[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I regularly get emails out of the blue from various singing groups scattered across the globe asking for gigs. Recently I had one from a Russian ensemble, ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Many English pop groups in the 60s started off by emulating their cousins from across the pond and sang with an American accent. Cliff Richard still does! ...

SKOWRONKI Girls' choir Maria Lewandowska - harp Alicja Szeluga conductor Gaudete! Live concert 21/12/2012 Poznań, Poland www.chor-skowronki.pl http://www.facebook.com/chorskowronki

MISSION STATEMENT The primary objective of the Choral Music Program at KCKCC is to educate students through the stylistic variety and tonal diversity of the choral genre, based on historical precedent. This objective is achieved by exposing students to m...  moreMISSION STATEMENT The primary objective of the Choral Music Program at KCKCC is to educate students through the stylistic variety and tonal diversity of the choral genre, based on historical precedent. This objective is achieved by exposing students to music of different nationalities and/or cultures and their commitment to recreate a unique tone quality that identifies with the cultural environment of each composition.  

A Promotional video of the Octavian Singers. for more information, go to www.theoctaviansingers.org

[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 t...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Last week I wrote about the pleasures of being a choir member.     choir conductor Marjukka Riihimäki by Kanttila   This week I ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   After the long summer break, I used to arrive really early at the first choir session, sit by the door, and worry that nobody would come back.   ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   It turns out that the devil might not hAve the best tunes after all.     Although I run a secular choir (I don’t hAve a religiou...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   You work on a song in choir week after week, but slowly things seem to get worse. You worry about getting the words right, you can’t seem to re...