[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There are times in most choirs when a soloist or a small ensemble is required. These roles can be allocated by the MD but in many cases Singers are a...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]Sometimes I bring a great song to choir and for some reason the Singers really struggle with it. photo by Clear Path International How do you decide whethe...

Alla Polacca's Chamber Ensemble at the II Spring Festival of Choirs organized by the University of Warsaw in 2017. Songs: - Salve Regina (Miklós Kocsár), - Laudate Dominum (Rihards Dubra), - On suuri sun rantas autius (Finnish trad. song, arr. M. H...  more Alla Polacca's Chamber Ensemble at the II Spring Festival of Choirs organized by the University of Warsaw in 2017. Songs: - Salve Regina (Miklós Kocsár), - Laudate Dominum (Rihards Dubra), - On suuri sun rantas autius (Finnish trad. song, arr. M. Hyökki), - Hotaru koi (Japanese trad. song, arr. Ro Ogura), - Sakura (Minao Shibata).  

When I am laid in earth (Soprano Solo and SATB unaccompanied) Music by Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Arrangement by Stanley M. Hoffman (b. 1959) Music Public Domain Arrangement: © 2020 Oxford University Press All rights reserved Used by permission Wo...  moreWhen I am laid in earth (Soprano Solo and SATB unaccompanied) Music by Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Arrangement by Stanley M. Hoffman (b. 1959) Music Public Domain Arrangement: © 2020 Oxford University Press All rights reserved Used by permission Words Public Domain Artwork and Sounds Images and sounds are released free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0. Choral conductors: to purchase copies of this score, visit the publisher’s website.  

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I used to run a small women’s choir of 12 Singers. One day it dawned on me that my job was to make myself redundant.     I researched,...

Kaiserdom St. Bartholomäus (Frankfurt, Germany) Informal performance by the Choir of Philosophy and Letters (Buenos Aires University, Argentina) following their Bronze Diploma award in the 8th International Choir Competition in Elsenfeld. Presentac...  moreKaiserdom St. Bartholomäus (Frankfurt, Germany) Informal performance by the Choir of Philosophy and Letters (Buenos Aires University, Argentina) following their Bronze Diploma award in the 8th International Choir Competition in Elsenfeld. Presentación informal tras la obtención del Diploma de Bronce en la 8va competencia internacional de Coros de Elsenfeld. Dirección: Mo. Andrés Aciar  

The Male Choir of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) at 9th World Choir Games in Sochi (Russia) Category: C14 Male Choirs Result: 82.75, GOLD, QII

Academic choir ''Ivan Goran Kovačić'' was founded in 1948. The choir was directed by highly regarded Croatian musicians Mladen Jagušt, Duško Prašelj, Lovro Županović, Adalbert Marković, Dinko Fio, Vladimir Kranjčević, and Saša Britvić. Since the beginning...  moreAcademic choir ''Ivan Goran Kovačić'' was founded in 1948. The choir was directed by highly regarded Croatian musicians Mladen Jagušt, Duško Prašelj, Lovro Županović, Adalbert Marković, Dinko Fio, Vladimir Kranjčević, and Saša Britvić. Since the beginning of 2003 the choir's artistic director is Luka Vukšić. The director's assistant is Veton Marevci. The choir's performances have been conducted by Croatia's and world's most eminent musicians, such as Lovro von Matačić, Milan Horvat, Zubin Mehta, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Krzysztof Penderecki, Lorin Maazel, Ennio Morricone, Noam Sheriff, Gerd Albrecht, Kazushi Ono, Alun Francis, Hans Graf, Kurt Masur, Dmitrij Kitajenko, Valerij Gergijev, and Sir Neville Marriner. The members of the choir, also referred to as 'Goranovci', have performed with many opera Singers, the most prominent among them being Vladimir Ruždjak, Ruža Pospiš - Baldani, Ruggiero Raimondi, Jose Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, Inva Mula, and many others. Numerous guest performances of the choir have taken pla...    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...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] In my recent post How to sing – the definitive guide, I pointed out that lots of people Google “How to sing” instead of just getting on a...