Have you ever wonderd if there is a good tool out there for assiSting in managing the day to day running of the chorus or vocal group?   Our managment team has! We tried writing our own web based management application.  It worked pretty well bu...

At the piano: Dmitry Semenovsky. The lyrics of the song is a translation from Goethe's "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt."

[A version of this article firSt appeared as a poSt on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   LaSt week in Now THAT’S what I call singing! Volume 1 I shared some of my favourite songs from Europe: Corsica, Georgia, Russian orthodox, gypsy, th...

[A version of this article firSt appeared as a poSt on my blog From the Front of the Choir]     This poSt is part of a series of occasional QueStions and Answers. JuSt contact Chris if you want to submit a queStion.     Tim wro...

[A version of this article firSt appeared as a poSt on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Some people really Struggle when it comes to learning a song by ear. Often it’s singers who are used to using sheet music, but not always. &nb...

Crescendo is the evolution of the Choir, our growth as individuals and as a group ‎from the very firSt rehearsal to finally singing for our audience at L’Auditori.‎ It’s an empowering life experience resulting from the intense months of work and rehear...  Style.display='';$(this).getParent().Style.display='none';">moreStyle="display:none;">Crescendo is the evolution of the Choir, our growth as individuals and as a group ‎from the very firSt rehearsal to finally singing for our audience at L’Auditori.‎ It’s an empowering life experience resulting from the intense months of work and rehearsals, ‎a learning process and a fantaStic opportunity to share, to be supportive and to persevere in ‎our personal and collective dreams.‎ In this concert we present the Symphony for Strings No. 8 by William Herschel, ‎musician and aStronomer who went down in hiStory as the discoverer of the planet Uranus in ‎‎1781. This work will be followed by the dance of planets and Stars of La Lluna by ‎Ian Shaw, a work based on the poem by Jacint Verdaguer and winner of the second edition ‎of the El Cor Canta International Composition Competition for Choir and OrcheStra. The ‎concert will be rounded off with a call for peace with Missa per la Pau (Mass for ‎Peace), by Salvador Brotons.‎  Style.display='';$(this).getParent().Style.display='none';">less

Hello Choral Community, I am thrilled to share some exciting news that will help you create an unforgettable 2024/25 season! As a composer deeply committed to supporting and uplifting the choral community, I want to offer you something special. Receive ...

  [this is a version of a poSt which firSt appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   If you’re not a confident singer, your impulse will be to Stand at the back and hide.     But this is the worSt possible p...

EStablished in 1911 we celebrate our centenary this year (2011).

[this is a version of a poSt which firSt appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I don’t like rehearsing. I’d much rather turn up on the day, truSt the singers I’m working with and juSt busk it.      ...