I can’t tell you how many times I’ve Heard that “music is math.” Whether in relation to something simple (counting), or something more esoteric (highly-developed, academic analyses of harmony and structure), or whether it is a misg...
It is fun and challenging to truly listen. When you allow the sound you Hear to connect with the brain, some interesting synapses are formed. Whether you are listening to a recording, live performance or a conversation, using the energy to tru...
(adapted from a post in the Stairwell Carollers Choir Blog) David Rain, tenor: How on earth do you Hear everyone, including our mistakes, while singing along at full throttle? Pierre: I'm not sure, but you're definitely right...
I just added 3 more scrolling score videos on YouTube for Jewish choral works - seeking live performances. Adon olam (God is the Eternal one) for SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied Sung in Hebrew Synthesized performance...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Sometimes I only have to Hear two notes of a song and I know what it is. Photo by bishib70 Often I join in with someone singing a song...
This hymn is an unequivocal call to commitment to follow the Master and to fulfill our vocation through service. the language is unambiguous. Our calling is to save a “never dying soul” and “fit it for the sky” for Eternal life with Christ. In other w... more
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] there is a time of blissful ignorance before you Hear a song for the first time. Later on, there comes a time when you know the song thoroughly, y...
One of our newest pieces. Well worth a listen... Come and Hear it in full in the coming weeks. Dates here: http://albionchoir.org.uk/joomla/index.php/live
ALBION's first visit to the ancient capital of York, the first of two concerts in Holy Trinity Church on Goodramgate. This concert is a "pay what you decide", a bargain as our concert tickets are normally £10. Hear Albion breath a n...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I love my job. I get to stand in front of a bunch of singers and Hear wonderful harmonies washing over me. Antony Gormley's Field for the...
