"Kanpe La (ENough) describes the sense of despair and frustration we sometimes Feel in looking out at the amount of violence within our society and the degree to which both sides continue to escalate and escalate... where is the end of that?" - Robert Isa...  None';">moreNone;">"Kanpe La (ENough) describes the sense of despair and frustration we sometimes Feel in looking out at the amount of violence within our society and the degree to which both sides continue to escalate and escalate... where is the end of that?" - Robert Isaacs #KanpeLa - - - Cornell University Men's Glee Club Robert Isaacs, conductor Ithaca, NY - January 28, 2017. - - - See score at: http://sydneyguillaumemusic.com/portfolio-items/kanpe-la  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   “You can’t run a singing workshop here, we don’t have a piaNo.”   photo by Thomas Quine   It’s amazing ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I don’t go to concerts much, especially Not choir concerts. I find them rather long and boring.     Photot by ToniVC   But a fe...

For those of you who missed the cahnce to hear Albion on Meet the Choir on Radio 3, Sunday afterNoon Choir programme with Sara Mohr-Pietsch there is a second chance on Sunday 5th July. Don't say you have Not been warned - chance to catch up with a litt...

I’ve just finished reading a remarkable book called The Art of Possibility. It’s jointly authored by Rosamund Stone Zander and her husband, Benjamin Zander, who is an orchestral conductor.   Ben Zander by p_c_w   In the book, B...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A concert is looming and there are a couple of songs you don’t kNow that well.   Photo by _foam   You’ll need to put in s...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A few weeks back I wrote about why people might Not join choirs or attend singing workshops: 10 reasons why people don’t join choirs (but love to...

English Translation: FOR YOU, MOTHER (French-English translation) From the depths of my memory, With the hollow of my memories, Between the joys of my childhood And all my future dreams, I Feel you my beautiful angel I see you my love O m...  None';">moreNone;">English Translation: FOR YOU, MOTHER (French-English translation) From the depths of my memory, With the hollow of my memories, Between the joys of my childhood And all my future dreams, I Feel you my beautiful angel I see you my love O my mother of a kindest heart, My faithful friend of alWays. I love you, I love you, I love so immensely, Mother, mother, sweet mother. For your love and your kindness, I will sing your praises all of my life. (Ahh) My soul is delirious at the cries of your pain; My music throbs and groans its length. Lord, in your kindness, Comfort my mother. Give her your love, your strength and your light. For she remains forever my great inspiration, And that my life for her is a blessing. (Ahh) --- --- French Text: POUR TOI, MÈRE Du fond de ma mémoire, Au creux de mes souvenirs, Entre mes joies d'enfant Et tous mes rêve d'avenir, Je te sens mon bel ange; Je te vois mon amour O ma mère au coeur tendre, Ma fidèle amie de to...    None';">less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’m ashamed to say that I don’t kNow the name of every singer in my choir.     Unless choir members come for a drink after a...

Performed by Sandnes musikkskoles ungdomskor (SMUK) in a CD recording from 1995 labelled "Feel good med SMUK". The choir has since then changed it's name to today's VIVA, Sandnes Kulturskolekor corresponding to the school changing it's name.