He was involved in music from his early childhood on, his father, Josef Wolfgang Ziegler, a well-known Austrian composer and choral director taught the first musical steps to him. Singing and playing the violin became his passions. In the USA he starte...

I should have gone on a holiday. I spent the summer re-reading "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" and "The Heroes of Olympus". I looked forward to "The House of Hades", the fourth book in "The Heroes of Olympus" series. It was released on early autumn, whi...

Come and sing with us this summer at the Ingenium Academy!   Would you like to spend your summer making great music, with new friends from all over the world? Want to sing and spend three weeks in a beautiful 14th-century school in historic Winches...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Those of you who read this blog regularly know that I believe that everyone can sing. If you want to know more, you can read “Everyone can sing...

This is why I sing and why I sing this genre. I wish I could be there to experience it.. I am sure that there will not be a dry eye in the house when these guy's perform. And there is likely to be over 12000 men in the venue. Tune into the li...  moreThis is why I sing and why I sing this genre. I wish I could be there to experience it.. I am sure that there will not be a dry eye in the house when these guy's perform. And there is likely to be over 12000 men in the venue. Tune into the live webcast of the Barbershop Harmony Society's 75th Anniversary International Contest at www.Barbershop.org/Toronto June 30th - July 7th, 2013 Toronto, Canada  

We are an inclusive, accessible, non-audition choir in NYC that sings a wide variety of songs from the 60s to today. Our strength is our focus on community and making that bond stronger through music. We believe that our many voices make us all very di...  moreWe are an inclusive, accessible, non-audition choir in NYC that sings a wide variety of songs from the 60s to today. Our strength is our focus on community and making that bond stronger through music. We believe that our many voices make us all very different people, but together, through song, we have one heartbeat.  

From our August 11, 2013, concert, "From Darkness Into Light"

"Sing for Joy" from the oratorio "Judas Maccabeus" by George Friedrich Handel, arr. Linda Spevacek. Recorded live on May 15, 2015, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Apprentice Choir ensemble of ...  more"Sing for Joy" from the oratorio "Judas Maccabeus" by George Friedrich Handel, arr. Linda Spevacek. Recorded live on May 15, 2015, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Apprentice Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Robert Todd, Accompanist: Susan Dodd.  

We have recently relaunched under our new name and recruited new members to triple the size of the choir. We believe that anyone can sing and are an open-access choir - no auditions, all needs catered for. We have just Done two small performances after on...  moreWe have recently relaunched under our new name and recruited new members to triple the size of the choir. We believe that anyone can sing and are an open-access choir - no auditions, all needs catered for. We have just Done two small performances after only rehearsing for 6 weeks!