[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   How many Times have you been standing next to someone in your choir section and realised that they’re singing something different from you? &n...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   At the End of each of my one-day workshops I’ve recently started to record all the songs I’ve taught during the day. It’s nice for peopl...

Live by Bel Canto Choir Vilnius. Buy our music on: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/bel-canto-choir-vilnius/id704827966 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_srch_drd_B00F4ZGJNI?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=Bel%20Canto%20Choir%20Vilnius&index=digi...  moreLive by Bel Canto Choir Vilnius. Buy our music on: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/bel-canto-choir-vilnius/id704827966 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_srch_drd_B00F4ZGJNI?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=Bel%20Canto%20Choir%20Vilnius&index=digital-music&search-type=ss Once Upon the Time in the West (Ennio Morricone). Live by Bel Canto Choir Vilnius, featuring soloist Lina Dambrauskaite, the Choir’s tenor Romanas Matulis and Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra. the piece was exclusively arranged for the Bel Canto Choir Vilnius by the Lithuanian composer Vladimiras Konstantinovas. This video is from the Bel Canto Choir Vilnius’ Christmas & 5th anniversary concert entitled This is the Only Night, at the Lithuanian National Philharmonics on November 30 and December 1, 2014. For more information on the Choir, please visit its web site at http://www.chorasbelcanto.lt Credits: Arturas Dambrauskas (Artistic Director & Chief Conductor of Bel Canto Choir Vilnius); Audrius Valatkevicius (Executive Producer); Vyta...    less

First Published: Notthechurchlady 'Have Organ Shoes will Travel' by Kelly Galbraith   of course I’ll do it!’ I told maestro David Fallis. I remember the morning well, Sunday Dec 8, 2013 because it was the day after Ca...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Have you ever been swept along by the enthusiasm of a singing session only to feel drained at the End or with a sore throat and aching legs?   ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Learning and polishing a song can be a long process. Some people find it a chore and can’t wait to get to the End result: a public performance....

Polyhymnia is a small select ensemble of singers focusing on historically informed performance of sacred music from the courts and cathedrals of the Renaissance world. the ensemble has been in residence at the Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch since 2003....  morePolyhymnia is a small select ensemble of singers focusing on historically informed performance of sacred music from the courts and cathedrals of the Renaissance world. the ensemble has been in residence at the Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch since 2003. Polyhymnia's singers are drawn from many sources, including some of the finest church choirs in New York Since 2000, director John Bradley has been creating original editions of music for the ensemble, some of it secreted in manuscript collections since the 16th century. Working in concert with libraries, liturgical historians and institutions, Polyhymnia hopes to both preserve and reintroduce choral masterworks of the Renaissance and early Baroque in ways that both entertain and elucidate. In addition to the concert series, the ensemble's unique relationship with Saint Ignatius of Antioch, a forerunner in the preservation of historical liturgy, provides opportunities to perform Renaissance and Baroque music in a liturgical context, while fostering musical ...    less

Enjoy our polyphonic "Live at Home" performance of the 90's Bette Midler hit "From a Distance". With this "Year-End" or "Christmas" version we want to reflect on the events of the past year and wish everyone prosperity, joy and happiness!

VIVA, Sandnes kulturskolekor sing their traditional Advent Concerts like they have done over the past 40 years the last week-End before Christmas. This year's guest concert in Madlamark kirke on Saturday 17. December at 1800 hrs, and in our own par...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   there are some workshop and choir leaders who work through fear. they are not particularly nice people, but they do get good results.   phot...