Formed by four ladies from a choir that was closed. We are meeting the challenges of starting afresh. We have a superb choral director who is getting the best out of us. The is no audition: just a love of Singing. We are a mixture of very experienced to ...  moreFormed by four ladies from a choir that was closed. We are meeting the challenges of starting afresh. We have a superb choral director who is getting the best out of us. The is no audition: just a love of Singing. We are a mixture of very experienced to none. The choir is bilingual English and Spanish with a truly international membership. Formado por cuatro mujeres de un coro que cerró. Estamos afrontando los retos de empezar de nuevo. Tenemos un director coral magnífico que está sacando lo mejor de nosotras. No hay audición: solo amor por cantar. Somos una mezcla de personas con mucha experiencia y otras sin experiencia. El coro es bilingüe inglés y español con una membresía verdaderamente internacional.  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s usually the case that professional singers have had some sort of training in a particular Singing technique.   photo by Kevin Cea...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Some teachers find themselves having to lead Singing sessions at their school. But often they don’t have that much experience of teaching songs ...

O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM : Ivo Antognini, composer University of Johannesburg Choir - Renette Bouwer, choirmaster Recorded on 21 October 2013 by Alli Heyns in Randburg NG Kerk (South Africa)

WInchester Consort, University of Winchester, Conservatorio Avellino Vocal Ensemble - Roberto Maggio conductor

55’inci yılına adım atan Kültür Koleji ile Kültür2000 Koleji ve İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi öğrencilerinden oluşan Kültür Çok Sesli Korosu, Çanakkale Türküsü Yorumuyla dinleyenleri emekle yazılmış tarihimize geri götürdü.

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   For those of us who work to school terms, it is now the summer holidays. Unlike us poor folk here in the UK, the summer break is months long i...

for mixed vocal ensemble & guitar quartet author: Luís de Camões (soneto) composer: Jean-Christophe Rosaz conductor: Gonçalo Lourenço Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Music Conducting Jacobs School of Music Indiana University Conductor of Coro A...  morefor mixed vocal ensemble & guitar quartet author: Luís de Camões (soneto) composer: Jean-Christophe Rosaz conductor: Gonçalo Lourenço Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Music Conducting Jacobs School of Music Indiana University Conductor of Coro Autêntico and ESART Singers Director and Founder of the Studio Conducere Choral Conducting Studio interprets: Coro Autêntico ESART Guitar Quartet Pedro Ferreira João Tiago Hélder Silva Daniel Infante --- Tanto de meu estado me acho incerto, Que em vivo ardor tremendo estou de frio; Sem causa, juntamente choro e rio, O mundo todo abarco e nada aperto. É tudo quanto sinto um desconcerto; Da alma um fogo me sai, da vista um rio; Agora espero, agora desconfio, Agora desvario, agora acerto. Estando em terra, chego ao Céu voando, Nua hora acho mil anos, e é de jeito Que em mil anos nao posso achar ua hora. Se me pergunta alguém porque assi ando, Respondo que nao sei; porém suspeito Que so porque vos vi, minha Senhora. --- I'm so uncer...    less

'Deus Ex Machina' is a piece composed by award-winning Polish composer of the young generation, Jakub Neske. The text for the piece was written by Bartholomew Begley, a Dublin-based philosophy lecturer who works on philosophical translations of early mode...  more'Deus Ex Machina' is a piece composed by award-winning Polish composer of the young generation, Jakub Neske. The text for the piece was written by Bartholomew Begley, a Dublin-based philosophy lecturer who works on philosophical translations of early modern Latin texts. The text 'Deus Ex Machina' tells the story of a suddenly and unexpectedly found God 'out of a machine.' The setting of the choir was very experimental – the aim was to take full advantage of the possibilities offered by the spatial, immersive sound. The choir sections were spread horizontally and vertically; therefore, the entire space around the listener was arranged. The visuals indicate the positions of the choir by points of light, whose brightness and movement were devised based on the sound energy of each of the choral sections.  less

Ever since the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality test was first founded back in 1962, countless curious individuals have used it in a bid to gain a greater understanding of their own characters. While singers do not necessarily seek out pe...