[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...

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]   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...

[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.

Grupo Vocal Aequalis was formed in 1998. Since its early days, it has performed compositions from different musical periods spanning from the Renaissance to current times. Nowadays, it mostly interprets pieces by contemporary composers. GVA has don...  None';">moreNone;">Grupo Vocal Aequalis was formed in 1998. Since its early days, it has performed compositions from different musical periods spanning from the Renaissance to current times. Nowadays, it mostly interprets pieces by contemporary composers. GVA has done concerts at the main churches, museums and theaters in BueNos Aires, as well as in Mendoza, Mercedes, Tandil and Capilla del Señor. Abroad, GVA has been part of: 2009 - 45 Barcelona International Days of Chorus Singing. Spain. 2011 - Cantus Salisburgenesis. Salzburg, Austria. Choral Festival Saint-Maximin. France. 2013 - Aveyron Choral Festival. France. Concerts in Sant Pere de les Puel•les and Santa Maria del Mar. Barcelona, Spain. 2017 - Barcelona 11th World Symposium on Choral Music. Spain Concert in Carcassonne. France In 2014 as an independent group, GVA invited the highly acclaimed catalan conductor Daniel Mestre Dalmau , who gave concerts and workshops about the Lutheran choral tradition. 2011 TOUR Cantus Salisburgensis 2011...    None';">less