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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last time (Tuning up – where do start notes come from?) I talked about my aim of being able to give out a single note to my choir, instead of having to give a note to each separate part. Now I want to look at which ... read more
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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] OK, I’ll admit it up front: I’m a charlatan. I have no training for the job which gives me my income. So when it comes to giving starting notes out to my choir, I’m not very good. &nbs... read more
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By Adrian Ruckhofer (INTERKULTUR Choir Reporter), Singakademie Graz, AustriaTranslated from German to EnglishI always wanted to be part of a flashmob, now I finally was!!!We, the choir4graz, started our promotion tour in the shopping mall at Murpark. We spread in the whole building in groups of one or two. Then we got ... read more
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This post was originally written for www.onlinerehearsals.blogspot.com - I thought it might be of wider interest The time has come; some might say the time is long past, for us to decide what we are as a choir and how we move forward. In many ways this has been not so much a decision as an inexorable progressio... read more
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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] There are many choir leaders whose priority is to create as perfect a rendition of a written musical score as they can (see Music lives in flawed humans and not on the page). But my focus is on the people who are... read more
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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Unlike many ‘traditional’ classical or church choirs, Natural Voice choirs seldom use written scores. We don‘t assume that singers who attend our workshops have any singing experience or musical educati... read more
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During the summer of 2009 I had the opportunity to write a piece for the Orlando Consort (a leading male vocal quartet) as part of Lake District Summer Music's 4x4 composer residency. During the residency I worked with the group to write a piece called Prayer to Phoebus. It uses extracts from Chaucer's The Franklin's T... read more
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The World Youth Choir is one of the most original and important choirs that exists nowadays. Made of young singers between the ages of 17 and 26 from different nationalities, the World Youth Choir is a remarkable educational and social experience through different vocal traditions at the highest artistic level. The Wor... read more
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By Jelena Dobrota (INTERKULTUR Choir Reporter)Female Chamber Choir "Banjalučanke", Bosnia and Herzegowina Female chamber choir "Banjalučanke" exists for 35 years, in one form or another. But it was only three years ago that we went to a INTERKULTUR event for the first time. And the way we perceive choral mu... read more
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