[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A few years ago I was asked by BBC Radio Suffolk to create a choir from scratch to perform in a concert in aid of Children in Need: The Big Night Out...

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The Major Minors Children's Choir (aged 5-12) are really looking forward to their concert  "One Small Voice" on Sunday June 8th.   The New Zealand based choir have been working on a variety of songs and this fun concert has something for every...

    The Major Minors Children’s Choir in New Zealand, is celebrating 5 years of singing this month. The choir that started out as a 3 month project with no name  in 2012 is in final preparations for a special anniversary concert i...

She Gave Him All Her Heart for SATB Chorus and Piano Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2000, arr. 2004) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jane Ring Frank, conductor Scott Nicholas, piano Text by Zalman Shneour (1857--1959) Music: © Copyright 2006 for...  moreShe Gave Him All Her Heart for SATB Chorus and Piano Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2000, arr. 2004) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jane Ring Frank, conductor Scott Nicholas, piano Text by Zalman Shneour (1857--1959) Music: © Copyright 2006 for the USA only by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. Ordering information: ECS Publishing Catalog No. 6625. Also available for TTBB Chorus and Piano, ECS Publishing Catalog No. 6624, Tenor and Piano ECS Publishing Catalog No. 6626, and Baritone and Piano ECS Publishing Catalog No. 6627. The sheet music for this title may be sold only be sold in the U.S.A. Text: "She Gave Him All Her Heart" by Zalman Shneour from "Poems and Poets of Israel" is used by permission of the Zalman Shneour Literary Trust and © copyright 1967 by the Trustees of Boston University. Artwork: "Flower Girl" by Malcolm Tuffnell is © copyright by Malcolm Tuffnell and is used by perm...    less

This day is special in some countries, among them Hungary and Germany: It is Santa Claus Day!   According to tradition, on this day Santa Claus puts a bag of sweets and other goodies into the shoes of children who were good during the year.  ...

Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening) Music by Claude Debussy [1862--1918] Arranged for SATB Chorus and Piano by Stanley M. Hoffman English Translation by Ruth T. Hoffman and Stanley M. Hoffman Performed by The Philovox Ensemble, Robert Schuneman, conducto...  moreBeau Soir (Beautiful Evening) Music by Claude Debussy [1862--1918] Arranged for SATB Chorus and Piano by Stanley M. Hoffman English Translation by Ruth T. Hoffman and Stanley M. Hoffman Performed by The Philovox Ensemble, Robert Schuneman, conductor Scott Nicholas, piano Music and Translation Arrangement: © Copyright 2011 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. Recording: © Copyright 2011 ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission.  less