[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   The average age of people who attend the choirs and workshops that I run must be around 50. I would say that about a third of any group is of retirement ag...

A part of the concert held on November 24th 2012 in Terchová (Slovakia) on the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia. Participants: Mixed Choir "Vox Animae", conductor: Tomislav Veršić (Split,...  moreA part of the concert held on November 24th 2012 in Terchová (Slovakia) on the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia. Participants: Mixed Choir "Vox Animae", conductor: Tomislav Veršić (Split, Croatia) Mixed Choir of Žilina, conductor: Tomáš Vrškový (Žilina, Slovakia) Organized with finanical support of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic.  

A part of the concert held on November 24th 2012 in Terchová (Slovakia) on the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia. Participants: Mixed Choir "Vox Animae", conductor: Tomislav Veršić (Split,...  moreA part of the concert held on November 24th 2012 in Terchová (Slovakia) on the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia. Participants: Mixed Choir "Vox Animae", conductor: Tomislav Veršić (Split, Croatia) Mixed Choir of Žilina, conductor: Tomáš Vrškový (Žilina, Slovakia) Organized with finanical support of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic.  

A part of the concert held on November 24th 2012 in Terchová (Slovakia) on the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia. Participants: Mixed Choir "Vox Animae", conductor: Tomislav Veršić (Split,...  moreA part of the concert held on November 24th 2012 in Terchová (Slovakia) on the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia. Participants: Mixed Choir "Vox Animae", conductor: Tomislav Veršić (Split, Croatia) Mixed Choir of Žilina, conductor: Tomáš Vrškový (Žilina, Slovakia) Organized with finanical support of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic.  

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I was collecting money at a workshop recently (something I nearly always forget as I always get so carried away with the singing!) and somebody mention...

“Marko Marulić” High School Mixed Choir was founded under the guidance of prof. Tomislav Veršić in the school year 1992/93 by merging two school ensembles founded a year earlier: Girls’ Choir, and traditional Dalmatian male vocal group (so-called “klapa”)...  more“Marko Marulić” High School Mixed Choir was founded under the guidance of prof. Tomislav Veršić in the school year 1992/93 by merging two school ensembles founded a year earlier: Girls’ Choir, and traditional Dalmatian male vocal group (so-called “klapa”) “Šufit”. At the end of the following school year, the choir participated for the first time at the Croatian Youth Music Festival, choral competition which is traditionally held in Varaždin, thereby winning the Silver Plaque. In 1996 the performance of the choir at the same event was rewarded with Gold Plaque. After this success, the choir received new, more experienced members, and began to act as the Mixed Choir of Cultural and Artistic Association “Aspalathos”. Although new ensemble soon became well recognized and multiply awarded, it ceased to be a part of the school and thus of this historical review as well. The choir continued its work under the name of “Marko Marulić” High School in the school year 2004/05. Since 2006 until now, the Choir has performe...    less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Somebody asked me the other day if I do workshops on songs from the musicals. I don't like musical theatre, so the answer was a resounding “No&rdquo...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The last time I was in a room with a group of singers was nearly six months ago. If I had known then that I wouldn’t be singing like that for the fore...