Mistango Choir Festival
  • VIVA

    VIVA's traditional Advent concerts

    Added November 28, 2011 by VIVA - 862 views - 0 comments

    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 parish:Sandnes kirke on Sunday 18. December at 1800 and 2000 hrs. T... read more

  • Liz Garnett

    Conduct with Charisma - reminder

    Added November 28, 2011 by Liz Garnett - 662 views - 0 comments

    Calling all choral directors:   Quick reminder that the early-bird booking discount for the Conduct with Charisma workshop ends on 16 December 2011. Now is a great time to send in your booking before it can get caught up in the Christmas post!   For more details and to download your booking form, please v... read more

  • Holly M

    DA CAPO -- Joel Haslam and Regional Contact, CJOH TV 1990

    Added November 28, 2011 by Holly M - 3820 views - 0 comments

    Pete, Dawn, Louise, Holly, Katrina, Margo, Marjorie, John and Bob  -- the Stairwell Carollers, Xmas, 1990 Way back in 1990, when human beings were still manning all the cameras at CJOH and show guests had a dressing room and a makeup artist, Joel Haslam decided to do a segment on us for his own show about local t... read more

  • Melanie Holt

    Sell Out Christmas Concert

    Added November 27, 2011 by Melanie Holt - 738 views - 0 comments

    Bridgnorth Choral Society’s Christmas Concert with The Oldbury Wells Vocal Group ‘Encore’ is to be performed to a sell out crowd on Saturday 17th December at the Bridgnorth Baptist Church.   The venue’s capacity has been reached almost a month ahead of the event and Musical Director Derek... read more

  • Holly M

    CD SPOTLIGHT -- Qui Creavit Celum -- Our first CD

    Added November 27, 2011 by Holly M - 1341 views - 0 comments

    CD cover In May, 1997, we recorded our first CD, a Christmas Carol collection, named for Pierre's original lullaby-like Christmas carol, Qui creavit celum.   It became the title track which started a tradition -- each of our Christmas CDs to date have an original carol by Pierre as the title track. It has 27 Ch... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    There’s nothing interesting to see at concerts, so why go?

    Added November 24, 2011 by Chris Rowbury - 1499 views - 0 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Not being a regular concert-goer myself, I often wonder why people make the effort to go to concerts.     'A Choral Voyage' concert by dithyrambic.singers   What is it that they look at?  ... read more

  • Dominique Hogan

    Which came first, Music or Technique?

    Added November 23, 2011 by Dominique Hogan - 957 views - 0 comments

    http://burstinwithbroadway.com/2011/11/23/which-came-first-music-or-technique/

  • Chris Rowbury

    Songs of the Republic of Georgia and the origins of polyphony

    Added November 17, 2011 by Chris Rowbury - 2256 views - 4 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I love Georgian songs and singing.     Not songs from the Georgian era in British history, not songs from the state of Georgia in the US, the Georgia Sea Islands or even South Georgia in the south... read more

  • Interkultur Germany

    Finally on the list: Stellenbosch University Choir

    Added November 17, 2011 by Interkultur Germany - 1022 views - 0 comments

        Have you seen it? On Monday we had an update of choirs that have newly registered for the 2012 World Choir Games (WCG). Six new nations will be there and finally an old acquaintance is on that list, too: Stellenbosch University Choir from South Africa, double champion of the 2010 World Choir Games in ... read more

  • Introducing children to classical concerts – less doesn’t have

    Added November 14, 2011 by scchoir - 1016 views - 0 comments

    This is an extract from our full blog on classical concerts for children:   It’s one of the perennial questions asked by those involved in promoting classical concerts: how do we get more young people (and indeed children) coming to hear how wonderful classical music is live, and to instil in them a real l... read more