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[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I’m probably preaching to the converted here as I guess most of you reading this already sing regularly. photo by T Sundup So how about getting someone else to start singing in 2015? If we all ... read more
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Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 7pm, Dallas City Performance Hall Downtown Arts District 2520 Flora Street, Dallas Featuring Credo Choir, Dallas Street Choir, Richland College Chamber Singers With Special Guests Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano and Jonathon Welch, tenor Jonathan Palant... read more
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[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] It’s the time of year when many people make resolutions, set goals and devise plans for the coming year. photo by --Tico-- But is this a useful thing to do, and if you do it, how likely are you... read more
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[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Fed up with the family slumped in front of the TV every Christmas and not communicating? Then turn off the TV and start singing! Christmas is a fantastic time to sing with others. There are so many C... read more
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John Rutter writes beautifully about Christmas carols and singing in the Spectator. So, Christmas carols — they haven’t really gone away, but we don’t sing them as much as we used to. We aren’t, in general, much good at massed singing these days. Look around you at a church we... read more
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Hailed by Fanfare as "the premier men's vocal ensemble in the United States," Cantus presents the heartwarming true story of a truce held during World War I on Christmas night in 1914, exactly one hundred years ago. Using actual quotes and letters from soldiers, Cantus shares one of the greates... read more
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[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] “Hark the herald angels sing”. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge. Slade’s “Merry Christmas everybody”. “White Christmas” on TV. Midnight... read more
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The acclaimed pianist returns to the Met for a festive holiday performance with a program including Poulenc's Suite française, Debussy's Suite bergamasque, Crumb's A Little Suite for Christmas, and Schubert's Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960. Tickets to this event i... read more
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As a young chorister, I was entranced by Robert Shaw's arrangement of "The Twelve Days of Christmas". Twenty years later, I decided to take the plunge and compose my own arrangement for SATB divisi a cappella choir. I hope you enjoy this, and may consider it for your choral performances in 2015! This is available throu... read more
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Piano music for choir? Why not! Written originally for solo vocalist, I turned this into an SATB choral tongue-twister--a cappella--and then added a piano part, which was further orchestrated for choirs performing with orchestra during the holiday season. If you know Chopin's "Minute Waltz", this is the very same set f... read more
