Quelques images de la répétition générale avant un concert il y a deux avec Les 3 Choeurs d'Enfants Sotto Voce dirigés par Scott Alan Prouty. Juste quelques extraits pour pouvoir goûter un peu l'ambiance avant un concert.

Dear Friends, Together with talented Ukrainian composer, singer and the author of arrangements for choir, Victor Grytsyshyn, we have prepared a songbook. It includes the most famous Ukrainian Christmas Songs. All of them were arranged for choir by Victor...

(excerpt from) Lida Rose/Will I Ever Tell You? from "The Music Man" by Meredith Wilson. Performed by Chor Leoni Men's choir (Diane Loomer, C.M., Artistic Director) at Bard Boyz, June 2011. Grace Fatkin, soprano soloist.

Cool choir Performs 'California Dreamin' by Mamas and Papas featuring soloist Leya Flamond at the Bella Concert Hall, Calgary Visit www.coolchoir.com for more information www.facebook.com/coolchoircanada Twitter @coolchoir

This is an a cappella arrangement of the tune Stowey, which is a traditional English folksong often paired with these words by Frances Chesterton: How far is it to Bethlehem, not very far? Shall we find the stable room lit by a star? Can we see the l...  moreThis is an a cappella arrangement of the tune Stowey, which is a traditional English folksong often paired with these words by Frances Chesterton: How far is it to Bethlehem, not very far? Shall we find the stable room lit by a star? Can we see the little child, is He within? If we lift the wooden latch, may we go in? May we stroke the creatures there, ox, ass or sheep? May we peek like them and see Jesus asleep? If we touch His tiny hand, will He awake? Will He know we've come so far just for His sake? Great Kings have precious gifts and we have nought Little smiLes and little tears are all we have brought. for all weary children Mary must weep Here, on His bed of straw, sleep, children, sleep. God in his mother's arms, babes in the byre Sleep as they sleep who find their heart's desire.  Less_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">Less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   It’s the first week of the new choir. Everyone is having fun, songs are being learnt at a cracking pace, the whole room is in tune with each ot...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Sometimes the last thing I want to do is to drag myself off the sofa and go to choir. photo by Ed Van Brunt But it’s my job so I make the effort and u...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] When a nervous singer turns up to your choir or someone comes to your singing workshop who’s never sung in public before, it’s all too easy for th...

Anne Frank: A Living Voice was commissioned by the San Francisco Girls Chorus (SFGC) in celebration of its Silver Anniversary. The text is based upon excerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank, taken from the 1952 and 1991 English translations of the book. The...  moreAnne Frank: A Living Voice was commissioned by the San Francisco Girls Chorus (SFGC) in celebration of its Silver Anniversary. The text is based upon excerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank, taken from the 1952 and 1991 English translations of the book. The full musical work was premiered in 2004 by the San Francisco Girls Chorus. Anne Frank was between the ages of 13 and 15 when she wrote her Diary, while living in a secret upstairs annex over a warehouse in Amsterdam with her family, the Van Pels family and Fritz Pfeffer. Despite the fears and frustrations she experienced in over two years of hiding from the Nazis, Anne learned how to survive, even to find beauty in small things and to hold on to her ideals. Composer Linda Tutas Haugen writes: "My goals for this composition are to honor the life of Anne Frank and to gain a deeper understanding of what she, her family, and friends experienced during the Holocaust." The text excerpts are chronologically arranged, and span more than two years. They portray...    Less_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">Less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   for the last two weeks I've been sharing a series of 'Frequently asked questions' that I wrote as a result of questionnaires that I used to send round my ...