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Beginners choir or established choir: time to re-evaluate?
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]
When I started my first ever choir, WorldSong, it was an open-access beginner’s choir and anyone who wanted to sing could join.
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What songs matter to you the most?
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]
Back in 2012 The Guardian started a project called Six Songs of Me that asks which songs matter most to each of us on a personal level (the pro...
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Kids Choir Turns 5
The Major Minors Children’s Choir in New Zealand, is celebrating 5 years of singing this month. The choir that started out as a 3 month project with no name in 2012 is in final preparations for a special anniversary concert i...
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Why I started a choir
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]
I love to sing harmony. In fact, that’s pretty much the only time I sing!
WorldSong choir, Coventry
But to do that you ne...
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John Ireland: Greater Love
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
David Crown (conductor)
Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
22 July 2009
Website: http://www.somervillechoir.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir
Twitter: http://twitter.com/SomervilleChoir
Conducto... moreThe Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
David Crown (conductor)
Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
22 July 2009
Website: http://www.somervillechoir.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir
Twitter: http://twitter.com/SomervilleChoir
Conductor: http://www.david-crown.com
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ex-semble
ex-semble
The female choir ex-semble was founded in the year 1994 by its conductor Christoph Haßler. It started as an experiment in a small ensemble. Most of ex-semble's members come from the Süwestpfälzer Kinderchor. Starting in the children's choir wit... moreex-semble
The female choir ex-semble was founded in the year 1994 by its conductor Christoph Haßler. It started as an experiment in a small ensemble. Most of ex-semble's members come from the Süwestpfälzer Kinderchor. Starting in the children's choir with voice training and also personal formation, ex-semble works mainly with a-cappella literature of all epoches. From the beginning on, ex-semble has regularly given concerts in Germany as well as in foreign countries.
ex-semble's current highlights:
Concerts and recordings for radio and television with Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) and Südwestrundfunk (SWR)
1998:
Production of the first a-cappella CD Leis' rauscht die Nacht
2000:
Gold medal at the International Choir Competition Riva del Garda
2003:
Special concerts during the Deutsches Chorfest in Berlin upon an invitation from the Deutscher Chorverband; for example at the Philharmonic Hall in Berlin
2004:
Gold medal and category winner of the national choir festival in Lindenholzhausen; Chri... less
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Vocal Enigma
We are a newly formed group who started off as a relatively unknown group of singers in November 2010 but since has never looked back and shot to great heights in a matter of 2 months leaving audiences speechless at performances and their rivals shell sho... moreWe are a newly formed group who started off as a relatively unknown group of singers in November 2010 but since has never looked back and shot to great heights in a matter of 2 months leaving audiences speechless at performances and their rivals shell shocked at competitions. We have won every single competition we have taken part in so far and are looking to improve our game and become better at what we do. We are currently preparing for our own show titled "The Vocal Project" which will feature almost all know genera of music.
Well what better way to find out more about us than come listen to us? We' keep you posted on upcoming show!!
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The Heart of Scotland Junior Chorus
The Heart of Scotland Junior Chorus started in August 2011. We currently have 45 members and working towards our first concert in December.
If you are aged between 7yrs old and 15yrs old, live in the Forth Valley area and love to sing, please get in touch!
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VokalArs
VokalArs, an all-female music group, started rehearsing at the end of 2004 with the intention of consolidating a professional chamber size choir who would offer unconventional, high artistical quality concerts. Its components are professionals, whether si... moreVokalArs, an all-female music group, started rehearsing at the end of 2004 with the intention of consolidating a professional chamber size choir who would offer unconventional, high artistical quality concerts. Its components are professionals, whether singers or related to other areas of music or those who, despite having another occupation, have a solid musical background and an extense vocal and choral experience.
The unique sonority of a female group of singers, usually a capella, has been widely explored throughout the history of music by many composers from all times, both male and female. Examples of such music can be found from the Middle Ages up to contemporary music; however it is not until Romanticism that works are composed specifically for female choirs. Thus, a particular genre is born that will keep its own entity up to the present times. This genre has been especially cultivated as of late by female artists and composers. Both aspects, that is presenting works written for female choir as well ... less