[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Kirsten left a comMent on my post How to be a good choir Member.   photo by Brandon Cripps   She suggested that a good choir Member s...

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

"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)

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   What’s great about a group of singers who Meet regularly is that you can grow and develop together, improving skills and techniques week on wee...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   SoMetiMes I get paid over £100 per hour. That makes Me a millionaire right?   Photo by Ian Britton from FreeFoto.com   Wrong! I...

Thomas Rossin conducts Quick's lively arrangeMent of this familiar Scottish Folk Song, Phillip Rossin, Tenor

The history of Manchester as seen through the eyes of local poet Audrey Vaughan, including its origins around the river Irwell, the original monastery which becaMe Manchester Cathedral, the industrial revolution, the Peterloo Massacre, and the singing of...  moreThe history of Manchester as seen through the eyes of local poet Audrey Vaughan, including its origins around the river Irwell, the original monastery which becaMe Manchester Cathedral, the industrial revolution, the Peterloo Massacre, and the singing of church and cathedral choirs up to the present day. Music composed by David Warin Solomons and realised by Guy Protheroe. Conductor: Zoltán Pad Tenor soloist: József Gál Treble soloist: Csongor Gyulai The boys' choir's conductor was Márton Tóth who taught the piece to the children. Orchestra and choir: Budapest Scoring More information about Manchester Magnificat, including a video of the original 1994 performance and the complete poem sequence, can be found at: http://www.dwsolo.com/serif/manchestermagnificat.html  less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Last week I wrote about Audiences at choral concerts.   Sangstream rehearsal by fiddledidee   But what if your choir doesn’t perform?...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   To sit or not to sit, that is the question. Whether ‘tis better to be standing whilst singing, or to rest one’s weary bottom on the nearest ch...