(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 ...

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  

[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 ...

A couple of years ago, around this time of year, actually, I was having a particularly awful Day. I won’t bore you with the details, but let’s just say I was dealing with some pretty heartbreaking family drama, work was pretty crappy at the ...

After an outing at our latest Sing Day in North Yorkshire, this lovely gently flowing arrangement of Tim Knight's 'the Lord bless you and keep you' proved to be immensely popular so we've now made it available on our website (you can also source the piece...

Through the past thousands of years, choir singing has become more and more widespread, more and more part of our everyDay lives. We can only contemplate how it started - maybe with religious rituals? Or work songs? But nowaDays, choir singing - and mus...

Okay- so I've been a bit slack about blogging lately.  Not that I have been idol- there is so much to blog about but 24 hours in a Day a full time job and more music than I can ever learn to play means there  isn't enough time!   In the l...

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

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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I watched a TV documentary the other Day called How a choir works with Gareth Malone.   Photo by theCamerons   At one point he talked about...