Message from Philip Lawson - From 2012 I will be moving on from The King's Singers to give myself more TIme for composing and arranging. If you would like to discuss commissioning a piece from me or organising a choral workshop or arranging seminar pl...

This is a post with tips for beginning composers. Before being a full-TIme choral composer, I'm a fan of choral music. I want to constantly discover new things. So, I'm going to write down what I wish I had known when I started in this profe...

Harmonic gospel composition by Soweto Heavenly Choir ,a song which serves as asnking or forgiveness from the lord in all sin that we've committed,in isiZulu language

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I love my job. I get to stand in front of a bunch of singers and hear wonderful harmonies washing over me.     Antony Gormley's Field for the...

A setting of the olden Gaudete text for mixed, a cappella choir using stark harmonies and irregular TIme signatures. Music composed by Nathaniel J.S. Barnes

in the early 1990's a number of vocalists had some spare TIme. What else to do than rehearse and perform for local audiences and friends... Over the years, however, the group has evolved into a well-known Belgian vocal ensemble. Just for Fun offers...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">morein the early 1990's a number of vocalists had some spare TIme. What else to do than rehearse and perform for local audiences and friends... Over the years, however, the group has evolved into a well-known Belgian vocal ensemble. Just for Fun offers the audience aural and visual entertainment with that extra sparkle of fun!  

Barrie Cabena's "Prayer of St. Francis", performed by The Larkin Singers under the direction of Matthew Larkin. Fire & Light, September 11, 2010, Christ Church Deer Park, Toronto.

"O Canada" (the Canadian national anthem) by Calixa Lavallée, text by Sir Adophe-Basile Routhier, translation by Robert Stanley Weir. Performed by the 2011 Touring Choir of The Girl Choir of South Florida on Friday, July 1, 2011, at Christ Lutheran Chu...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">more"O Canada" (the Canadian national anthem) by Calixa Lavallée, text by Sir Adophe-Basile Routhier, translation by Robert Stanley Weir. Performed by the 2011 Touring Choir of The Girl Choir of South Florida on Friday, July 1, 2011, at Christ Lutheran Church in Oakland Park, Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Susan Dodd.  

Performance in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Sokolniki (Moscow) on April 17, 2018 as part of the Moscow Easter Festival (headed by V. Gergiev) by the boys' choir of the choir school named after. M.I. Glinka (St. Petersburg). Artistic directo...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">morePerformance in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Sokolniki (Moscow) on April 17, 2018 as part of the Moscow Easter Festival (headed by V. Gergiev) by the boys' choir of the choir school named after. M.I. Glinka (St. Petersburg). Artistic director and conductor - Vladimir Begletsov. Georgy Sviridov. "The dawn is beaten" (Pushkin's wreath). Soloists - Alexei Mikhailov, Nikita Zakharyin. Alexey Mikhailov, a graduate of the St. Petersburg Choral School named after MI Glinka in 2018. Alexeï Mikhaïlov, diplômé de l'école chorale de Saint-Pétersbourg.MI Glinka 2018  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

Pam Shen No - This song is about God telling Noah to build the Ark. After the workshop there was TIme so they asked us to sing them some songs. This was in Dokkum, Friesland