[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   This is a busy concert TIme for most choirs.     I thought I'd give an account of a typical concert by one of my community choirs. This ...

we're just 6 weeks old in this video...that's why, for those people who find our version of the song "Bahay" quite wrong, please understand....this was our best that TIme =')

Alive and Singing is an all-inclusive triplet of community choirs across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire formed by like-minded people thrown together by fate and directed by the very talented and charismatic Jamie Serafi. The choirs have g...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreAlive and Singing is an all-inclusive triplet of community choirs across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire formed by like-minded people thrown together by fate and directed by the very talented and charismatic Jamie Serafi. The choirs have grown to over 100 members collectively from every walk of lIfe! NO AUDTION! NO NEED TO READ MUSIC! ALL WELCOME!  

"A Sad Song" by Randall Thompson, from the song cycle "Rosemary". Text by Stephen Vincent Benét. Recorded live on Thursday, July 3, 2014, at Christ Lutheran Church in Oakland Park, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of S...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">more"A Sad Song" by Randall Thompson, from the song cycle "Rosemary". Text by Stephen Vincent Benét. Recorded live on Thursday, July 3, 2014, at Christ Lutheran Church in Oakland Park, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson. Rosemary, Rosemary, There's a Pig in your garden, With silk bristles frizzy And tushes of snow! But Rosemary was cautious, She said, "Beg your pardon! I'm really too busy To look down below." Rosemary, Rosemary, There's a Bird in your kitchen! His voice is gold water, He says, "Pretty Poll!" But Rosemary heard nothing, Putting stitch after stitch in The dress of a daughter, Her thirty-sixth doll. Rosemary, Rosemary, A silver-ringed Rabbit! He bridles and gentles And wants you astride! "I prefer," said Rosemary, "To ride a Good Habit." She went buying black lentils- She did till she died.  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

Cantores Celestes Women's Choir Kelly Galbraith, Director Dec 2, 2017 Mystery & Wonder Luys Zevart translation from Armenian 'The Joyful Light of the Holy Glories of the Holy LIfe-giving Heavenly Immortal Father, Jesus Christ.'

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]A vital part of a choir leader's job is to spend TIme planning: individual rehearsals, concerts, repertoire, choir seasons, etc.   photo by webmink &...

Poem by Filippo Sirotti (b.1967) in the TIme that doesn't want to pass, in my heart I feel a strength that pushes me to say: "us" And when the sun has gone, I look for you in the sky among the other stars. As my soul is with you in the sweet n...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">morePoem by Filippo Sirotti (b.1967) in the TIme that doesn't want to pass, in my heart I feel a strength that pushes me to say: "us" And when the sun has gone, I look for you in the sky among the other stars. As my soul is with you in the sweet night, and feels happy waiting for you, because nowhere is far. Recorded by Matthew Curtis (ChoralTracks). To learn more about the composer, visit his personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/joshuabhimes  

Flint Male Voice Choir are recruiting. Please take the TIme to watch our short film and come along and Join.

Catch up with VOCES8's TIme in Japan at La Folle Journee.