Dear friends, we are inviting you to participate in 17th Choir festival "Majske muzičke svečanosti" Bijeljina (Bosna i Hercegovina), from 10th until 14th of May 2018. The deadline for applications is until the 15th of April. Competitive part is splitted ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   In your singing lessons and Choir warm ups you’re bombarded with exercises and technical advice about posture, breathing, enunciation, pitching...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Many of us are in Choirs where a particular section needs bolstering. In my case it’s a lack of altos, for others it might be too few tenors.  ...

Tadeja Vulc - O Sapientia Parahyangan Catholic University Choir Ivan Yohan, conductor

Diponegoro University Choir - Rimini International Choral Competition 2014, sacred category, gold medal (Champion / 1st place category) Conducted by Jefry Franklin Bode

"The Seeds of Stars" by Bob Chilcott. Text by Charles Bennett. Written for the 2011 combined Choir of Festival 500 in Newfoundland, Canada. Recorded live on May 3, 2015, at All Saints Episcopal Church in fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Conce...  more"The Seeds of Stars" by Bob Chilcott. Text by Charles Bennett. Written for the 2011 combined Choir of Festival 500 in Newfoundland, Canada. Recorded live on May 3, 2015, at All Saints Episcopal Church in fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir and Men's Auxiliary ensembles of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. Stars that spill on a melting stem of brilliance down to earth, make landfall here like swans who are burnt by flight. We find an orphan of ashes, a child of chilled obsidian: in the middle of winter we nurture the seeds of stars. On days of silver light at the end of summer, they’ll lift away to resume their long migration. You who’ve been told There’s nothing, nothing to be done, you who have come to a place of broken stones, remember us who have sparked a star from dust, and seen its wings ignite the darkling sky.  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Sometimes trying to get your Choir to stand in the right places is like dealing with an unruly kindergarten class. It seems as if spatial awareness and si...

Sanita Melodia Choir at Symphony of Life Concert on November 2013

  Exciting news! We have just had confirmation that Albion will be featured on "Meet The Choir" in next Sunday's Radio 3 programme The Choir, presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Set your clocks for 4:00 pm. You will need to keep listening to "The Cho...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I read once that if there’s a lot of talking during the break in a workshop, that's a good sign because it means everyone is happy, enjoying th...