http://www.leasingers.co.uk The Lea Singers' latest CD -- 'Jubilea' -- features almost exclusively English music (with the exception of the final item -- the 'Ave maris stella' from the Monteverdi Vespers); and the English music represented ranges from...  morehttp://www.leasingers.co.uk The Lea Singers' latest CD -- 'Jubilea' -- features almost exclusively English music (with the exception of the final item -- the 'Ave maris stella' from the Monteverdi Vespers); and the English music represented ranges from sacred and secular favourites -- Howells' 'Like as the hart' and Sullivan's 'The long day closes' -- to works commissioned from contemporary composers (Judith Bingham's 1997 work 'Gleams of a remoter world' and a setting of the Nunc Dimittis, written in 2010 by one of the Choir's own basses, John Pickard). The CD is expertly conducted by the Choir's musical director, James Sherlock and guest instrumentalists are 17-year old Edward Picton-Turbevill on the organ and award-winning young cellist James Barralet playing the solo part in Sir John Tavener's 'Svyati' for cello and Choir. The vocal blend throughout is first-rate and the choral sound is refined. There are a number of vocal solos on offer in many of the pieces and all are performed with aplomb -- I parti...    less

The London chamber Choir, Vasari Singers, performs the Sanctus and Benedictus movement from British composer Gabriel Jackson's stunning Requiem. Commissioned and premiered in 2008 by the Choir and released on CD in 2012. This film was from a live performa...  moreThe London chamber Choir, Vasari Singers, performs the Sanctus and Benedictus movement from British composer Gabriel Jackson's stunning Requiem. Commissioned and premiered in 2008 by the Choir and released on CD in 2012. This film was from a live performance at London's St Sepulchre without Newgate, in October 2012. Online http://www.vasarisingers.org On Twitter @vasarisingers On Facebook  

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I regularly run weekend workshops with up to 40 singers.     Photo by Dennis Mojado   Sometimes I include name games to get to kn...

La Nova Singers perform their idiosyncratic take on the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah, in an arrangement for two-part female Choir by H. Geehl. Warning: you might think this version rather faster and higher-pitched than you are used to! We find ...  moreLa Nova Singers perform their idiosyncratic take on the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah, in an arrangement for two-part female Choir by H. Geehl. Warning: you might think this version rather faster and higher-pitched than you are used to! We find that people either love or hate us singing this; luckily the audience loved it. Video taken from a live concert performance at The Butterfield Chapel of Sarum College, Salisbury, in March 2014. Conducted by Michelle Nova. Accompanied by Celia Cologne on piano. Filmed by Nigel Nother.  less

Koyu no Tebulul T'boli Folksong / Arr. Eudenice V. Palaruan Cork International Choral Festival 2012 Winner of the Fleischmann International Trophy Competition 5 May 2012 Conductor: Maria Lourdes Venida-Hermo

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Some people really struggle when it comes to learning a song by ear. Often it’s singers who are used to using sheet music, but not always. &nb...

The Esterhazy Singers is an amateur Choir that aims at professional standards. Based in the City of London, the Choir is named after Haydn’s patrons, the Princes Nicholas and Paul Anton Esterhazy. The music of Haydn is central to the Choir’s repertoire bu...  moreThe Esterhazy Singers is an amateur Choir that aims at professional standards. Based in the City of London, the Choir is named after Haydn’s patrons, the Princes Nicholas and Paul Anton Esterhazy. The music of Haydn is central to the Choir’s repertoire but it also tackles a wide range of styles, from Renaissance polyphony to ambitious contemporary choral music  

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Formed in 1984, Somerset Chamber Choir has established a fine reputation for staging the highest quality concerts of choral music in Somerset. The Choir is based near Taunton and stages annual concerts at Wells Cathedral and King’s College Chapel, Tau...  moreFormed in 1984, Somerset Chamber Choir has established a fine reputation for staging the highest quality concerts of choral music in Somerset. The Choir is based near Taunton and stages annual concerts at Wells Cathedral and King’s College Chapel, Taunton, with the finest nationally and internationally renowned soloists and orchestras, performing innovative and varied programmes of music ranging from medieval through to 21st century.  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Once upon a time there were two singers: Olga and Little Erik. They  did not like Choir warm ups. Olga always came late so she could avoid them. Littl...