[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...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] There were two articles in the UK national press a few years ago, one bemoaning the fact that we don’t sing Christmas carols together as much as we u...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   SoMe people just love anything that’s finely honed, all shined up, squeaky clean, highly skilled and perfectly rendered. Not Me.     ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I was at a business Meeting recently and we were asked what we did. I explained as well as I could.   Photo © Copyright Anne Burgess an...

Edward Elgar: "Lux Aeterna" (Nimrod) from the Enigma-Variations for orchestra, for choir arranged by John CaMeron. European Church Music Festival Schwäbisch Gmünd 2019 in the Münster of Schwäbisch Gmünd, 18 July 2019. The concert with John Rutter & Chamb...  moreEdward Elgar: "Lux Aeterna" (Nimrod) from the Enigma-Variations for orchestra, for choir arranged by John CaMeron. European Church Music Festival Schwäbisch Gmünd 2019 in the Münster of Schwäbisch Gmünd, 18 July 2019. The concert with John Rutter & Chamber choir of Europe, conducted by Nicol Matt (Germany) in MÜNSTER of Schwäbisch Gmünd was a huge success! John Rutter received the prestigious European Church Music Prize 2019 for outstanding contributions to church music.  

Bulgarian Christina Morfova choir sings the twelfth moveMent of Stabat Mater by Pergolesi. Conductor:Prof.Lilia Gjuleva. Orchestra:Collegium Musicum "Bankya".Conductor:Prof.Emil Yanev. Prof.Emil Yanev is one of the most famous Bulgarian conductors,musi...  moreBulgarian Christina Morfova choir sings the twelfth moveMent of Stabat Mater by Pergolesi. Conductor:Prof.Lilia Gjuleva. Orchestra:Collegium Musicum "Bankya".Conductor:Prof.Emil Yanev. Prof.Emil Yanev is one of the most famous Bulgarian conductors,music pedagogues and social figures. He has conducted over 2000 concerts in Bulgaria ,Russia ,France, Holland ,Italy,Spain,Greece,Japan,Macedonia etc.His orchestras are laureates of eight grand,special and first prizes from prestigious competitions in all over the world. Prof.E.Yanev has led a number of master Conducting classes in Bulgaria and abroad. Prof.E.Yanev's pedagogical activity was developed in the National School of Music "Lyubomir Pipkov",the State Academy of Music"Pancho Vladigerov"and the Academy for Music-and-Dance Arts in Plovdiv where he achieved soMe quite serious results in the "Orchestral Playing" and "choir and Orchestral Conducting". Prof.Lilia Gjuleva (05.01.1933-07.26.2003) was a choir conductor,one of the most renowned Bulgarian conduc...    less

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   First I need to fess up: I have a low boredom threshold and always try to squeeze in as many songs as possible. Not always a good idea!  ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Despite an apparent re-awakened interest in singing, we don’t sing together like we used to.     TV programMes like X Factor, The Voice...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Very, very few people are tone deaf. Tone deafness is an abnormality of the brain which can also affect the understanding of language and certain spatial ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Many of us wait until the mood hits us before we do soMething. But often the doing soMething is what changes our mood for the better.     Th...