• southbankcentre

    Chorus Festival - Family Workshop, 6 May at Southbank Centre

    Added April 22, 2013 by southbankcentre - 1081 views - 0 comments

    Sing together with your family this May Bank Holiday...Singers, workshops, rehearsals and a wide range of choral performances, all ringing out from the foyers and outdoor spaces - with plenty of opportunities to join in!The Monday Family Workshop Bring your parents, children and grandparents to the Monday Family Works... read more

  • southbankcentre

    Chorus Festival - Three-Day Workshop, 4 - 6 May at Southbank Centre

    Added April 22, 2013 by southbankcentre - 743 views - 0 comments

    Immerse yourself in three days of accessible and high quality music-making with one of the UK's finest music educators and be part of the Festival Finale Chorus Project, Home Is Where You Find Your Freedom - all for just £25!Having completed twenty years of teaching at Guildhall School of Music along with working... read more

  • Karen Boyce

    Why Join a Choir?

    Added April 20, 2013 by Karen Boyce - 2922 views - 0 comments

    Why would anyone bother to join a choir? Why would somebody ever want to do that? Most of us will remember some experience singing at school- be it good or bad- the national anthem, some song for a concert or a play with a song, a teacher strumming a guitar or dare I say it an opportunity to have time away from the... read more

  • MelbourneInternationalSingersFestival

    Australia’s Most Exciting New Festival For Choirs And Singers Of All Styles And Ages!

    Added April 18, 2013 by MelbourneInternationalSingersFestival - 625 views - 0 comments

    Melbourne International Singers Festival   Including Melbourne Eisteddfod   June 5 – 10, 2013   Australia’s Most Exciting New Festival For Choirs And Singers Of All Styles And Ages!   Melbourne International Singers Festival offers the most exciting and diverse range of workshops... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Is all choral music religious?

    Added April 17, 2013 by Chris Rowbury - 5294 views - 0 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Shama is from Bangladesh. She loves choral singing, but wonders if all choral music is religious:   “I love singing and have been singing since I was 9. Although I started out with learning Bengali classical... read more

  • Stephen Bigger

    World Choirs

    Added April 15, 2013 by Stephen Bigger - 1403 views - 0 comments

    Greetings to all Choir Lovers! I am so excited to be a part of the growing world choir phenomenon. So many possibilities exist for singers, composers, and lovers of vocal music to connect and collaborate not only musically, but socially as well. Having been in choirs and orchestras since I was very young, I am so glad ... read more

  • Gemma Francis

    Any Choirs in the South East? Come and join The BIG Sing for our BIG FEST!

    Added April 11, 2013 by Gemma Francis - 867 views - 0 comments

    The BIG Sing presents it's first ever Choir Festival in Chelmsford! We have a jammed packed day of workshops in store from some of the UK's finest Choir Directors. We will uniting 500 singers from Choirs across Essex to fill the Civic Theatre with a mass uplifting sound!   The BIG Sing Choir will be bringing the... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    What kind of feedback do you want?

    Added April 10, 2013 by Chris Rowbury - 2036 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 getting feedback from singers and choir leaders. But not all feedback is equal.   Feedback can come in many forms: speech, writing, applause, by email, face to face, and so on. Sometimes one... read more

  • Charlene Grant

    LCGC to host International Choir Festival in London May 2013

    Added April 5, 2013 by Charlene Grant - 1140 views - 0 comments

    LCGC to Host International Choir Festival As Part their 30th Birthday Celebrations   One of the highlights of LCGC’s 30 year anniversary is the gathering of at least thirty choirs from all corners of the World to celebrate in London over the bank holiday weekend of 4 to 6 May 2013 with expert workshops, un... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Why feedback is important when teaching and learning songs

    Added April 2, 2013 by Chris Rowbury - 1778 views - 0 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I was running a one-day workshop a while back and it seemed to me that the whole thing wasn’t gelling. People seemed uninspired, energy was low, and it was taking ages for people to pick up the songs.   &nb... read more