Il Hilwa di - Egipto Letra: Badie´Khayri Música: Sheikh Sayed Darwish Arr. Virgil Sequeira

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Unless you’re singing vocalises or Songs with just one word (‘alleluia’, ‘mravalžamier’), you have to deal with lyrics at some...

Here is the video of the Spinnaker Chorus competing in the UK Sweet Adelines Barbershop Contest. What a fantastic venue to sing in , what a generous audience, what a sizzling pair of Songs, what gorgeous singers, sssSSSSSSMokin! These Women are looking...  moreHere is the video of the Spinnaker Chorus competing in the UK Sweet Adelines Barbershop Contest. What a fantastic venue to sing in , what a generous audience, what a sizzling pair of Songs, what gorgeous singers, sssSSSSSSMokin! These Women are looking pretty Fierce!  

Jaz pa pojdem na Gorenjsko (I am going to Gorenjska) is a variation of Folk song from Gorenjska region. Record was made in Kranj, Octet Festival, in February 2013.

YANTRA (Eugenia Georgieva, Yogeswaran Manickam, Jeremy Birchall) perfroming live at St Paul's Church - Covent Garden (Actor's Church) on 1 November 2012. The concert A Journey Through Timelessness presented Songs from YANTRA's forthcoming album and wa...  moreYANTRA (Eugenia Georgieva, Yogeswaran Manickam, Jeremy Birchall) perfroming live at St Paul's Church - Covent Garden (Actor's Church) on 1 November 2012. The concert A Journey Through Timelessness presented Songs from YANTRA's forthcoming album and was in aid of the Musicians' Benevolent Fund. YANTRA were featured artists on Late Junction on BBC Radio 3 in May 2009 and special guests on BBC Radio 3's The Choir with Aled Jones in October 2012. More information about YANTRA can be found at: www.myspace.com/yantraresonance  less

African-American choral music grew out of the oral tradition of spirituals that was created by African slaves.  These Songs, influenced by Christianity and rooted in African culture, expressed the hardship and hope of African slaves in the United Sta...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   “You can’t run a singing workshop here, we don’t have a piano.”   photo by Thomas Quine   It’s amazing ...

Ov'é, lass', il bel viso -- No. 1 from Madrigali: Six Fire Songs by Morten Lauridsen. Performed by the TUKS Camerata (University of Pretoria, South Africa), conducted by Walter Butt

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   This post is part of a series of occasional Questions and Answers. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question.     Lind...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A concert is looming and there are a couple of Songs you don’t know that well.   Photo by _foam   You’ll need to put in s...