We are a community choir under the musical director of long time conductor Philip Hagemann. We currently have about 35-40 members and new members are always welcome. We meet Monday evenings, Sept through May, at Greenmeadow Waldorf School in Chestnut R... more
University of the Philippines Concert Chorus performs Ryan Cayabyab's Hibang Sa Awit 50th Anniversary Gala Night Concert University of the Philippines Theater Diliman, Quezon City December 21, 2012
[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...
[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] Even though I’ve been teaching for almost 30 years, I still get affected by that glum-looking face in the third row. ... and it's no...
[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 ...
