[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s the final rehearsal before your big concert. The warm up is over and everyone is ready to go. But a handful of singers (the usual suspects...

Meet the Spinnaker Chorus. An introduction to find out more about your local womens choir in Hampshire.

From our album 'Stabat Mater', recorded live in concert at the Cathedral Church of St Marie, Sheffield, UK on 20th September 2014. Sheffield Chamber Choir, directed by Robert Webb. Sound recording and images by James Bacon www.pianorecording.co.uk CD...  moreFrom our album 'Stabat Mater', recorded live in concert at the Cathedral Church of St Marie, Sheffield, UK on 20th September 2014. Sheffield Chamber Choir, directed by Robert Webb. Sound recording and images by James Bacon www.pianorecording.co.uk CD available to buy at www.sheffieldchamberchoir.moonfruit.com Mp3 download available on Amazon and iTunes. John Tavener's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis 'Collegium Regale' were composed in 1986, commissioned by Stephen Cleobury for the choir of King's College, Cambridge. The standard text of the Magnificat (Song of Mary, Luke 1: 46-55) is augmented by words of the Orthodox troparion (Byzantine hymn) to the Mother of God.  less

Live Recording of the premiere performance on April 10th 2009 Text: Wolfgang Hermann Commissioned by Chorus sine nomine Amarcord Wien Chorus sine nomine Director: Johannes Hiemetsberger

Exultate Singers performs 'Mother of God, here I stand' by the great British composer Sir John Tavener who died on 12 November 2013. The recording is taken from Exultate Singers' new album, A Sense of the Divine, to be released in December 2013 and was re...  moreExultate Singers performs 'Mother of God, here I stand' by the great British composer Sir John Tavener who died on 12 November 2013. The recording is taken from Exultate Singers' new album, A Sense of the Divine, to be released in December 2013 and was recorded in St George's Bristol Mother of God, here I stand now praying before this ikon of your radiant brightness, not praying to be saved from a battlefield; not giving thanks nor seeking forgiveness for the sings of my soul, nor for all the souls. Numb, joyless and desolate on earth; but for her alone, whom I wholly give you.  less

Jakarta Festival Chorus Annual Concert "How Great Thou Art", 1 August 2015, GKY Pluit, Indonesia.

Performance by Jakarta Festival Chorus, November 17, 2018 Aula Simfonia Jakarta The Shepherd's Lamb Lyrics by Susan Bentall Boersma, Music by Dan Forrest

Recorded at our Summer Lights concert, live at the Cornerhouse Theatre, Surbiton. http://www.northkingstonchoir.org.uk

Murmuration Choir is a Bristol-based contemporary choral project, bringing together a collective of singers who share a Passion for progressive popular music, that holds wellbeing, community & environment at the heart of its core. Inspired by 6 Music ...  moreMurmuration Choir is a Bristol-based contemporary choral project, bringing together a collective of singers who share a Passion for progressive popular music, that holds wellbeing, community & environment at the heart of its core. Inspired by 6 Music artists, and following in the footsteps of London Contemporary Voices, Deep Throat Choir & House Gospel Choir, our eclectic, left-field repertoire draws from neo-soul, electronic, contemporary folk and experimental pop, realised into emotive 8-part harmony by musician / director Isolde Lachlan.  less