Wassail, Wassail! This Song is our ‘Thank You’ to all of you who have donated to our charities throughout our Homegrown Harmony project. In total, you raised £1587 for 7 charities. Many of you followed the Songs each week and donated more than once – tha...  moreWassail, Wassail! This Song is our ‘Thank You’ to all of you who have donated to our charities throughout our Homegrown Harmony project. In total, you raised £1587 for 7 charities. Many of you followed the Songs each week and donated more than once – thank you so much! Thank yous also go to everyone who shared and commented on our Songs – a staggering 41.5k people watched our videos over our social media, simply because you shared with your friends and communities! Thank you for taking the time to do that. It’s a wonderful feeling to share our Songs and our charities to a wider audience and to know that you’ve enjoyed listening. In many ways, the Homegrown Harmony project has brought us closer as a choir and more in touch with our local communities. We’ve been so pleased that our videos have helped our chosen charities at a time when their resources have been low, but demand has been high. So, thank you all for sharing the love, supporting the project and for your wonderful comments! All of us in Th...    less

Wassail Song - arr: Pierre Massie, sung by The Stairwell Carollers Virtual Choir, 2020. Individual Song parts recorded by the choristers using their own equipment following lead videos made by our Director, Pierre. Pierre then put together the video usi...  moreWassail Song - arr: Pierre Massie, sung by The Stairwell Carollers Virtual Choir, 2020. Individual Song parts recorded by the choristers using their own equipment following lead videos made by our Director, Pierre. Pierre then put together the video using Final Cut Pro. A message from the Director: "Christmas 2020 is the first year in our 43-year history we have no live concerts, so we present this Virtual Concert of 6 carols. I am proud of my musical colleagues for putting these videos together. I thank them for their loyalty to our fans and their fellow choir members, and for their diligence in preparing individual performances to such a demanding degree of musicianship. We all share an understanding of how important it is right now to share the joy of Song with the world. Joined by my wife Holly and all the members of the Stairwell Carollers, we wish you peace and joy this Christmas season. We will perform live for you once again soon. Pierre Massie - director  less

A Gloucestershire Wassail arranged by Alan Cruise Johnston free download of score: http://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-196137_Wassail_arranged_for_mixed_choir.html performed by the one-man multitrack choir dwsChorale ( http://www.dwschorale.com ...  moreA Gloucestershire Wassail arranged by Alan Cruise Johnston free download of score: http://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-196137_Wassail_arranged_for_mixed_choir.html performed by the one-man multitrack choir dwsChorale ( http://www.dwschorale.com ) Images kindly provided by Conrad Bladey (Hutman Productions) ( http://mysite.verizon.net/cbladey/ ) Jeremy Tarling (Flickr) (Creative Commons) and Glyn Baker (geograph org) Creative Commons  

I. Wedding Song II. Song of the Hay Harvesters III. Dancing Song (from Mezibrod) IV. Dancing Song (from Poniky) Coral Reyes Bartlet David Martel, piano José Híjar Polo, director Concierto Extraordinario Fiestas de Julio Iglesia de la Peña de...  moreI. Wedding Song II. Song of the Hay Harvesters III. Dancing Song (from Mezibrod) IV. Dancing Song (from Poniky) Coral Reyes Bartlet David Martel, piano José Híjar Polo, director Concierto Extraordinario Fiestas de Julio Iglesia de la Peña de Francia, Puerto de la Cruz 1 de julio de 2015 Imagen y sonido: Mediawink  

One performance from a fantastic day singing at various locations around Bristol's harbour side. Part of Bristol's very own Festival of Song 2013 http://www.festivalofSong.org.uk/home/

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   In my series of posts on How to deal with Song lyrics a few weeks back, I said that I believe that Song lyrics are stored in a different part of the brain ...

Marouska Attard interpreting 'The Virgin's Slumber Song' (M. Reger) during Carols by Candlelight 2010

Concert at St Margarets, Silverstream, Upper Hutt 19 May 2013. This is our favourite Song because we get to do solo lines and we totally love The Muppets..and we think Bret McKenzie also a Kiwi is pretty cool!

"Cuatro canciones eslovacas" de Bela Bartók (1. Wedding Song from Poniky, 2. Song of the Hayharvesters from Hiadel, 3. Dancing Song from Medzibrod, 4. Dancing Song from Poniky). Coro del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias. Piano: Nauzet Medros. ...  more"Cuatro canciones eslovacas" de Bela Bartók (1. Wedding Song from Poniky, 2. Song of the Hayharvesters from Hiadel, 3. Dancing Song from Medzibrod, 4. Dancing Song from Poniky). Coro del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias. Piano: Nauzet Medros. Directora: Nikoleta S. Popova  

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week in How to teach (and learn) a Song by ear 1  I wrote about the oral tradition, teaching by ear, starting notes and breaking a Song down into...