• Gilad  Hochman

    Choral & Cello Solo Work

    Added July 22, 2012 by Gilad Hochman - 1706 views - 0 comments

    Greetings,   I am happy to present you with my composition for SSAATB and cello solo and would be interested in your impressions on it.   "Whom My Soul Loveth" was composed on the hebrew Biblical text of Song of Songs 3, 1 and commissioned in 2009 by Kammerchor Aachen in Germany.   I... read more

  • Liz Garnett

    Production and Production Capacity in the Choral Rehearsal

    Added July 19, 2012 by Liz Garnett - 1104 views - 0 comments

    This post originally appeared on www.HelpingYouHarmonise.com   One of the foundational concepts in Stephen Covey’s book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is the distinction between production and production capacity.* Production is getting stuff done – generating whatever outputs a par... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Do you need singing lessons in order to sing?

    Added July 19, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 3367 views - 0 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I often get enquiries from people looking for one-to-one singing lessons. I tell them that unfortunately I don’t offer them.     I recommend that they join a choir instead. But some people feel t... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Finding out about songs: two real-world examples

    Added July 12, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 1672 views - 0 comments

    [this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote that you shouldn’t believe everything you read when it comes to researching songs.     Photo by Ashley Dace   This week I’d like to give you two concrete e... read more

  • Liz Garnett

    Effecting Change Effectively

    Added July 10, 2012 by Liz Garnett - 1079 views - 0 comments

    This is the first of a series that originally appeared on Helping You Harmonise.    One of the interesting things that happens when amateur musicians build themselves a training infrastructure is that they bring an incredible breadth of skills and knowledge from different walks of professional life and appl... read more

  • Melanie Holt

    Music from Stage & Screen went down a treat!

    Added July 10, 2012 by Melanie Holt - 1285 views - 0 comments

    An uplifting and light-hearted evening of ‘Music from Stage and Screen’ was performed to a full house at Bridgnorth Baptist Church last weekend by Bridgnorth Choral Society and special guests Oldbury Wells School Vocal Group 'Encore'. Musical Director Derek Westwood commented that ‘the concert went su... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Finding out about songs: don’t believe everything you read!

    Added July 5, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 1332 views - 0 comments

    [this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I was in the middle of planning a workshop and was checking through a few songs to make sure I had the correct lyrics, source, meaning, background, etc.     I came across a few that I couldn&r... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    The problem with men: getting them, handling them, keeping them

    Added June 28, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 2833 views - 1 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   What is it with blokes and singing? In most open-access adult workshops that I run, only 10% of the participants are men (and it seems to be getting less all the time). Many male voice choirs have an aging membership... read more

  • vocaldente -  a cappella art

    Tribute to Michael Jackson: from 1958 to 2009, from “Wanna be s

    Added June 26, 2012 by vocaldente - a cappella art - 934 views - 0 comments

    Yesterday was the third anniversary of the death of one of the most colorful characters in the pop-world (nobody ever wore more sequins!) He was one of the greatest dancers (do you know anyone who REALLY can dance the “moonwalk”?), one of the most influential singers and musicians of all times and – l... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    S, A, T or B – which is the part for me?

    Added June 21, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 4060 views - 0 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I blame it on the Italians.     Photo by cbmd   The founder of the modern musical stave was an Italian; many well-known musical forms — sonata, cantata, aria — were invented in Italy... read more