[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

World Youth Choir ( WYC ) - Summer Session 2003 Switzerland - conductor: Johannes Prinz - Brahms - website: http://www.worldyouthchoir.org - © all rights reserved by Jürg Schönenberger, Switzerland

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   conductor Kenneth Woods wrote on his blog a while back (As I was just saying) about the problems of having to repeat oneself constantly in rehearsals. &nb...

"The Standard" Vocal Jazz Ensemble KCK Community College Fall Vocal Jazz Concert Performing Arts Center November 20th, 2013 Nature Boy, arr. Anders Edenroth

"Come to the Woods" by Jake Runestad. Performed by the Georgia State University Singers -- Deanna Joseph, conductor. Commissioned by Conspirare -- Craig Hella Johnson, conductor.

"evening morning day" by David Lang. Text from the Book of Genesis 1. Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University. Director: Beth Willer. ...  more"evening morning day" by David Lang. Text from the Book of Genesis 1. Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University. Director: Beth Willer. The composer writes: "I wanted to make a piece about the creation story but I didn't want to highlight one religion's or culture's narrative over another." "It was important for me to try to find something universal, something present in all stories, or common to all cultures. I hit upon the idea of making a kind of checklist of everything that needed to be created to get the world to this point, without each individual culture's stories or myths or exoticisms. I went back to the first chapter of Genesis, to see what I could get out of my own culture's story, and I stripped away all the descriptions, adjectives, connectors and motivators. All that is left of Genesis in my text are the nouns, leaving a dispassionate list of everything created, in the order in ...    less

The Learners Chorus and the Learners Orchestra perform Gabriel Fauré's Requiem at the concert "UC conductor Through the Ages" on January 27, 2019. Music Director and conductor: Apollo Wong Soprano Solo: Samantha Chin Baritone Solo: Apollo Wong ...  moreThe Learners Chorus and the Learners Orchestra perform Gabriel Fauré's Requiem at the concert "UC conductor Through the Ages" on January 27, 2019. Music Director and conductor: Apollo Wong Soprano Solo: Samantha Chin Baritone Solo: Apollo Wong Other parts of the Requiem: 1. Introit et Kyrie: https://youtu.be/VBqMRt9WUZA 2. Offertoire: https://youtu.be/K4em8_Is0EU 3. Sanctus: https://youtu.be/fTKOadv_1F4 4. Pie Jesu: https://youtu.be/st_-Gayi2Ng 5. Agnus Dei: https://youtu.be/yZvNXEJ95wg 6. Libera me: https://youtu.be/S3QNTjcmYtY 7. In Paradisum: https://youtu.be/GdBDq7rdPnI  less

The Learners Chorus and the Learners Orchestra perform Gabriel Fauré's Requiem at the concert "UC conductor Through the Ages" on January 27, 2019. Music Director and conductor: Apollo Wong Soprano Solo: Samantha Chin Baritone Solo: Apollo Wong ...  moreThe Learners Chorus and the Learners Orchestra perform Gabriel Fauré's Requiem at the concert "UC conductor Through the Ages" on January 27, 2019. Music Director and conductor: Apollo Wong Soprano Solo: Samantha Chin Baritone Solo: Apollo Wong Other parts of the Requiem: 1. Introit et Kyrie: https://youtu.be/VBqMRt9WUZA 2. Offertoire: https://youtu.be/K4em8_Is0EU 3. Sanctus: https://youtu.be/fTKOadv_1F4 4. Pie Jesu: https://youtu.be/st_-Gayi2Ng 5. Agnus Dei: https://youtu.be/yZvNXEJ95wg 6. Libera me: https://youtu.be/S3QNTjcmYtY 7. In Paradisum: https://youtu.be/GdBDq7rdPnI  less

The Learners Chorus and the Learners Orchestra perform Gabriel Fauré's Requiem at the concert "UC conductor Through the Ages" on January 27, 2019. Music Director and conductor: Apollo Wong Soprano Solo: Samantha Chin Baritone Solo: Apollo Wong ...  moreThe Learners Chorus and the Learners Orchestra perform Gabriel Fauré's Requiem at the concert "UC conductor Through the Ages" on January 27, 2019. Music Director and conductor: Apollo Wong Soprano Solo: Samantha Chin Baritone Solo: Apollo Wong Other parts of the Requiem: 1. Introit et Kyrie: https://youtu.be/VBqMRt9WUZA 2. Offertoire: https://youtu.be/K4em8_Is0EU 3. Sanctus: https://youtu.be/fTKOadv_1F4 4. Pie Jesu: https://youtu.be/st_-Gayi2Ng 5. Agnus Dei: https://youtu.be/yZvNXEJ95wg 6. Libera me: https://youtu.be/S3QNTjcmYtY 7. In Paradisum: https://youtu.be/GdBDq7rdPnI  less

The Learners Chorus and the Learners Orchestra perform Gabriel Fauré's Requiem at the concert "UC conductor Through the Ages" on January 27, 2019. Music Director and conductor: Apollo Wong Soprano Solo: Samantha Chin Baritone Solo: Apollo Wong ...  moreThe Learners Chorus and the Learners Orchestra perform Gabriel Fauré's Requiem at the concert "UC conductor Through the Ages" on January 27, 2019. Music Director and conductor: Apollo Wong Soprano Solo: Samantha Chin Baritone Solo: Apollo Wong Other parts of the Requiem: 1. Introit et Kyrie: https://youtu.be/VBqMRt9WUZA 2. Offertoire: https://youtu.be/K4em8_Is0EU 3. Sanctus: https://youtu.be/fTKOadv_1F4 4. Pie Jesu: https://youtu.be/st_-Gayi2Ng 5. Agnus Dei: https://youtu.be/yZvNXEJ95wg 6. Libera me: https://youtu.be/S3QNTjcmYtY 7. In Paradisum: https://youtu.be/GdBDq7rdPnI  less