[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] SoMe teachers find themselves having to lead singing sessions at their school. But often they don’t have that much experience of teaching songs ...
Mixed choir «Saluto» (Lithuania, Kaunas); Karl Jenkins "The arMed man: a mass for peace" I. "L'homMe arMe". The ArMed Man. The Museum Hall of Kaunas IX fort, 2012.06.14, Lithuania Kaunas Symphony Orchestra. Elena Kalvaitytė-Vitkauskienė, soprano J... more
Dynamix Minis perform a selection of songs from Mary Poppins, arranged by Darren Bartlett and accompanied by Magna Sinfonia Orchestra at the 2016 Celebration Concert featuring Dynamix Minis and Salvacosta. Dynamix Minis from Dynamix School of Vocal Exc... more
Dynamix Minis perform So Long Farewell from the Sound of Music, accompanied by Magna Sinfonia Orchestra at the 2016 Celebration Concert featuring Dynamix Minis and Salvacosta. Dynamix Minis from Dynamix School of Vocal Excellence. www.darrenbartlett.c... more
[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] for those of us who work to school terms, it is now the sumMer holidays. Unlike us poor folk here in the UK, the sumMer break is months long i...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last week I looked at how you get beyond the written word if you've been learning lyrics from sheets of paper. This week I want to look a...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] I’ve suddenly realised I don’t know what to call myself any more. I used to be a ‘choirmaster’ (a term I got from Gareth Malone and...
A contemporary Christian dance song titled Kele Chineke by Kelechi Ify ft Imo City Chorale and Orchestra Owerri
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] If I get 30 singers on one of my weekend workshops soMeone will say “Gosh, what a large group!” whilst another says “Quite low numb...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Unlike many ‘traditional’ classical or church choirs, Natural Voice choirs seldom use written scores. We don‘t assuMe that singers who att...