[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I realise that apart from my profile page on this blog, you probably don’t know much about me or my journey to become a Choir and singing workshop lea...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I often get people writing to me for advice about Choirs. Some of them don’t agree with the direction their Choir leader is taking them, some ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   The fact is that pretty much anyone can lead a Choir. Some do it better than others and some do it worse, but it’s not rocket science. However,...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] How do you know if a Choir session or singing workshop or performance has been a success? photo by shadowkilla_tk And if it has gone badly, how does that...

MidAtlantic Chamber Choir Personnel: Jason C. Tramm, Conductor Soprano Paige Porter Veronica Shea Salkin Samantha Ferrara Hillary Baboukis Alto Kimberlee Korzelius Sophia Mortensen Irene Lyristakis Tenor Rider Foster Zachary Morehouse ...  moreMidAtlantic Chamber Choir Personnel: Jason C. Tramm, Conductor Soprano Paige Porter Veronica Shea Salkin Samantha Ferrara Hillary Baboukis Alto Kimberlee Korzelius Sophia Mortensen Irene Lyristakis Tenor Rider Foster Zachary Morehouse Jose Daniel Mojica Charles Bryan Kevin Courtemanche Bass Christian Arencibia Peter Lamendola Devin McGuire Skyler Klein Video/Audio Engineering: Quinton Tramm David Winkler, Producer Recorded: June 4, 2022 Broadway Presbyterian Church (Manhattan) From Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought 4. Sonnet : Is it for fear to wet a widow’s eye ------------- BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Is it for fear to wet a widow’s eye, That thou consum’st thy self in single life? Ah! if thou issueless shalt hap to die, The world will wail thee like a makeless wife; The world will be thy widow and still weep That thou no form of thee hast left behind, When every private widow well may keep By children’s eyes, her husband’s shape in mind: Look what an unthrift ...    less

Psalm 150 Ernest Widmer (1927-1990) Jovem Canto Youth Choir Altamiro Bernardes - director X International Choir Festival MUNDUS CANTAT Sopot - Poland May 2014 Ernst Widmer (1927-1990) was a Swiss-Brazilian composer, conductor, pianist and pro...  morePsalm 150 Ernest Widmer (1927-1990) Jovem Canto Youth Choir Altamiro Bernardes - director X International Choir Festival MUNDUS CANTAT Sopot - Poland May 2014 Ernst Widmer (1927-1990) was a Swiss-Brazilian composer, conductor, pianist and professor. He came to Brazil in 1956 and spent half of his life in Salvador. He was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Music. He was master of three generations of conductors and composers in Brazil. PSALM 150 is a contemporary piece with rhythmic, harmonic and contrapuntal challenges. With its sounds of bells, trumpets, strings, flutes and timpani, describes the psalm and ends with a Hallelujah in the form of liturgical dance that grows up to the grand finale.  less

Navy hymn sung by Hawai'i Sacred Choir with brass. It will give you "chicken skin"! Hawaii Sacred Choir & Rick Broadwell Brass Quartet. Rev. Daniel Werning - Artistic Director. Rick Broadwell - trumpet solo, Russell Ishida - trumpet, Thomas Hesch - t...  moreNavy hymn sung by Hawai'i Sacred Choir with brass. It will give you "chicken skin"! Hawaii Sacred Choir & Rick Broadwell Brass Quartet. Rev. Daniel Werning - Artistic Director. Rick Broadwell - trumpet solo, Russell Ishida - trumpet, Thomas Hesch - trombone, TJ Ricer - bass trombone. Recorded on May 20, 2012  

Ss. Cyril & Methodios Choir Music Director: Maria Emma Meligopoulou Μουσικό σύνολο: Νίκος Ζαφρανάς (πιάνο, τσέμπαλο) Έλπίδα Τσάμη (πιάνο) Aθηνά Βρεττού (βιολί) Στεφανία Χασάπη (βιολί) Σοφία Βρεττού (τσέλο) Λυδία Τσάμη (τσέλο) Παραγωγή: ΟΜΜΘ ...  moreSs. Cyril & Methodios Choir Music Director: Maria Emma Meligopoulou Μουσικό σύνολο: Νίκος Ζαφρανάς (πιάνο, τσέμπαλο) Έλπίδα Τσάμη (πιάνο) Aθηνά Βρεττού (βιολί) Στεφανία Χασάπη (βιολί) Σοφία Βρεττού (τσέλο) Λυδία Τσάμη (τσέλο) Παραγωγή: ΟΜΜΘ Υπεύθυνος καλλιτεχνικού προγραμματισμού: Παναγιώτης Κουντούρης Οργάνωση και εκτέλεση παραγωγής: Μαρία Ροδοκαλάκη Stage manager: Κάλλια Κεραμέως Οδηγοί σκηνής: Δημήτρης Γρηγοριάδης, Ία Τσχομελίτζε Ήχος: Τριαντάφυλλος Ζαχαριάδης Φώτα: Άγγελος Τενεκετζής, Φώτης Καψάλας Παραγωγή video: fractal productions Ηχοληψία: Red Sxore Music  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I find it hard to believe, but I started my Choir WorldSong way back in October 1997. In 2007, we planned several events to celebrate our 10th anniversary...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I started my first community Choir over 20 years ago. I used to worry that, after the long summer break, the singers would have forgotten me and wouldn’...