead of just getting on a...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]You’ll know by now that I believe that everyone can sing. Apparently this irritates some people who really think that they can’t sing. Why is th...