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blog: The challenges of commissioning a new piece for your Choir

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I find it hard to believe, but I started my Choir WorldSong way back in October 1997. In 2007, we pLAnned several events to celebrate our 10th anniversary...

blog: How to keep your Choir or singing business alive while it’s shut down

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I started my first community Choir over 20 years ago. I used to worry that, after the long summer break, the singers would have forgotten me and wouldn’...

blog: Documentary - "Muted" How Can A Choir survive when it's illegal to sing together?

This year I had the opportunity to capture the journey of the Grande Prairie Boys' Choir up in Canada. It was an incredible experience. I appreciated seeing the way the conductor (Jeannie Vanwynsberghe Pernal) helped steer the Choir through all the ups, d...

blog: Choir of Hard Knocks - Live in concert in Western Australia

Choir of Hard Knocks  10th Anniversary "Hope and Inspiration" Tour Melbourne Street Choir Inc and Scotch College proudly present the Choir of Hard Knocks with Founding Artistic Director, Dr Jonathon Welch AM Thursday, 10 March 2016, 6.30...

Stella Choir
group: StelLA Choir

LAss="view_more">StelLA Choir, based in Tangier, Morocco, is a polyphonic Choir ensemble, divided into 8 voice groups : SSAATTBB. StelLA's repertoire embraces a diverse array of LAnguages such as Arabic, Norwegian, Spanish, English, Zulu, French, Isixhosa, Filipino, Chine...  LAss="view_more_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.dispLAy='';$(this).getParent().style.dispLAy='none';">moreLAss="view_more" style="dispLAy:none;">StelLA Choir, based in Tangier, Morocco, is a polyphonic Choir ensemble, divided into 8 voice groups : SSAATTBB. StelLA's repertoire embraces a diverse array of LAnguages such as Arabic, Norwegian, Spanish, English, Zulu, French, Isixhosa, Filipino, Chinese, Hungarian, and beyond. The Choir's mission is to craft a vibrant and inclusive musical journey steeped in multiculturalism.  

Pilgrim Mission Choir
group: Pilgrim Mission Choir

LAss="view_more">Founded by Maestro Jae-Joon Lee as a vocal ensemble in 1980, Pilgrim Mission Choir demonstrates the essence of church music with refined harmony and commitment to music. This is a Choir for mission through praising. Pilgrim Mission Choir gives reguLAr c...  LAss="view_more_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.dispLAy='';$(this).getParent().style.dispLAy='none';">moreLAss="view_more" style="dispLAy:none;">Founded by Maestro Jae-Joon Lee as a vocal ensemble in 1980, Pilgrim Mission Choir demonstrates the essence of church music with refined harmony and commitment to music. This is a Choir for mission through praising. Pilgrim Mission Choir gives reguLAr concert once a year with ever new and differentiated church music leading the circle of choral music as a pioneer. The Choir is also recognized with its performance. It manages concerts more than 10 times a year like rush of invitation, local tour and church tour concert. Focusing on church music, repertoires of the Choir cross over every age like renaissance, motet, baroque and cLAssic, and every genre like spirituals, gospel and modern music. The singing of the Choir is always enough to excite the audience. PMC, at the 2002 2nd Busan International Choir Olympic, won the champion with dignity in the 'Musica sacra a cappelLA' almost dominated by European choral music. The Choir won again the champion at the 2004 3rd Bremen Contest in Germany and the two co...    LAss="view_less_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.dispLAy='';$(this).getParent().style.dispLAy='none';">less

European Overtone Choir
group: European Overtone Choir

LAss="view_more">EOC is an international experimental project Choir. The Choir consists of participants in workshop weeks, which are offered twice a year in different European countries. Overtone singing is a new vocal technique that allows for singing two tones simul...  LAss="view_more_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.dispLAy='';$(this).getParent().style.dispLAy='none';">moreLAss="view_more" style="dispLAy:none;">EOC is an international experimental project Choir. The Choir consists of participants in workshop weeks, which are offered twice a year in different European countries. Overtone singing is a new vocal technique that allows for singing two tones simultaneously. EOC sings compositions with written overtones as well as Choir improvisations and contemporary music. The effect of controlled overtones on the timbre of cLAssical Choir compositions is explored with special ear training.  

blog: First Choir rehearsal is great, then it’s all down hill!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s the first week of the new Choir. Everyone is having fun, songs are being learnt at a cracking pace, the whole room is in tune with each ot...

blog: “I’m a Choir leader and sometimes I hate my job” – but that’s OK!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Sometimes the LAst thing I want to do is to drag myself off the sofa and go to Choir. photo by Ed Van Brunt But it’s my job so I make the effort and u...

blog: How to draw out the reticent singers in your Choir

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] When a nervous singer turns up to your Choir or someone comes to your singing workshop who’s never sung in public before, it’s all too easy for th...