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blog: How to deal with song lyrics 1: written down or learnt by ear?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Unless you’re singing vocalises or songs with just one word (‘alleluia’, ‘mravalžamier’), you have to deal with lyrics at some...

blog: Cheap and effective song arrangements for your community choir

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Choir leaders often ask me where I source my songs. I’ve written about this in previous posts: Finding songs for your choir and Easy songs for ...

La Dernière Feuille
video: La Dernière Feuille

An a cappella setting for SATB choir of French poet Theophile Gautier's text. written by Canadian composer Jeff Smallman. Please leave a comment.

blog: SAB Evening Canticles now available as a PDF download

Our SAB Mag and Nunc Canticles (which were written for a UK Midlands Church Choir) are proving very popular because (a) they are appealing both to performer and listener; (b) SAB Canticles are seemingly rare and (c) they are available as a PDF download as...

Co-cheòl - In This Heart
video: Co-cheòl - In This Heart

Co-cheòl, performing In This Heart (written by Sinead O'Connor) at the A Cappella State Championships at Deakin Edge Theatre, Federation Square, Melbourne on 16/5/14.

The Vocal Octet
group: The Vocal Octet

In its 26 years, The VOCAL Octet has brought polyphonic a-cappella singing in Israel to a fine art. The ensemble has a fascinating and diverse repertoire, most of which is original arrangements written by its members, some with humorous texts. The differe...  more

Tim Knight - Ave Verum Corpus
video: Tim Knight - Ave Verum Corpus

Short motet written for an Icelandic choir

GRACE CHORALE INTERNATIONAL and EL Performance @ VGMA 2016
video: GRACE CHORALE INTERNATIONAL and EL Performance @ VGMA 2016

"O Fortuna" is a medieval Latin Goliardic poem written early in the 13th century, part of the collection known as the Carmina Burana. It is a complaint about Fortuna, the inexorable fate that rules both gods and men in Roman and Greek mythology.

blog: 5 steps to self-publish a choir song for Christmas

[This article is a summary of a series that was first posted on my blog Chorus of aproval] Step 1 - Write it! A friend and I have written a Christmas song for choir. It all started from a throw away comment by a choir member just befor...

VOCES8: This Marriage
video: VOCES8: This Marriage

To celebrate the Royal Wedding of HRH Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton on 29th April 2011 international award winning a cappella group VOCES8 recorded a commemorative single. 'This Marriage' is written by Ed Rex and is a setting of text by the 1...  more