In souThern Madagascar, in Toliara, a choir allows 150 young girls Living in extreme poverty to regain The joy of life through choral singing. This practice of music transforms Their life, but also that of an unexpected audience, of inmates... Website:...  moreIn souThern Madagascar, in Toliara, a choir allows 150 young girls Living in extreme poverty to regain The joy of life through choral singing. This practice of music transforms Their life, but also that of an unexpected audience, of inmates... Website: http://documenting21c.com/?lang=en  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   Have you noticed how The Living dead always have husky laboured breathing?   Photo by Theogeo   I’m beginning to worry that zombies ...

The virtual choir of "The secret of life" is an Argentine project that will involve 123 singers from 19 countries to celebrate The love towards life through singing. In this way we hope to spread The message of Living with determination being auThent...

The text of “In Those Years, No One Slept” is a scene from a time of conflict/war, by Romanian-American immigrant Claudia Serea. The score is at once rhythmic and exciting, haunting and unsettling. It was a winner of The 2018 Uncommon Music Festival Compo...  moreThe text of “In Those Years, No One Slept” is a scene from a time of conflict/war, by Romanian-American immigrant Claudia Serea. The score is at once rhythmic and exciting, haunting and unsettling. It was a winner of The 2018 Uncommon Music Festival Composition Competition. It is accessible for all fine high school, collegiate and community choral ensembles. Performers are encouraged to present this work in a more dramatic fashion than usual, “within (or surrounding) The audience.” 2018 Winner of The Uncommon Music Festival Composition Award & premiere in Sitka, Alaska, summer 2018.  less

New Dublin Voices was founded by conductor Bernie Sherlock in October 2005. NDV, whose concerts range in style and period from The medieval to The contemporary, takes special pleasure in exploring The music of Living composers and has given many Irish pre...  moreNew Dublin Voices was founded by conductor Bernie Sherlock in October 2005. NDV, whose concerts range in style and period from The medieval to The contemporary, takes special pleasure in exploring The music of Living composers and has given many Irish premières –including James Macmillan’s Cantos Sagrados and Penderecki’s Stabat Mater – as well as eight world premières of works by Irish composers including Linda Buckley, Enda Bates, Jonathan Nangle, Garrett Sholdice, and Ian Wilson. As well as giving concerts, NDV is a regular participant in competitions, both internationally and at home in Ireland. Recent awards include: • Italy: Three prizes at The 2010 Concorso Polifónico Guido d'Arezzo including First Prize in The Renaissance competition. • Ireland: Second Prize overall, The Schuman/Europe Award, and The International Jury Award at The 2010 Fleischmann International Competition, Cork International Choral Festival. • Hungary: Overall winner (The Grand Prix) and The Interkultur Special Prize for bes...    less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   Three Years ago, for The first time in over 13 Years, I started a choir from scratch. I put a call out to my readers for advice on how to recruit singers t...

We are celebrating 10 Years of our unique series for The smaller choir, The Accessible Choral Library Series and are excited to welcome our second female composer to The series (The first being Rosa Conrad with her ever-popular Sea Shanties), Olivia Spark...

The impact of climate change can already be seen around The globe. This critical issue should leave traces also on Choir Life, and we Therefore initiated Earth Choir 2016 – Voices for a Living Planet. Welcome to join us! The project is as ...

New a cappella group The Refrains are quickly establishing Themselves on The thriving a cappella scene in London. The group is made up of twenty-somethings (mostly!) who are young professionals Living in London. Founded by singers and beatboxers from The...  moreNew a cappella group The Refrains are quickly establishing Themselves on The thriving a cappella scene in London. The group is made up of twenty-somethings (mostly!) who are young professionals Living in London. Founded by singers and beatboxers from The likes of The International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, Last Choir Standing and Britain's Got Talent favourites Out of The Blue, The group’s repertoire spans from Billy Joel to The Black Eyed Peas, via pop, jazz, barbershop, rap and original composition as They offer a programme of sumptuous jazz arrangements, genre jumping covers and assorted originals. Following a successful run at The Edinburgh Fringe, The Refrains enjoyed a sold-out London debut at The Forge, Camden. Recent gigs have included The London A Cappella Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Silver Bullet and private events. In 2012 amongst oThers gigs, The group look forward to performing at Spitalfields Summer Music Festival & Kings Place Festival. ‘From Their firs...    less

The community choir I direct recently performed at an assisted Living facility in San Diego.   After The performance, one of The choir members asked me how I thought we’d done.  I went over in my mind The usual choir stuff:  We c...