It's a great tribute to the skill and warm-heartedness of the group of wonderful people that makes up Albion that YET AGAIN we have sold out a concert in Sheffield before the Day. I'm proud of you all that you create and perpetuate something in which so m...

Singing Day with GGCC www.ggcc.org.uk Huge thank to hosts London School of theology www.lst.ac.uk

the name of this set of songs is "Mīlas dziesmas" (or "love songs" translated from latvian) Performed by RSU mixed choir Riga (conductors Evita Taranda and Zane Zilberte, choir master Agris Puķe) and Dance group "Ačkups" lead by Elita Treilone. Instrumen...  morethe name of this set of songs is "Mīlas dziesmas" (or "love songs" translated from latvian) Performed by RSU mixed choir Riga (conductors Evita Taranda and Zane Zilberte, choir master Agris Puķe) and Dance group "Ačkups" lead by Elita Treilone. Instrumental by: Tango Sin Quinto solo: Aija Vitolina, Inguss Petersons  

[the views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   “Being able to make 40 people who do not know each other sing so well together was amazing”   “An excellent Day proving that 50...

the Celestial City Choir wishes to invite all friends and love ones all over the world to join us to honor one of the great men in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church Hymnal compoers. It will happen LIVE  this June. Please stay glue for more update

ToDay is a very special Day for me because one of the most emotional and significant works in my repertoire, "I Will Dream With You," is premiering. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to T.J. Harper and the Loyola Marymount University Concert Choi...

Senfl's complex madrigal about joining in the Dance performed here by the dwsChorale (multitracking one-man choir) Lyrics (English translation below) Mit Lust tret ich an diesen Tanz, ich hoff, mir werd ein schöner Kranz von einem schön Jungfrä...  moreSenfl's complex madrigal about joining in the Dance performed here by the dwsChorale (multitracking one-man choir) Lyrics (English translation below) Mit Lust tret ich an diesen Tanz, ich hoff, mir werd ein schöner Kranz von einem schön Jungfräuelein darum will ich ihr eigen sein. So tret ich hie auf einen Stein: Gott grüss mirs zart Jungfräuelein! Und grüss euch Gott allsamt geleich, sie seien arm oder reich, Gott grüss euch all in einer G’mein, darzu auch die klein! So ich ein grüss, die ander nit, so wär ich kein rechter Singer nit! Right pleased am I to join this Dance, I hope a beautiful young maiden will give me a garland then I will be her own So I step up here upon a stone Tender maiden may God greet you and may God greet all here the same, be they poor or rich God greet everyone together here, even the little ones! Because if I greet one and not the other, I would not be a true singer!  less

(A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog Choral Clarity) How do we measure success? This, of course, is a lifelong question that stares us in the face every Day. This article is far less philosophical, but does perhaps pose a way ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I caught a scene from the movie Spartacus the other Day. the character played by Tony Curtis was asked to perform a song. He then proceeded to speak ...