[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Sometimes we’re asked to lead a rehearsal or run a Singing workshop or perform a song and we do our job very well. But afterwards we don’t feel...
Walking home after choir one Night my friend and fellow chorister Barbara and I agreed the hardest piece we’ve ever done was Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. Here’s what I wrote about it at the time, (referring specifically to the Cr...
2012十週年音樂會 高雄市文化中心至德堂 2012-11-16 指揮: 朱如鳳 伴奏: 許溎芳 詩:James Agee艾吉 曲:Samuel Barber巴伯 二十世紀美國作曲家巴伯(Samuel Barber, 1910-81)生長於賓夕法尼亞州,畢業於費城寇蒂斯音樂學院,除鋼琴和作曲外,還學習歌唱和指揮。他是傑出的美國新浪漫主義作曲家之一,樂曲中充滿詩情,往往在緊緻與複雜的音樂結構中,展現出乎意外的優美樂句。 〈在這閃亮的夜晚〉原為男中音與鋼琴的獨唱作品,後來改編為混聲... more
Come to Fundão, to the first edition of BEIRA INTERIOR International Choir Festival & Competition The BEIRA Grand Prize is waiting for you! Don´t you like to sing at a new Choir Festival and Competition in Portugal? So why don´t yo...
I wrote an essay about group Singing for Time, and I mentioned ChoirPlace as one of the places to find a choir. This is a picture of a summer sing I went to on Monday, hosted by the West Village Chorale.
I'm always trying to get more men Singing. for some reason some men don't like mixed group, but prefer to sing with their own kind. I must admit that there is something special about hearing all male (or all female) voices in harmony together - i...
Half of California’s school music programs have been canceled in the last eight years. This is removing an important tool for childhood development. Below, we will look at how Singing helps brain development and how to pick up the slack where t...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I often get enquiries from people looking for one-to-one Singing lessons. I tell them that unfortunately I don’t offer them. I...
Love to sing! Join us for our HeartSong Normandie POP ROCK group Singing workshop at Enchante Function Room in 53120 Brécé. Mon 13 March 1030 - 1200 Singing is for everyone! Fun, friendly and supportive...
[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I wrote about 10 ways to be a better choir member. This was prompted by an earlier post on whether you need Singing lessons or not i...