[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...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] We are living in unprecedented tiMes. People are not allowed to socialise.     How do we keep singing together? I’ll look at soMe of the ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]I teach songs from all over the world, often in foreign languages. But people are always asking Me for more songs in English. Why is this? Especially since ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. "Davidde Penitente". Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra (URSO) and choir Conductor: Volodymyr Sheiko. Soloists: Oleksandr Anischenko (tenor), Irina Ziabchenko (soprano), Tetiana Hanina (soprano).

16th International choir and orchestra festival on Lake Garda (Italy)19.10. - 23.10.2023 LAKE GARDA (Italian: Lago di Garda) - the most Mediterranean lake of all Italian Alpine lakes.To the alert eye the lake offers a spectacle of natural brightness an...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   SoMe choirs and singing groups Meet frequently, often once a week, requiring a high level of commitMent. Others Meet less frequently and work on a dr...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Certain people are rather dismissive of “Singing for fun” choirs. If it’s for fun then it can’t possibly be of any quality. ...

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

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.  

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I was in the middle of planning a workshop and was checking through a few songs to make sure I had the correct lyrics, source, Meaning, backgr...