Christmas 2021

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There are people out there desperate to find more songs for their choir.   photo by Victor Grigas   They record everything at singing...

Twice a year Chris Rowbury creates a choir from scratch over just six rehearsals. There are no auditions and all songs are taught by ear. The idea is that we go on an imginary Singing Safari collecting exotic songs from around the world. The Singing Safar...  moreTwice a year Chris Rowbury creates a choir from scratch over just six rehearsals. There are no auditions and all songs are taught by ear. The idea is that we go on an imginary Singing Safari collecting exotic songs from around the world. The Singing Safari began at the Warwick Folk Festival in 2006, and continued in 2011 when Chris moved to Suffolk. The winter safari ends in a shared concert in Ipswich, and the summer safari is a free half hour performance outdoors. Each safari learns about eight songs in 3- and 4-part harmony.  less

The Singing Safari has been on the road for five weeks now collecting exotic songs from all over the world. Just 6 days to go before we arrive at Holywells Park in Ipswich to perform the songs we've gathered. Tired, dusty and a few less people in o...

Eric Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love songs (per coro, violino e pianoforte) Words: Hila Plitmann 1) Temunà 2) Kalá kallá 3) Lárov 4) Éyze shéleg! 5) Rakút Coro dell'Associazione Musicale "G. Rossini" di Sassari Pianoforte: Mariano Meloni - Viol...  moreEric Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love songs (per coro, violino e pianoforte) Words: Hila Plitmann 1) Temunà 2) Kalá kallá 3) Lárov 4) Éyze shéleg! 5) Rakút Coro dell'Associazione Musicale "G. Rossini" di Sassari Pianoforte: Mariano Meloni - Violino: Davide Soddu - Direttore: Clara Antoniciello. IX Festival Internazionale della Musica Corale "Nella Città dei Gremi" Sassari, 29 Settembre 2012 - Basilica del Sacro Cuore. Eric Whitacre Five Hebrew Love songs Coro "G. Rossini" Sassari Clara Antoniciello Mariano Meloni Davide Soddu Festival corale Musica Hila Plitmann choir music Temunà Kalá kallá  less

The Womens Choir EMBLA performs Jólanótt (Christmas Night) by Roar Kvam with a text by Sverrir Pálsson.

Heartwood sings original arrangements of songs whose murky origins stretch back centuries and centuries, songs our grannies taught us and modern classics from the thriving contemporary folk scene.

Each year, in September, Musica International (www.musicanet.org) chooses as its Favorite Piece of the Month a beautiful piece which would be perfect for your Christmas program. Here are a few of them, with multimedia illustrations, recordings of pronunc...

The J Singers combine singing ‘seriously for pleasure’ with performing charity fund-raising concerts throughout the county of Somerset. We sing a varied mix of music from traditional ballads and songs from the West End shows, to popular numbers. We welcom...  moreThe J Singers combine singing ‘seriously for pleasure’ with performing charity fund-raising concerts throughout the county of Somerset. We sing a varied mix of music from traditional ballads and songs from the West End shows, to popular numbers. We welcome new adult members with or without prior choral experience. You do need some musical ability, but it's not essential to read music. Rehearsals are in Wembdon, near Bridgwater, on a Tuesday evening.