[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   As promised in last week’s post (Singers who learn by ear vs. those who use sheet music – what happens when they swap?), this is the firs...

@ Çanakkale choir Festival Conductor is directing the performance of the audience when they begin to sing. Such a great moment...

9th International choir and orchestra festival in Rome (Italy)8.03. - 12.03.2023 ROME – a multifaced mythNames such as “Eternal City” or “Centre of the World” are not too modest. However, the Italian metropolis boasts them...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Shama is from Bangladesh. She loves choral singing, but wonders if all choral music is religious:   “I love singing and have been singing sinc...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Many of us don’t like the sound of our singing voice. Some people won’t even sing in front of others because they don’t want to inf...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   You’re learning a song in four-part harmony and you think you’ve nailed your harmony part.   © Copyright Basher Eyre and li...

A choral piece composed by an 18-year old Slovenian talent Matej Kastelic (one of the singers as well). Not too perfect, but still nice performance by his Conservatoire collegues.

From our 2013 Lessons and Carols Candlelight Service. We are joined by guest vocalists Holly Ruth Gale (Assistant Professor of Music, ATU) and Jeremy Hopper (student, UCA).

Coral Reyes Bartlet David Martel, piano José Híjar Polo, director Concierto Extraordinario Fiestas de Julio Iglesia de la Peña de Francia, Puerto de la Cruz 1 de julio de 2015 Imagen y sonido: Mediawink

A powerful declaration for freedom and equality, Rich Campbell’s “Border” is angular, emotional, and desperate. The text draws from (and paraphrases) several sources: contemporary media, Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus,” the Bible’s Matthew 25:31-40, curr...  moreA powerful declaration for freedom and equality, Rich Campbell’s “Border” is angular, emotional, and desperate. The text draws from (and paraphrases) several sources: contemporary media, Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus,” the Bible’s Matthew 25:31-40, currency, and others. The changing meters of “Border” fill the work with an up-tempo, rhythmic energy that propels it forward. Campbell’s piece hardly relents, even as the pace slows this work presses forward with a colorful and often modal harmonic language. “Border” is a call for justice, empathy and compassion, a summons to our collective conscience.  less