[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I read an article in the latest Sounding Board (the journal of community music from Sound Sense) about the University of Sunderland’s new BA in...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Back in 2015 I was in bed for 10 days with a nasty bout of ’flu. for the first tiMe in my 18-year career I had to cancel a choir concert.   ...

Kodály Zoltán Andrés Aciar dirige al Grabación realizada en cassette 1987 Piano Susana Awad y Gustavo Aciar Versión para piano a 4 manos: Carlos Andrés Aciar Sonido original: Cassette.

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] When you think you’re not singing well, you’ll often blaMe yourself. But what if it’s soMething else, soMething outside yourself that you ca...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   In many ways, we are all defined by the songs we choose to sing. Our favourite ditties say a lot about our tastes, background, age, religion and culture. &...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] I often get asked this, along with “How can I sing high without hurting myself?” photo by Allisonnik There is no quick fix, but here are soMe ...

2023 Ocean Grove Sacred Masterwork Concert Kara Goodrich, Soprano Laura Zahn, Mezzo-Soprano Ronald Naldi, Tenor Justin Beck, Bass Jason C. Tramm, Conductor The Great Auditorium choir MidAtlantic Philharmonic Orchestra Recorded on Aug. 27. 2023...  more2023 Ocean Grove Sacred Masterwork Concert Kara Goodrich, Soprano Laura Zahn, Mezzo-Soprano Ronald Naldi, Tenor Justin Beck, Bass Jason C. Tramm, Conductor The Great Auditorium choir MidAtlantic Philharmonic Orchestra Recorded on Aug. 27. 2023 in the Great Auditorium (Ocean Grove, NJ)  

Colloque SentiMental English version by S N Solomons after the poem by Paul Verlaine music for three altos a cappella, composed and perforMed by David W Solomons Colloque SentiMental - (translation by S N Solomons after Paul Verlaine) In the age-...  moreColloque SentiMental English version by S N Solomons after the poem by Paul Verlaine music for three altos a cappella, composed and perforMed by David W Solomons Colloque SentiMental - (translation by S N Solomons after Paul Verlaine) In the age-old park, treading the icy grass Two lone forms ere a while went past. Their eyes are dead, their lips are soft and moist, Almost inaudible their voice. In the cold lonely park, pacing the grass, Twin lonely spectres have evoked the past. "Dost thou recall our ecstasy of old?" "Why would you think I should recall?" "And at my naMe does thy heart pulse and grow? And in thy dreams seest thou my soul?" "No!" "Those lovely days of unheard bliss and free ... We fused our lips as one!" "Ah, that might be." "How blue the heavens and our hope how high!" "Hope has fled vanquished to the sombre sky." And so they wandered in the unkempt grass, And night alone heard all the words that passed.  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]We are all creatures of habit. Which is no bad thing until it starts to affect what we do adversely. photo by CTRLF5 How many bad habits have you got into ...

"Unfold, ye Portals" from The Redemption (Gounod) Jason C. Tramm, Conductor The Great Auditorium choir MidAtlantic Philharmonic Orchestra Recorded on Aug. 27, 2023 The Great Auditorium (Ocean Grove, NJ)