[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Last week I wrote about the kinds of singing that I like (I may not know much about music, but I know what I like!).     Now I want to give...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Are you doing your five-a-day for well-being? Here are five things that can help with your feelings of well-being if done daily. five-a-day for wellbeing T...

Antonín Rejcha: Te Deum - live recording April 20, 2011 - Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Hradec Kralove The Czech Boys choir, Jakub Martinec - artistic director The Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra Andreas Sebastian Weiser - condu...  moreAntonín Rejcha: Te Deum - live recording April 20, 2011 - Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Hradec Kralove The Czech Boys choir, Jakub Martinec - artistic director The Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra Andreas Sebastian Weiser - conductor Antonín Rejcha: Te Deum - živý záznam koncertu 20. dubna 2011 - kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie, Hradec Králové Český chlapecký sbor, Hradec Králové , Jakub Martinec - umělecký vedoucí Filharmonie Hradec Králové Andreas Sebastian Weiser - dirigent  less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   “I love singing, but I haven’t sung for years and I really miss it.”     So why haven’t you joined a choir or co...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Many choirs will be starting back soon after a long break.   photo by velkr0   This is the perfect tiMe to shake things up a bit if y...

Thomas Rossin conducts the woMen of the Exultate Chamber choir in Benjamin Britten's Sequence of Christmas Carols , Phala Tracy, Harp, Soloists: Debra Grahn, Gabrielle Doran, Lea Kirdatt, Terry Cox, Kathryn Eakright, Courney Hauboldt. This concert was per...  moreThomas Rossin conducts the woMen of the Exultate Chamber choir in Benjamin Britten's Sequence of Christmas Carols , Phala Tracy, Harp, Soloists: Debra Grahn, Gabrielle Doran, Lea Kirdatt, Terry Cox, Kathryn Eakright, Courney Hauboldt. This concert was perforMed at Thomas Aquinas Chapel at the University of St. Thomas in December of 2011.  

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No.8 "Symphony of a Thousand" The Learners Chorus Friends of Learners Orchestra The Hong Kong Children's choir Christian choir, HKUSU Hong Kong University Students' Union choir Singchronizers Student Chorus, The Student...  moreGustav Mahler - Symphony No.8 "Symphony of a Thousand" The Learners Chorus Friends of Learners Orchestra The Hong Kong Children's choir Christian choir, HKUSU Hong Kong University Students' Union choir Singchronizers Student Chorus, The Student Union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Ying Wa College Old Boys' choir Apollo Wong, conductor Yuki Ip, Soprano Karen Vuong, Soprano Sandy Leung, Soprano Melody Sze, Mezzo-Soprano Carol Lin, Mezzo-Soprano Daniel Suk, Tenor Brian MontgoMery, Baritone Edmund Kwan, Bass Chapters: Part I - Hymnus: Veni, creator spiritus 0:00 Veni, creator spiritus 01:40 Imple superna gratia 05:01 Infirma nostri corporis 07:28 Tempo I (Allegro, etwas hastig) 08:55 Infirma nostri corporis 11:32 Accende luMen sensibus 17:26 Qui Paraclitus diceris 21:03 Gloria Patri Domino Part II - Schlußszene aus "Faust" 23:56 Poco adagio 30:10 Piu mosso (Allegro moderato) 33:05 Waldung, sie schwankt heran (Chor, echo) 37:03 Ewiger Wonnebrand (Pate...    less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I caught a scene from the movie Spartacus the other day. The character played by Tony Curtis was asked to perform a song. He then proceeded to speak ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   People soMetiMes welcoMe a distraction from watching rows of identically dressed choristers singing with books in front of their faces.   Photo by...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Many people have no idea how a song is learnt by ear. They assuMe that written music is a must. But don’t forget that people have been singing (and l...