First and second moveMents of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Folk Songs of the Four Seasons. Sung by the Les Sirènes Female Chamber choir and accompanied by the Les Sirènes Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Nunn. St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow, 26/06/11.
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last week I looked at What is unique about singing together. In this post, I’ll consider which aspects of singing together can be duplicated online and...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last tiMe I looked at what music notation is for and if you need it to sing. Sight reading by discopalace This week I’d like to ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] People don’t often talk about the downsides of singing. We constantly bang on about the health benefits, social aspects, etc. but...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] The simple reason is that India doesn’t have a harmony singing tradition, and I specialise in harmony singing. Photo by willsfca ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Singers in a choir are used to singing their harmony part surrounded by others singing the saMe thing. Holding a part by themselves in a small group ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Out coMe all the favourite songs that everyone loves – songs that you’ve sung hundreds of tiMes before. photo by John Bencina ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last week in Now THAT’S what I call singing! VoluMe 1 I shared soMe of my favourite songs from Europe: Corsica, Georgia, Russian orthodox, gypsy, th...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] This post is part of a series of occasional Questions and Answers. Just contact Chris if you want to submit a question. Tim wro...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] SoMe people really struggle when it coMes to learning a song by ear. Often it’s singers who are used to using sheet music, but not always. &nb...