IT was great to see new faces and welcome our new Friends, president and vice-presidents at the Elgar Chorale's summer get-together. Truly an evening of wine, women and Song - there were even a few gentlemen and a mouthwatering feast laid o...
[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...
Music by Michael W Smith & Joanna Carlson, arr. by Heather Sprenson
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I caught a scene from the movie Spartacus the other day. The character played by Tony Curtis was asked to perform a Song. He then proceeded to speak ...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Many people have no idea how a Song is learnt by ear. They assume that written music is a must. But don’t forget that people have been singing (and l...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] A while ago I wrote about an artist who thought that music resides in the musical notation and a musician's job is to realise that notation perfectly. &nb...
Barlow Bradford's Utah Chamber Artists sing "Carol of the Mother" by Alfred Burt at their 2012 Christmas concert at Libby Gardner Concert Hall.
Thessaloniki Friends of Music Children's Choir - Christmas 2010 Concert Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672): Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV 435 Κonstantinos Paliatsaras, Evangelist Nadia Fiorou, angel Gregory Pirialakos, Herode Athina Milousi,Gior... more
Cantores Celestes Women's Choir Kelly Galbraith: Director Tom Power: Guitar John Showman: Fiddle recorded on Dec 6, 2014 'An Appalachian Christmas' recorded by Patric McGroarty www.cantorescelestes.com http://www.facebook.com/CantoresCelestes ht... more
A brilliant moment from our concert in Stirling's Tolbooth Theatre. :-) 5/5/15
