[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 article is a summary of a series that was first posted on my blog Chorus of aproval] Step 1 - Write it! A friend and I have written a Christmas Song for choir. It all started from a throw away comment by a choir member just befor...

Music and the Spoken Word broadcast with The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. 1. When In Our Music God Is Glorified 2. For the Beauty of the Earth 3. Prelude on Pisgah (Organ Solo) 4. “Happy and Blest Are They,” from St. Paul 5. T...  moreMusic and the Spoken Word broadcast with The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. 1. When In Our Music God Is Glorified 2. For the Beauty of the Earth 3. Prelude on Pisgah (Organ Solo) 4. “Happy and Blest Are They,” from St. Paul 5. The Greatest Battle of Life (Spoken Word) 6. Oh, Peter, Go Ring Them Bells 7. May the Good Lord Bless and Keep  

This is based on the anonymous English poem (with added 2nd verse by David Dunning) about a centipede who loses her concentration: Verse 1 A Centipede was Happy quite Until a frog in fun said "Pray tell which leg comes after which?" (with a left r...  moreThis is based on the anonymous English poem (with added 2nd verse by David Dunning) about a centipede who loses her concentration: Verse 1 A Centipede was Happy quite Until a frog in fun said "Pray tell which leg comes after which?" (with a left right right left right) This raised her mind to such a pitch she lay distracted in a ditch Considering how to run. Verse 2 She stopped and thought and, mystified, Soliloquized on this; Put right foot first and found it left Her left leg wrong right side This raised her mind to such a pitch she lay distracted in a ditch Considering how to run.  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Sometimes you might have to learn your Song part from a recording rather than with everyone else together in a choir session.   photo by Kat...

Earth Song Frank Ticheli Western High School Fort Lauderdale, FL US Western Singers Brandon Monse, director Florida Vocal Association 2013 South State Choral Music Performance Assessment American Heritage School Plantation, FL April 30, 2013

All roads lead to Rome, to the Eternal City   meeting music is very Happy to announce the 7th Musica Eterna Roma – International Choir Festival and Competition from July 1-5, 2016 in Rome, Italy   Choirs can choose from the categor...

This year in Denmark we are so lucky to host the world’s biggest music competition: the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. We work under the tagline #JoinUs and aim to invite everyone to join us and celebrate the music at the Eurovision in May.   ...

Il Coro Polifonico "Ouverture" augura un felice e santo Natale a tutti i suoi amici! Il brano "Oh, Happy day" è tratto dal cd HappyDAY registrato dal Coro polifonico "Ouverture" nel 2003. Solista: ANNA IMBESI

The Prague Concert Co., one of Central Europe’s leading agencies specialising in cultural and music tours since 1994, is Happy to announce the launch of the Musica Orbis Prague Choir Festival. Based in Prague, the city of music with fai...