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  • TMChoir

    Call for applicants for TMC 2012 Choral Conductors' Symposium

    Added October 25, 2011 by TMChoir - 882 views - 0 comments

    The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is now accepting applicants for the 2nd annual TMC Choral Conductors’ Symposium to be held in January 2012.  The TMC created this national symposium in 2011 as part of its Emerging Conductors Program to bring together emerging choral conductors with acclaimed conductor Noel Edis... read more

  • TMChoir

    New TMC podcast

    Added October 25, 2011 by TMChoir - 884 views - 0 comments

    Toronto Mendelssohn Choir has released a new podcast.  TMC Conductor Noel Edison, Associate Conductor Matthew Otto and Music Broadcaster Rick Phillips discuss the all Brahms program that will launch the TMC's 11/12 season on November 9th at Koerner Hall in Toronto.  Listen to the podcast: http://www.tmchoir.... read more

  • Interkultur Germany

    Čarobna frula and INTERKULTUR - World Choir Games in Cincinnati

    Added October 25, 2011 by Interkultur Germany - 1307 views - 0 comments

    The following text has first been pusblished on the INTERKULTUR Blog, "Personal reports" section.   By Marijan Milić (President of Croatian Music Society Čarobna frula, Conductor of youth choir Čarobna frula) When I saw on web the announcement for the 1st Choir Olympics in Linz 2000, I said to myself: That&... read more

  • Holly M

    Podcast #6 Vocal Warmup 1 — Vowels and mouth positioning

    Added October 23, 2011 by Holly M - 1048 views - 0 comments

    Podcast Powered By Podbean Not Twitter tweeting, but renaissance madrigal birds tweets make up most of the lyrics in the song Le chant des oyseaux.   Our director, Pierre, gives us direction in a particularly tricky section of the song and you'll get a taste of the intricacies of working this renaissance ma... read more

  • World Youth Choir

    World Youth Choir sings at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

    Added October 21, 2011 by World Youth Choir - 1095 views - 0 comments

    We are proud to announce that the World Youth Choir will participate at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert held in Oslo on December 11th – the annual musical tribute to the year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The choir has also been invited to sing at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony in Oslo City Hall on Dece... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Why my choir doesn’t sing songs from India

    Added October 20, 2011 by Chris Rowbury - 1584 views - 2 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   The simple reason is that India doesn’t have a harmony singing tradition, and I specialise in harmony singing.     Photo by willsfca   The same goes for most other countries in Asia.   ... read more

  • Kathryn Burrington

    A celebration of Gospel Choirs not to be missed

    Added October 17, 2011 by Kathryn Burrington - 884 views - 0 comments

    London Community Gospel Choir will be hosting what is bound to be an amazing concert later this month in London. Tickets just £5. Read more about the event on my blogsite

  • Chris Rowbury

    Flash, bang, wallop! Photographing choirs

    Added October 13, 2011 by Chris Rowbury - 4600 views - 0 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   One of the many bees in my bonnet is the photographs of choirs.     Photo by sludgeulper   I have yet to see a photo of any reasonably sized choir (say, over 30 members) which is of any interest to ... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    How to reach every choir member without repeating yourself

    Added October 6, 2011 by Chris Rowbury - 1501 views - 0 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A few years ago conductor Kenneth Woods posted an item on his blog, A View from the Podium, about the problems of having to repeat oneself constantly in rehearsals: As I was just saying.     Photo by vernh... read more

  • Marianne  Barton

    Singing for peace

    Added October 4, 2011 by Marianne Barton - 1111 views - 0 comments

    You can now see members of The Really Big Chorus doing their bit for the Global Sing for Peace, recording the Agnus Dei from Karl Jenkins 'The Armed Man'  at Abbey Road Studios in June (see the video here).  More of us are recently returned from New York where we sang at the Lincoln Centre as g... read more