Gabriel Fauré: Libera me from the Requiem (Op 48). Mendelssohn Singers conducted by Xavier Brossard-Menard. Dann Mitton, bass soloist. Michael Bloss, organ. Performed at the Toronto Mendelssohn choir's Symposium concert on January 26, 2013 at Yorkminster... more
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] My main skill is as a teacher of songs to those who don’t read music. Photo by elfsternberg Other choir leaders have different s...
Òran performs a medley of Tsonga, Zulu and Sotho traditional songs, conducted by South African exchange chorister Thato Ntlatleng. arranged by our sister choir, University of Pretoria Youth choir. Performed at Ubuntu, Feb. 22, 2014 in Edmonton, Alberta, C... more
arranged by Jesu Elberdin, performed at the Our Lady of the Guadalupe Parish, General Trias Cavite "A Night of Choral Music". (June 30, 2018)
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Some people lead their choir or singing workshop with another person. I’ve tried it, and it doesn’t really work for me. cont...
Cantores CeLestes Women's choir LIVE in CONCERT May 4, 2019 Celebrating 30 years Kelly Galbraith, director Hilary McCrimmon, soloist Stephen Boda, organ Emperor Quartet Ryan Harper, recording engineer Kelly Galbraith, producer
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] There are many choir leaders whose priority is to create as perfect a rendition of a written musical score as they can (see Music lives in flawed humans and...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] I lived in Coventry in the Midlands of the UK for almost 13 years (gosh, doesn’t time fly!), although I’m originally from South London. In 2010...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] When I was a student, I’d sit in lectures scribbling down everything that the lecturer wrote on the board. Like most people there, I understood...
[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...