We are a group of amateur singers in the Northern Virginia area who have been singing together for over 30 years. The Chorale performs at a number of retirement communities in the Fairfax County area at Christmas TIme and in the spring. We also give pu...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreWe are a group of amateur singers in the Northern Virginia area who have been singing together for over 30 years. The Chorale performs at a number of retirement communities in the Fairfax County area at Christmas TIme and in the spring. We also give public concerts up to twice a year.  

Chapter 8 was formed in September 2008 and comprises members of leading cathedral choirs and solo performers. Our repertoire, sung in up to eight parts, ranges from the most sublime choral music of all TIme to popular light favourites. We also ‘premiere’ ...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreChapter 8 was formed in September 2008 and comprises members of leading cathedral choirs and solo performers. Our repertoire, sung in up to eight parts, ranges from the most sublime choral music of all TIme to popular light favourites. We also ‘premiere’ works by today’s talented new composers and arrangers. Musically, individual members can boast… singing in St Mark’s, Venice; the Duomo, Florence; the Salzburg Festival; performing a vocal recital on a stairlIft; recording jingles for local radio and being the first girl chorister to sing for a service in St Paul’s Cathedral, London.  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

 [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Some TIme ago I tried a new idea (for me any way) for helping people to learn songs.   Photo by Ramesh Lalwani   I decided to associa...

WORCESTER singers are hitting the Hallelujah trail for a post-Easter performance of a work more traditionally associated with Christmas.    Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir will perform Handel's Messiah at a TIme when city folk are finishing ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I love to sing harmony. in fact, that’s pretty much the only TIme I sing!     WorldSong choir, Coventry   But to do that you ne...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   This is a busy concert TIme for most choirs.     I thought I'd give an account of a typical concert by one of my community choirs. This ...

we're just 6 weeks old in this video...that's why, for those people who find our version of the song "Bahay" quite wrong, please understand....this was our best that TIme =')

"Still I Rise" by Rosephanye Powell. Recorded live on Thursday, July 3, 2014, at Christ Lutheran Church in Oakland Park, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanis...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">more"Still I Rise" by Rosephanye Powell. Recorded live on Thursday, July 3, 2014, at Christ Lutheran Church in Oakland Park, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. Note from the composer: "Still I Rise" was inspired by the poem of the same name by poet laureate Maya Angelou. It is a women's anthem, saluting the strength to persevere through lIfe's dIfficulties–low self-esteem, physical and emotional abuse, prejudice, abandonment, and the like. in summary, though a woman's lIfe or past may be filled with tears and heartaches, with each day that she finds herself still living, she finds that she has grown stronger and risen a little higher because her circumstances have not overcome her. Thus, every new day can be one of hope and joy because regardless of the past, today, "still I rise"! Though I have been wounded, aching heart full of pain. Still I rise, yes, still I rise. Jus' like a budding rose, my...    ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

Alive and Singing is an all-inclusive triplet of community choirs across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire formed by like-minded people thrown together by fate and directed by the very talented and charismatic Jamie Serafi. The choirs have g...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreAlive and Singing is an all-inclusive triplet of community choirs across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire formed by like-minded people thrown together by fate and directed by the very talented and charismatic Jamie Serafi. The choirs have grown to over 100 members collectively from every walk of lIfe! NO AUDTION! NO NEED TO READ MUSIC! ALL WELCOME!  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]A vital part of a choir leader's job is to spend TIme planning: individual rehearsals, concerts, repertoire, choir seasons, etc.   photo by webmink &...