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  • Chris Rowbury

    How to have fun AND rehearse for your next concert

    Added November 6, 2013 by Chris Rowbury - 1794 views - 0 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about choirs that choose not to perform. None of the choirs or singing groups that I have run were formed as performing groups.   Stellenbosch University Choir South Africa   I’ve ... read more

  • Valerie Dos Santos

    Cape Town International Choir Festival 2014

    Added November 3, 2013 by Valerie Dos Santos - 1109 views - 0 comments

    Hi   My name is Valerie and I am one of the events organisers for the Cape Town International Choir Festival. My role is to create awareness of the Festival and to facilitate the registration of choirs and the booking of any accomodation required by choirs wishing to participate in either of the 2 planned events... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Choirs that don’t perform - why on earth not??!!

    Added October 30, 2013 by Chris Rowbury - 1261 views - 0 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about Audiences at choral concerts.   Sangstream rehearsal by fiddledidee   But what if your choir doesn’t perform?   choirs don't have to perform When I started my first c... read more

  • Steve Currington

    Sounds Capital - 2014 PanPacific Barbershop Convention

    Added October 29, 2013 by Steve Currington - 1304 views - 0 comments

          2014 PanPacific Barbershop Convention to be held in New Zealand!!Huge couple of weeks of events..  High School contests, workshops, Annual National Convention, Pan Pacific Convention, Quartets & Choruses from all over the world, Awesome Harmony College..   You name it it is all hap... read more

  • Steve Currington

    Groupanizer gets an update with added services and a fresh look.

    Added October 29, 2013 by Steve Currington - 5434 views - 0 comments

    Groupanizer  - Choir Management System & and and option website host service -  has just had a refreshing update.. Updates and new service and a rf efreshed website.check it out http://www.groupanizer.com/

  • Dominique Hogan

    It’s too late for me….expecting more for ourselves

    Added October 23, 2013 by Dominique Hogan - 1165 views - 0 comments

    As parents we sign our kids up for numerous activities, swimming, skating, dancing, gymnastics, soccer, hockey,  music, choir, circus school, diving, horseback riding, you name it we do it, and we commit to driving them to all these activities week after week. We sign away our lives, agreeing to fundraise, carpool... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Audiences at choral concerts: who are they?

    Added October 23, 2013 by Chris Rowbury - 1875 views - 0 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   In July 2010, after ten years leading Woven Chords, we had our final concert together.   Little old ladies by Arty Smokes   As always, we had hoped for a full house packed with an enthusiastic audience. B... read more

  • That Choir

    That Choir Remembers 2013

    Added October 17, 2013 by That Choir - 806 views - 0 comments

    THAT CHOIR REMEMBERS conducted by Craig Pike featuring the Toronto premiere of Dark Night of the Soul by Ola Gjeilo with string quartet and piano Sunday, November 10 2013 - 8pm Metropolitan United Church Toronto, ON Tickets available at: www.thatchoir.com   That Choir invites you to take some time to... read more

  • Frank Eychaner

    24 Tools for your Bag of Rehearsal Tricks

    Added October 17, 2013 by Frank Eychaner - 9666 views - 0 comments

    Rehearse at a faster pace- When learning a slow song, pitch and line suffer because of vocal fatigue.  Speed up, or even double the tempo to learn notes.  You’re reinforcing good pitch and line!  Slow down the fastest tempos. Rehearse on a neutral syllable/vowel- Rehearse pieces with a bright af... read more

  • Phil Whitehead

    Note-bashing for the eager non-musicians.

    Added October 16, 2013 by Phil Whitehead - 2352 views - 0 comments

    Firstly, I'll take this opportunity to introduce myself. I'm a good musician, and a reasonable singer. I sit in the back corner of the choir and sing second bass, trying to sing so low that I can make the plastic chairs vibrate. Now, I say I'm a good musician, but I'm not a keyboard player. This means that while I can ... read more