Aiming for 16-20 voices, SATB, rehearse in Hammersmith/Chiswick, about every 2 or 3 weeks. All busy professional folk, who understand we cannot all make every rehearsal! Classical almost always unaccompanied repertoire. Palestrina, Bach, Victoria, Britten...  moreAiming for 16-20 voices, SATB, rehearse in Hammersmith/Chiswick, about every 2 or 3 weeks. All busy professional folk, who understand we cannot all make every rehearsal! Classical almost always unaccompanied repertoire. Palestrina, Bach, Victoria, Britten, Howells, RVW, Elgar, Poulenc etc, Need enthusiasm, music reading and some sight singing, or a good ear and quick learning. We dont audition, but invite you to try us and we to try you for a couple of sessions and see. Perform about 2 or 3 times a year.  

Recorded at the church of St Vedast Alias Foster, City of London, 25th April 2015.

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...

Alias Chamber and Portara Ensembles

Choirs and Singers from all around the world. Welcome to the capital of music, Salzburg! meeting music proudly announce its new series of choral festival in 2017.   Salzburg International Choral Celebration & Competition will be held in June 14-19...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’m usually the last one to notice, but often when I’m teaching one section of the choir, there’s chit chat from the rest of the Singers....

We just published a new article on audiation over at EasyEarTraining.com, and I wanted to see if the Singers and choir directors here at ChoirPlace are using these kinds of exercises in your choirs?     What is 'audiation'? There are differe...

A Christmas challenge for all of those who think they know carols really well! All these snippets have been reversed! Can you name that carol or christmas song?! It's a lot harder than you think! Find the answers on our other video here: http://youtu....  moreA Christmas challenge for all of those who think they know carols really well! All these snippets have been reversed! Can you name that carol or christmas song?! It's a lot harder than you think! Find the answers on our other video here: http://youtu.be/yabak10SdwE Merry Christmas! www.noctischoir.com  

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