[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A while ago I wrote about an artist who thought that music resides in the musical notation and a musician's job is to realise that notation perfectly. &nb...

Dear Choirs and Lovers of Choral Music,   We know that your schedule could Be tight as well as preparing extensively for an international competition needs time. That’s why we would like to assist you in planning and show you our events for c...

Schola Antiqua of Chicago sings music from the Torino Codex (Torino, Biblioteca nazionale, MS J.II.9). Live in concert May 2010

SABeLANI Music Initiative.. Music for Nation Building We are holding Open Days the : 10th August 2019 for Focal Point Far North for the area of : Tembisa - Ekurhuleni - Gauteng 11th August 2019 for Focal Point Far East Rand for the areas...

We know some of you will flinch at this post, but equally others like to plan early (Leeds Male Voice Choir have their concert dates booked in right up until Christmas 2024!!).... if you are in the latter camp you can filter our Choral Music list by music...

Around Europe meeting music organizes choral festivals and competitions at numerous locations, in cooperation with fantastic musical professionals to assure the events’ high standard and underline the idea of a familiar and common goal. We always lo...

WHEN IN OUR MUSIC GOD IS GLORIFIED ENGELBeRG arr. Alejandro D. Consolacion II CANTUS Festival Brass Alejandro Consolacion, organ Franz Miguel Ramirez, conductor 1. When in our music God is glorified, and adoration leaves no room for pride, ...  moreWHEN IN OUR MUSIC GOD IS GLORIFIED ENGELBeRG arr. Alejandro D. Consolacion II CANTUS Festival Brass Alejandro Consolacion, organ Franz Miguel Ramirez, conductor 1. When in our music God is glorified, and adoration leaves no room for pride, it is as though the whole creation cried, Hallelujah! 2. How often, making Music, we have found a new dimension in the world of sound, as worship moved us to a more profound Hallelujah! 3. So has the church, in liturgy and song, in faith and love, through centuries of wrong, borne witness to the truth in every tongue: Hallelujah! 4. And did not Jesus sing a Psalm that Night when utmost evil strove against the Light? Then let us sing, for whom he won the fight: Hallelujah! 5. Let every instrument Be tuned for praise! Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise! And may God give us faith to sing always: Hallelujah! Amen.  less

Live performance at the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake, IL on May 18th, 2015

We want to touch and surprise. We want to surpass the boundaries of ourselves and choral music. Philomela is a wonderful experience that will linger in your mind even after the music has died down. Philomela has Become one of the most highly rega...  moreWe want to touch and surprise. We want to surpass the boundaries of ourselves and choral music. Philomela is a wonderful experience that will linger in your mind even after the music has died down. Philomela has Become one of the most highly regarded choirs in Finland. Marjukka Riihimäki has acted as the choir´s conductor since it was established in 1984. Philomela is one of the most original choirs in Finland. It is a group of 40 unprejudiced, music-loving women who together form a graceful, polyphonic musical instrument. The choir performances are intensive and surprising experiences which combine theatrical elements to music. Philomela’s rehearsals are held in Helsinki but the choir gives several concerts per year all over Finland as well as abroad. Musical profile of Philomela is composed of contemporary Scandinavian choir music with flavours of world Music, especially Finnish folk music.  less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I met a painter a while back and he asked me if I was an artist. I told him that I didn’t paint, but that I worked with music. He then asked: “...