Nueva manteca band members together with the Israel Vocal Octet celebrated this week, in the frame of Hot Jazz Series the birthday of Nueva manteca band Leader, Jan Hartong, with tour performances in Israel. Here is the birthday song from the last con...  moreNueva manteca band members together with the Israel Vocal Octet celebrated this week, in the frame of Hot Jazz Series the birthday of Nueva manteca band Leader, Jan Hartong, with tour performances in Israel. Here is the birthday song from the last concert at the Tel Aviv Museum : Israeli Vocal Octet singing a special song to Jan Hartong.  

the Harbour Capital Chorus is an all male a cappella chorus. We sing music from the early 1900's through to more modern songs such as Billy Joel, the Rat Pack etc. the chorus focuses on improving singing techniques and making chords "ri...  morethe Harbour Capital Chorus is an all male a cappella chorus. We sing music from the early 1900's through to more modern songs such as Billy Joel, the Rat Pack etc. the chorus focuses on improving singing techniques and making chords "ring" while at the same time simply having fun. We love it when a 4 part chord is correctly tuned and the chord just locks together and harmonics (or overtones) ring out loud and strong. We compete every year in local contest as a mean of measuring our progress against similar groups but we just love to perform for the public and so our contest activities are very well balanced with public performance. We also have a great time together as one of our goals is to provide a place where men can gather and enjoy their interest in singing. the Harbour Capital Chorus was formed in Wellington on February 4th, 1988 following pioneering work by the “Co-ordinated Chemists” Quartet for several years prior to that. the Harbour Capital Chorus has since ...    less

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   When I was a student, I’d sit in lectures scribbling down everything that the lecturer wrote on the board. Like most people there, I understood...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I realise that apart from my profile page on this blog, you probably don’t know much about me or my journey to become a choir and singing workshop lea...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I often get people writing to me for advice about choirs. Some of them don’t agree with the direction their choir Leader is taking them, some ...