There are few things that have as powerful an impact on our ensembles as the standing formations of the Singers. This will directly impact the speed at which the ensemble learns new repertoire and polishes the same. Standing formation impacts balance, the...
Atmospheric choral music often includes at least four harmony parts, sometimes many more. For the average village or community choir this can be a challenge to say the least, especially when many of the Singers have limited experience or are non-music rea...
The City in the Sea: Choral Tone Poem for SATB Chorus (divisi) and Orchestra Words by Edgar Allan Poe Music by Stanley M. Hoffman Synthesized accompaniment and scrolling score in search of live performances. Music © Copyright 2022 by Stanley M. Hoff... more
Aequalis Foundation and the InterNational Choral Composition Competition (CICCAG) assisted by IFCM was join the celebration of World Choral Day(december 2018) that commemorated the Centennial of the Armistice of World War I. Singers from all over the wo...
Choral Holidays is a small company that specialises in taking groups of amateur Singers to beautiful locations and forming them into choirs. Last year we took a group to the beautiful location of Milton Abbey in Dorset, and also to Florence, where we sta...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I don’t like rehearsing. I’d much rather turn up on the day, trust the Singers I’m working with and just busk it. ...
Carmina Burana - Carl Orff Stephen Sands, Conductor - http://StephenSands.net Downtown Voices and the Trinity Youth Chorus NOVUS NY St. Paul's Chapel, New York City June 16, 2019 http://DowntownVoices.net
The best young Singers Northwest Indiana has to offer. Performs exclusively in the summer months. Auditions and interviews typically held in May.
This has been a long time coming. For the past several years I’ve mused about forming an interfaith vocal ensemble, but it never seemed to be the right time. Now it is. Feel free to join me. We already have rehearsal spac...
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...
