Yih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) [Psalm 19:14] Setting in English by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) Performed by the Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2003 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. ww... more
[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...
Yih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) [Psalm 19:14] Setting in Hebrew by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) Performed by the Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2003 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www... more
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] We’ve all seen it: a timid, slouched, nervous person approaches the microphone. We expect disaster. they open their mouth and the most amazing, beauti...
PLEADING FOR words Slovenian spiritual creativity Author of the project and conductor: Karmina Šilec Performing: Carmina Slovenica Jožef Ropoša, Interpreter of the poetry Tomaž Sevšek, organ Since time immemorial, music, especially singing, ... more
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] “How to sing” is one of the most common requests I get. the answer is simple: open your mouth and let the sound out. photo by ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Having written about starting your own community choir, in 2011 I put my money where my mouth is and started a brand new singing group – my first in...
Podcast Powered By Podbean Not Twitter tweeting, but renaissance madrigal birds tweets make up most of the lyrics in the song Le chant des oyseaux. Our director, Pierre, gives us direction in a particularly tricky section of the song and you...
Some people just seem to be naturally ‘gifted’ singers. they seem to be so connected to their voice that when they open their mouth to sing, it sounds pleasing. If you are one of those people, congratulations. If you are no...