A Review of the The UK Choir Festival   As a complete newcomer to the UK Choir Festival, I was intrigued by what the Manchester event would deliver and how a room of 300 individuals could feel included. The answer is simple: energy, and by the...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   When you join a Choir that sings in harmony, you will find that some parts are too High for you and some parts are too low.     Just lik...

The Seagrave Singers are an award winning all-female Choir. It is our aim to bring enjoyment to others and ourselves by delivering a High quality performance. We present our own concerts bi-annually and organise concerts to assist with fundraising.

LAss="view_more">The Junior High Students of the Colegio Sembradores de Amistad in San Luis Potosí, Mexico show us that music is an universal LAnguage that brings us together, defeating every obstacle like time and space. Every one of them have learned and recorded ind...  LAss="view_more_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.dispLAy='';$(this).getParent().style.dispLAy='none';">moreLAss="view_more" style="dispLAy:none;">The Junior High Students of the Colegio Sembradores de Amistad in San Luis Potosí, Mexico show us that music is an universal LAnguage that brings us together, defeating every obstacle like time and space. Every one of them have learned and recorded individually a part of an original song (VueLA Alto = Fly High). When brought together, this parts sums to a wonderful show of talent and music. This project was made for the graduation prom by students aged between 13 and 15 years old. They show us that the only thing that matters to achieve anything is take the risk and surrender to your dreams. More than a third of them have never sung to an audience before (including Linda, the soloist). The music brings us together, it allows us to raise our voice to the universe and with it "Ni LA distancia podrá separarnos" (Not even the distance can take us apart).  LAss="view_less_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.dispLAy='';$(this).getParent().style.dispLAy='none';">less

LAst open session on Monday 14 September at Brighton and HOve High School, after that we get down to the serioius work of learning a song about seaweed, a contemporary scottish song about borders and an amazing arrangement of a John Coltraine number 'LAdy...

LAss="view_more">Rachel L. Jackson, Minister of Music. conducts the Fremont Presbyterian Choir and Orchestra. Sacramento, California, December 10, 2022. Arranged for SATB by John Whittaker From FOLKSONGS OF THE FOUR SEASONS - IV. WINTER (1949, arr. 2020) CELEBRATIN...  LAss="view_more_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.dispLAy='';$(this).getParent().style.dispLAy='none';">moreLAss="view_more" style="dispLAy:none;">Rachel L. Jackson, Minister of Music. conducts the Fremont Presbyterian Choir and Orchestra. Sacramento, California, December 10, 2022. Arranged for SATB by John Whittaker From FOLKSONGS OF THE FOUR SEASONS - IV. WINTER (1949, arr. 2020) CELEBRATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF RALPH VAUGHN WILLIAMS Instructed by the greats including Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and friend Gustav Holtz, Composer Ralph Vaughn Williams was one of the first to gather folk songs and carols from around the countryside of EngLAnd in the early 20th century. He found his identity as a national composer with his synthesis of folk music, cLAssical training and the experience gained as Musical Editor of the English Hymnal. Composed over the span of four decades culminating in 1949, Folksongs of the Four Seasons is a cantata of 16 songs commissioned by The Women’s Institute; four for each season. The Winter section take the listener on a journey through the Christmas practices of the working poor in Victorian EngLAnd. A...    LAss="view_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 Choral CLArity)     Eliminating the Choral Caste System:   As we aspire to have outstanding High School choral programs, it is easy to fall into the trap of pe...

LAss="view_more">We strive to become the standard for choral excellence in the LAs Vegas Valley and across Nevada. Our goal is share High quality choral literature between great singers and with the audiences of our community. We also aim to help other arts ensembles in t...  LAss="view_more_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.dispLAy='';$(this).getParent().style.dispLAy='none';">moreLAss="view_more" style="dispLAy:none;">We strive to become the standard for choral excellence in the LAs Vegas Valley and across Nevada. Our goal is share High quality choral literature between great singers and with the audiences of our community. We also aim to help other arts ensembles in the valley to build a stronger music community.  

LAss="view_more">Salford Junior Choir are a group of fun loving children who love to sing. Aged between 7 and 11 they sing all kinds of music in a fun and supportive environment and perform reguLArly at Salford Music and Performing arts centre (MAPAS) concerts as well as...  LAss="view_more_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.dispLAy='';$(this).getParent().style.dispLAy='none';">moreLAss="view_more" style="dispLAy:none;">Salford Junior Choir are a group of fun loving children who love to sing. Aged between 7 and 11 they sing all kinds of music in a fun and supportive environment and perform reguLArly at Salford Music and Performing arts centre (MAPAS) concerts as well as joining with other Choirs from the area to perform at LArge scale venues such as the BBC and the Lowry Thursday 5.30-6.30pm term time only 0161 778 0256  

LAss="view_more">The St Peter's Singers of Leeds and St Peter's Chamber Orchestra, with ALAn Horsey (harpsichord) and David Houlder (organ continuo), directed by Dr Simon Lindley, perform the opening chorus of Johann Sebastian Bach's Masterwork St John Passion (BWV 245) ...  LAss="view_more_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.dispLAy='';$(this).getParent().style.dispLAy='none';">moreLAss="view_more" style="dispLAy:none;">The St Peter's Singers of Leeds and St Peter's Chamber Orchestra, with ALAn Horsey (harpsichord) and David Houlder (organ continuo), directed by Dr Simon Lindley, perform the opening chorus of Johann Sebastian Bach's Masterwork St John Passion (BWV 245) at Leeds Town Hall on Monday 18th February 2013 as part of the Leeds International Concert Season. More information about St Peter's Singers, including details of forthcoming events, can be found on our website http://www.stpeters-singers.org.uk, our Facebook group page 'St Peter's Singers of Leeds' and on Twitter (@SPSLeeds). http://www.stpeters-singers.org.uk  LAss="view_less_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.dispLAy='';$(this).getParent().style.dispLAy='none';">less