[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 post was orginally found on our Embro Thistle Singers blog. I remember when we had Professional Development Days when I was teaching, the teachers would complain that they were more tired that day than from a whole day of teaching.  I had had...

Нижний Новгород. 25 декабря 2010 года. ЮБИЛЕЙНЫЙ КОНЦЕРТ, посвященный 60-летию хора. Венесуэльская народная песня.

Stephen F. Austin State University A cappella Choir Dr. Michael Murphy, conductor Dr. Jennifer Dalmas, Ernesto Mendoza, violin Melissa Nabb, viola Dr. Evgeni Raychev, cello Ron Petti, piano Zachary J. Moore, composer Sheet Music: Santa Barbar...  moreStephen F. Austin State University A cappella Choir Dr. Michael Murphy, conductor Dr. Jennifer Dalmas, Ernesto Mendoza, violin Melissa Nabb, viola Dr. Evgeni Raychev, cello Ron Petti, piano Zachary J. Moore, composer Sheet Music: Santa Barbara Music Publishing  

Выступление мужской группы Народного коллектива России Академического хора ННГУ на закрытии I Международных хоровых ассамблей EURASIA CANTAT в г. Екатеринбург, 2011.

Who are we? Well, we are the Kórus Spontánusz! That was our answer, unexpected even for us, since we hadn’t thought of a name yet. It happened on a December night in 2001 in Sopron in front of the Dömötöri Patisserie where we sang Christmas carols for ...  moreWho are we? Well, we are the Kórus Spontánusz! That was our answer, unexpected even for us, since we hadn’t thought of a name yet. It happened on a December night in 2001 in Sopron in front of the Dömötöri Patisserie where we sang Christmas carols for the passersby. We didn’t notice being founded, only the joy of polyphonic singing. It was, and still is our experience that making music together strengthens existing friendships and facilitates the development of new ones. We started out with 13 people and our numbers have only been growing ever since, we count 25-35 members on average. We gladly sing anything may that be it religious or secular, Hungarian or from abroad regardless of its period or language if it fits our skills and numbers. We sing in churches, restaurants, museums, the Academy of Music, small villages in Hungary or Austria, at international competitions, libraries – anyplace where we are welcome. Singing in a choir is a demanding activity; it takes a lot of time, energy, discipline a...    less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Even though I’ve been teaching for almost 30 years, I still get affected by that glum-looking face in the third row.   ... and it's no...

Salvacosta perform Will Todd's 'My Lord Has Come'... Will Todd Copyright 2011 Oxford University Press Performed by Salvacosta DMB Music www.dmbmusic.co.uk www.darrenbartlett.co.uk Copyright DMB MUSIC 2016

The SFU Choir from Burnaby, B.C., Canada perform Jonathan Coulton's "Mandelbrot Set" at their "College is Awesome" concert, on Friday, April 8th, 2011. Learn more about the SFU Choir at http://www.sfuchoir.ca/

Closing Gala Concert, 1st May 2011, 8pm, Cork City Hall - 57th International Cork Choral Festival - www.corkchoral.ie - This video is a service of Choral Festival Network www.choralfestivalnetwork.org