[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Somebody asked me the other Day if I do workshops on songs from the musicals. I don't like musical theatre, so the answer was a resounding “No&rdquo...
In one week, it is an important Day: The final registration deadline for two of our festivals is expiring on DecemBer 10! So, if you want to come - to Vienna Between March 13-17, 2026 for the 34th International Franz SchuBert Choir Festival & C...
A live Performance at the Seventh Day Adventist (Pioneer) Church, Babcock University. July 17, 2017.
Wow 40 years! Where did the time go? I've always Been one of the oldest memBers of the Stairwell Carollers - if not the OLDEST - at our choir's 20th anniversary in 1997 I was 41, but still didn't look a Day over 30. Pierre had HAIR - and I sh...
When I first visited Riva del Garda, it was the middle of autumn; and to my amazement, it felt like it was all the four seasons at the same time. The scent of still blooming flowery bushes reminded me of spring; the trees with ripe peaches and oranges rec...
“We liked everything: - the picturesque Lake Garda, mountains, nature and towns - the diverse Festival programme, the joyful Choir Parade in the Old Town, the Beautiful Opening Concert at the original and impressive Chiesa San Giuseppe - the Perf...
Beautiful Easter song
I'm new to this site, but I thought I'd start off by saying I searched so long for a Chanukah song for my West Los Angeles Children's choir to sing, I finally got my (pro lyricist) husband to write one with me! We got some of the kids to record and...
In Cloudless Sunshine brings together many of Albion's favourite songs of the first few years with some of the very special pieces which have Been composed more recently. In 2015, a raft of innovative and Beautiful new arrangements and compositions have...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I was running a one-Day workshop a while back and it seemed to me that the whole thing wasn’t gelling. People seemed uninspired, energy was low, and i...