[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...

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote that you shouldn’t believe everything you read when it comes to researching songs.     Photo by Ashley ...

The Major Minors Children’s Choir (New Zealand) are excited to be performing a selection of familiar songs from movies, musicals and pop songs at their next concert on 15 May. This will be the second Upper Hutt performance for the choir this year wi...

Na juriš in the mood! From marching songs to swing Na juriš in the mood! with music from the time of the fight against fascism. From music of pre-war Paris, Jewish, French and Italian partisan songs, American swing to Slovenian partisan songs. Fr...  moreNa juriš in the mood! From marching songs to swing Na juriš in the mood! with music from the time of the fight against fascism. From music of pre-war Paris, Jewish, French and Italian partisan songs, American swing to Slovenian partisan songs. From Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Kiss me Good Night, Sergeant Major, Lili Marleen, Lets Remember Pearl Harbour, Je suis swing, to Kovači smo and Na juriš. Author of the project and conductor: Karmina Šilec Carmina Slovenica Slovenian Armed Forces Orchestra Big band of the Slovenian Armed Forces Orchestra with soloists Janez Dovč, accordion Marko Črnčec, piano Matej Hotko, doublebass Gašper Peršl, percussion Saša Olenjuk, violin, guitar, harmonica Darko Rošker, tuba Nadja Stegne, Zvezdana Novaković, Mojca Potrč, Jasmina Črnčič, Eva Germ, vocal The Fighting Son of a Gun music and text Zeke Manners, transcription Marko Črnčec  less

Performed by Universitair Koor Antwerpen at their Christmas concert "A Midwinter Night's Dream" on December 13-14, 2016. Camera: Jelmer Lokman, Robin Van Limbergen, Ben Verhaegen Sound: Johan De Cock

Rachel L. Jackson, Minister of Music. conducts the Fremont Presbyterian Choir and Orchestra. Sacramento, California, December 10, 2022. Arranged for SATB by John Whittaker From FOLKsongs OF THE FOUR SEASONS - IV. WINTER (1949, arr. 2020) CELEBRATIN...  moreRachel L. Jackson, Minister of Music. conducts the Fremont Presbyterian Choir and Orchestra. Sacramento, California, December 10, 2022. Arranged for SATB by John Whittaker From FOLKsongs OF THE FOUR SEASONS - IV. WINTER (1949, arr. 2020) CELEBRATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF RALPH VAUGHN WILLIAMS Instructed by the greats including Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and friend Gustav Holtz, Composer Ralph Vaughn Williams was one of the first to gather folk songs and carols from around the countryside of England in the early 20th century. He found his identity as a national composer with his synthesis of folk music, classical training and the experience gained as Musical Editor of the English Hymnal. Composed over the span of four decades culminating in 1949, Folksongs of the Four Seasons is a cantata of 16 songs commissioned by The Women’s Institute; four for each season. The Winter section take the listener on a journey through the Christmas practices of the working poor in Victorian England. A...    less

Choirs R Us Christmas Concert 2022 in aid of Parkinson's UK: 'White Christmas' written by Irving Berlin. Arrangement and Choir Director: Jenny Bennett. Filmed by Tony Lymboura. For more info: www.choirsrus.co.uk

‘Last Christmas’ written by George Michael, vocal arrangement by Jenny Bennett, performed at our Choirs R Us Christmas Concert 2018 in Barnet on 8th December 2018 in aid of The Alzheimer’s Society. Choir Director: Jenny Bennett. Keyboardist: Ben Croft. ...  more‘Last Christmas’ written by George Michael, vocal arrangement by Jenny Bennett, performed at our Choirs R Us Christmas Concert 2018 in Barnet on 8th December 2018 in aid of The Alzheimer’s Society. Choir Director: Jenny Bennett. Keyboardist: Ben Croft. For more info: www.choirsrus.co.uk