The Idea The award winning “Funky Voices” was founded and launched in 2007 to Meet the community who sought a choir that sing modern music that can be enjoyed by everyone, NO AUDITION and NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED. Each Funky Voices rehearsal is Taught by hi...  moreThe Idea The award winning “Funky Voices” was founded and launched in 2007 to Meet the community who sought a choir that sing modern music that can be enjoyed by everyone, NO AUDITION and NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED. Each Funky Voices rehearsal is Taught by highly qualified and experienced music tutors. Sandra Colston BA Hons (Musical Director) arranges the music to suit the choir Members, and to bring the music up to date and possible for a choir to sing. The Sound With passions for vocal harmonies, and personal influences being likes of; Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, Luther Vandross, Brian McKnight, Michael Jackson. The aim is to bring a similar vocal energy to Funky Voices… From Emotional rich harmonies to Feel-good dance tracks, our repertoire includes, including “Take That”, “Michael Jackson”, “Queen”, “Supertramp”, making it an exciting and enjoyable experience for everyone. The People Funky Voices is not a ‘conventional’ choir due to the age range being open to ages 16 to 80 who coMe from all w...    less

This was originally published on the Embro Thistle Singers' blog.    Have you ever walked through a mall or downtown and "people watched"?  Oh My.  There are people walking around who, in My Mother's words, would be horrified if thei...

A Year As a Nomad:   April 4, 2023, marked the last day I spent in My birth country. I shared breakfast with My brother and Mother, showed My boarding pass, and within minutes, I was on a plane to London. What happened during all that tiMe? ...

We a mixed, open-access choir requiring no auditions, no previous experience or ability to read music. Everything is Taught by ear and the focus is on having fun and enjoying singing together, rather than achieving perfection. We try to perform a few tiMe...  moreWe a mixed, open-access choir requiring no auditions, no previous experience or ability to read music. Everything is Taught by ear and the focus is on having fun and enjoying singing together, rather than achieving perfection. We try to perform a few tiMes a year in the local area at community events.  

We are a community choir Taught mostly by ear. We do provide music for those who want it, but you are not required to audition or read music. All are welcoMe. We do a fun variety of world music, pop classics, and whatever else we feel like. We do one perf...  moreWe are a community choir Taught mostly by ear. We do provide music for those who want it, but you are not required to audition or read music. All are welcoMe. We do a fun variety of world music, pop classics, and whatever else we feel like. We do one performance per session, and ask our audience to sing along too. We are a welcoming and warm and eclectic group.  

[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...

Slumber Songs (3 Canadian Nocturnes, moveMent I) text: John McCrae music: Nathaniel Barnes singer: Matthew Curtis I Sleep, little eyes That brim with childish tears amid thy play, Be comforted! No grief of night can weigh Against the joys that...  moreSlumber Songs (3 Canadian Nocturnes, moveMent I) text: John McCrae music: Nathaniel Barnes singer: Matthew Curtis I Sleep, little eyes That brim with childish tears amid thy play, Be comforted! No grief of night can weigh Against the joys that throng thy coming day. Sleep, little heart! There is no place in Slumberland for tears: Life soon enough will bring its chilling fears And sorrows that will dim the after years. Sleep, little heart! II Ah, little eyes Dead blossoms of a springtiMe long ago, That life's storm crushed and left to lie below The benediction of the falling snow! Sleep, little heart That ceased so long ago its frantic beat! The years that coMe and go with silent feet Have naught to tell save this — that rest is sweet. Sleep, little heart. http://www.choirplace.com/profile/Nathaniel Matthew Curtis https://choraltracks.com/  less

A big, mixed, open access choir, singing contemporary repertoire from Nina Simone to DJ Fresh. The emphasis is on enjoying singing together with lots of energy and enthusiasm. Everything is Taught by ear - no written music is used at all. We perform ...  moreA big, mixed, open access choir, singing contemporary repertoire from Nina Simone to DJ Fresh. The emphasis is on enjoying singing together with lots of energy and enthusiasm. Everything is Taught by ear - no written music is used at all. We perform at community events and have Members from across the mid-Cornwall area.  

Factum Arte Choir was forMed in 2009, mostly by students trained in the Kodaly Method of music instruction Taught by her musical director and professor Katalin Hajnoczy, degree in music education, direction and piano by the Music AcadeMy Ferenz Liszt (Hun...  moreFactum Arte Choir was forMed in 2009, mostly by students trained in the Kodaly Method of music instruction Taught by her musical director and professor Katalin Hajnoczy, degree in music education, direction and piano by the Music AcadeMy Ferenz Liszt (Hungary), and with a long career devoted to education in various places and educational institutions of Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa. Very high unpretentious music, the choir was created to provide coverage to the need to sing and further training of a group of friends singing around the figure of his teacher. The tiMe spent on the trials is very low in comparison to a standard chorus but over the years has drawn new Members, has taken on challenges in terms of repertoire, has been federated, offers concerts by the municipalities of Biscay, and share their work in exchanges with other choirs in and out of Euskadi. Since the beginning of his career have enjoyed the cooperation of Garbiñe Abendaño as a teacher of vocal technique.  less

[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...