[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]I teach Songs from all over the world, often in foreign languages. But People are always asking me for more Songs in English. Why is this? Especially since ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   there are many choir leaders whose priority is to create as perfect a rendition of a written musical score as they can (see Music lives in flawed humans and...

BachWerk is made up of a group of People in Brussels passionate about fantastic music and determined to do something about it. Together we have formed a choir of talented musicians from Belgium and around the world. Our common goal is to make great mu...  moreBachWerk is made up of a group of People in Brussels passionate about fantastic music and determined to do something about it. Together we have formed a choir of talented musicians from Belgium and around the world. Our common goal is to make great music. Around thirty experienced amateur and professional singers make up the choir of BachWerk. the aim is to perform fantastic music to the highest possible standard. Working with music coach, Lodewijk Regout and conductor, David Miller, singers share the passion behind BachWerk.  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   When I was a student, I’d sit in lectures scribbling down everything that the lecturer wrote on the board. Like most People there, I understood...

Just in case your choir hasn't already participated in this new research from Canterbury Christ Church University in the UK, this is a reminder that the survey is open until the beginning of September. the study is exploring why People sing in choirs, ch...

I couldn't be happier!! Today Flor, my fiancée, gave a gift to the entire choral community  Perhaps some of you know that she is a user experience designer. It's a discipline that applies to everything and makes People find pleasure in ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I often get People writing to me for advice about choirs. Some of them don’t agree with the direction their choir leader is taking them, some ...

That old Song "Whispering" - to the accompaniment of my cats exchanging loving licks. Song by Coburn and Rose - arr Nield - performed by the one-man choir multitrack dwsChorale - this is just for a bit of the "aah factor" - enjoy the aah and the nostalgia

Leeds Male voice choir sing this new arrangement by Tim Knight

Winner, 2009 POLYPHONOS Young Composer Award Music, Nilo Alcala Text: Mevlana Jala ad-Din Rumi English Translation: Anna and Adam Czerniawscy Premiered: Oct. 17, 2009 St. Joseph's Catholic Church 732 18th Avenue E, Seattle Oct. 18, 2009 Holy ...  moreWinner, 2009 POLYPHONOS Young Composer Award Music, Nilo Alcala Text: Mevlana Jala ad-Din Rumi English Translation: Anna and Adam Czerniawscy Premiered: Oct. 17, 2009 St. Joseph's Catholic Church 732 18th Avenue E, Seattle Oct. 18, 2009 Holy Rosary Catholic Church 4139 42nd Avenue Southwest, West Seattle Oh, do not sleep friend, through this night.  You a soul, while we are suffring through this night  Banish slumber from your eyes!  the great secret is revealed in this night.  You are Jove in the high heavens,  Round heavns starry dome you circle in this night!  Like an eagle fly above!  Now a hero is your soul in this night.  Such a quiet, others sleep  I and God alone together in this night!  What a roar! Joy arises,   Truth with gleaming wing is shining in this night!  Do not sleep friend,  If I slumbered until sunrise,  I should never, never see this night again!  Thorough fares on earth are silent.  there behold the starry roads of this night.  Leo, Or...    less