[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   We’re in the middle of learning a Song. People are struggling a bit. Then someone asks: “What note is that?”   Photo by ph...

The stage lights fall, the crowd goes quiet, and four harmonious voices rise up and fill the air. The melodies unfurl into something both familiar and fresh. What comes next may be a classic Song by Joni Mitchell or Louis Prima. It may be an old bebop st...  moreThe stage lights fall, the crowd goes quiet, and four harmonious voices rise up and fill the air. The melodies unfurl into something both familiar and fresh. What comes next may be a classic Song by Joni Mitchell or Louis Prima. It may be an old bebop standard or cheeky arrangement of a 1980s hit. But these are arrangements like you’ve never heard them before—containing all the richness of a full band, but performed using just four voices. This is Cadence, Canada’s premiere vocal group. Based in Toronto, this a cappella ensemble has been wowing audiences across the country and around the world for nearly 15 years. Whether performing at sold-out jazz clubs and concert halls, at music festivals, for educational outreach, or for corporate functions, the members of Cadence bring an infectious energy and uncanny verve to every Song they sing. The group’s four critically acclaimed studio albums, Cool Yule (2011), Speak Easy (2010), Twenty for One (2005), and Frost Free (2000) have won or been nominated for nume...    less

An excerpt from movement IV of my Requiem (2007) as performed by the Orlando Chamber Singers under the direction of Gregory Ruffer. text: Keats (from Ode to a Nightingale) Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in Love with e...  moreAn excerpt from movement IV of my Requiem (2007) as performed by the Orlando Chamber Singers under the direction of Gregory Ruffer. text: Keats (from Ode to a Nightingale) Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in Love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a musèd rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain  

Originally formed in the UK in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 2011, Voice of the Town is a mixed-voice adult vocal group. The group was set up to perform exciting vocal material at a variety of events, and to give men and women who Love singing, the platform to g...  moreOriginally formed in the UK in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 2011, Voice of the Town is a mixed-voice adult vocal group. The group was set up to perform exciting vocal material at a variety of events, and to give men and women who Love singing, the platform to get involved in a fun and sociable musical experience. The Voice Of The Town family has now grown and not only do we have our choirs in Newcastle and Birmingham, but we also have choirs in Edinburgh and Glasgow.  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Some people are put off when they come across a Song with foreign words. They prefer to sing Songs in English. photo by Chell Hill Not only are they missin...

We Love good A-cappella music! Choriosity is a community-based a-cappella-choir in the YMCA (CVJM) Ulm. 120 singers aged 18 to (about ;) 30 dive into the diversity of sound, rhythms and a-cappella-feeling! You wanna see/hear more? Instagram: @choriosi...  moreWe Love good A-cappella music! Choriosity is a community-based a-cappella-choir in the YMCA (CVJM) Ulm. 120 singers aged 18 to (about ;) 30 dive into the diversity of sound, rhythms and a-cappella-feeling! You wanna see/hear more? Instagram: @choriosity Facebook: www.facebook.com/choriosity Website: www.choriosity.de Snapchat, Twitter: @choriosity M+T: Walk the Moon Arr.: T. Anderson Video: 89tasten.de  

Performed by Stella Choir - REPERTOIRE OF SPRING 2024 Contact : stellachoirstaff@gmail.com Conductor : jad.harjane19@gmail.com In the dark (die donker) I see a delicate flame, evoking memories of simpler days. Love and fear merge as I seek solace fro...  morePerformed by Stella Choir - REPERTOIRE OF SPRING 2024 Contact : stellachoirstaff@gmail.com Conductor : jad.harjane19@gmail.com In the dark (die donker) I see a delicate flame, evoking memories of simpler days. Love and fear merge as I seek solace from the approaching darkness. Dans le noir (die donker) je vois une flamme délicate, évocation de souvenirs de jours heureux. L'amour et la peur se mêlent alors que je cherche le réconfort face à l'obscurité. Die Donker (The Dark) Two Afrikaans Songs Arranged by André van der Merwe Conducted by Jad Harjane Die Gang - Christopher Torr (Published by: Christopher Torr Music) As performed by Laurika Rauch Klein Tambotieboom - Die Heuwels Fantasties Video directed by Mohammed Ben Yekhlef at LADABATEK , Tangier  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A while back I taught a Song wrongly. Not for the first time!     Even though I corrected myself quickly, the original version stuck in peo...

Say No ! is an international project for choirs and small musical ensembles. Together we sing ‘No to War’. Our Song is a tribute to deserters and war objectors. This hymn is also a call to FleeTheFrenzy: say 'No' to the madness of weaponry and war.

Camelot: The Shining City The Albion Choir (VERY appropriately named, no?) were magnificent in singing some of the Song arrangements for the show. They’re a fairly new choir based (handily) in Sheffield, a small but mighty bunch of ridiculous...