I have been running community choirs for Years and Years. I have always wanted to make choral singing, whatever the genre, available to everyone - even those who don't read music. I would like to introduce my new app created in association with 3fire ...  moreI have been running community choirs for Years and Years. I have always wanted to make choral singing, whatever the genre, available to everyone - even those who don't read music. I would like to introduce my new app created in association with 3fire music. It would be great to know what y'all think of my baby! Many thanks and wishes Jane  

10 Years ago, when Yasmin Cader asked Soul Sounds to do a concert at the then Colombo Plaza, little did I know that 10 Years later we would still be singing heralding the birth of Christ at the same venue... I thank god for the blessings, and thank all in...

[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...

Dr. Iris Levine conducts VOX Femina in the premiere of the SSAA voicing of "In Those Years, No One Slept." A setting of the haunting poem by Claudia Serea. 11/2/25 in Los Angeles

The text of “In Those Years, No One Slept” is a scene from a time of conflict/war, by Romanian-American immigrant Claudia Serea. The score is at once rhythmic and exciting, haunting and unsettling. It was a winner of the 2018 Uncommon Music Festival Compo...  moreThe text of “In Those Years, No One Slept” is a scene from a time of conflict/war, by Romanian-American immigrant Claudia Serea. The score is at once rhythmic and exciting, haunting and unsettling. It was a winner of the 2018 Uncommon Music Festival Composition Competition. It is accessible for all fine high school, collegiate and community choral ensembles. Performers are encouraged to present this work in a more dramatic fashion than usual, “within (or surrounding) the audience.” 2018 Winner of the Uncommon Music Festival Composition Award & premiere in Sitka, Alaska, summer 2018.  less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Three Years ago, for the first time in over 13 Years, I started a choir from scratch. I put a call out to my readers for advice on how to recruit singers t...

Beira Interior is one of our newest festivals. It was first arranged in 2014; and 2026 is going to be the 6th time it takes place. So, while waiting for next October to arrive, please enjoy this selection of photos from past Years!     Con...

We are celebrating 10 Years of our unique series for the smaller choir, the Accessible Choral Library Series and are excited to welcome our second female composer to the series (the first being Rosa Conrad with her ever-popular Sea Shanties), Olivia Spark...

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No.8 "Symphony of a thousand" The Learners Chorus Friends of Learners Orchestra The Hong Kong Children's Choir Christian Choir, HKUSU Hong Kong University Students' Union Choir Singchronizers Student Chorus, The Student...  moreGustav Mahler - Symphony No.8 "Symphony of a thousand" The Learners Chorus Friends of Learners Orchestra The Hong Kong Children's Choir Christian Choir, HKUSU Hong Kong University Students' Union Choir Singchronizers Student Chorus, The Student Union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Ying Wa College Old Boys' Choir Apollo Wong, conductor Yuki Ip, Soprano Karen Vuong, Soprano Sandy Leung, Soprano Melody Sze, Mezzo-Soprano Carol Lin, Mezzo-Soprano Daniel Suk, Tenor Brian Montgomery, Baritone Edmund Kwan, Bass Chapters: Part I - Hymnus: Veni, creator spiritus 0:00 Veni, creator spiritus 01:40 Imple superna gratia 05:01 Infirma nostri corporis 07:28 Tempo I (Allegro, etwas hastig) 08:55 Infirma nostri corporis 11:32 Accende lumen sensibus 17:26 Qui Paraclitus diceris 21:03 Gloria Patri Domino Part II - Schlußszene aus "Faust" 23:56 Poco adagio 30:10 Piu mosso (Allegro moderato) 33:05 Waldung, sie schwankt heran (Chor, echo) 37:03 Ewiger Wonnebrand (Pate...    less

Zhar-Sokol chor and other at Neva choral assemblies-2013. St. Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg