[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Here in the UK the arts seem to cater for just three age groups. Photo by vintagedept If you Don’t fit into one of these, t...
If you sing in a choir then chances are, you Don’t need to be sold on its benefits. Choir singing has been found in many studies to do amazing things (including boosting the immune system) and forming part of one can also boost your social skil...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The choirs and workshops that I lead are run on the principle that music should be accessible to all. This means that I Don’t use written music to te...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] For the last eight years I’ve created a performance choir from scratch each year – a kind of Instant Choir, Just Add People – which I cal...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] You’ve put your fliers out, spread the word, mentioned it on Facebook, but still you find it hard to recruit new singers. photo by I...
lass="view_more">A choral spoof on the 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons A version for SATB is also available at the link below The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of the composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Para... lass="view_more_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">morelass="view_more" style="display:none;">A choral spoof on the 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons A version for SATB is also available at the link below The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of the composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Paramolehill) The words (taking the last verse) are ...on the twelfth day of Christmas the choir processed in song and twelve candles dripped eleven altos flipped and ten lines were clipped and nine gins were sipped and eight crept to the crypt and seven hymn books slipped and six basses quipped and five sang in tune! and four cassocks ripped and three lost their script and two tenors tripped and the soloist got it all wrong. lass="view_less_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less
Medley - live recording from our concert "Cold Hands Warm Hearts Includes: Thankful, A Child is born, A Christmas Blessing, Let it be Me, Don't worry about Me
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Some people are put off when they come across a song with foreign words. They prefer to sing songs in English. photo by Chell Hill Not only are they missin...
lass="view_more">El Coro Intermezzo constituye uno de los proyectos más importantes de Costa Rica en los últimos años. Reúne voces jóvenes con el fin de desarrollar la cultura coral en latinoamérica Para el mundo. 2do lugar, Coro Mixto Llangollen 2014. Síguenos en: ... lass="view_more_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">morelass="view_more" style="display:none;">El Coro Intermezzo constituye uno de los proyectos más importantes de Costa Rica en los últimos años. Reúne voces jóvenes con el fin de desarrollar la cultura coral en latinoamérica Para el mundo. 2do lugar, Coro Mixto Llangollen 2014. Síguenos en: Twitter; (@Coro_Intermezzo): lank" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Coro_Intermezzo?s=0 Instagram; lank" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/corointermezzo_cr/ lass="view_less_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less
This post was originally posted to the Embro Thistle Singers blog. There is a really fun explanation of the 4 basic choir sections as seen by a young person. I Don't know where the original document came from or I would give proper credi...
