Barlow Bradford's Utah Chamber Artists perform "Run, Toboggan Run" by Abbie Betinis in Their 2012 Christmas Concert at Libby Gardner Concert Hall. Publisher: Fred Bock Co / HT Fitzsimons.

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in The UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of Songs from traditions across th...

  Life works in mysterious ways. Sometimes, without meaning to, you can get a Song or a jingle stuck in your head and end up singing or humming it for hours - or even days. On The oTher hand, when you are actively trying to learn a poem, lyric, or a...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in The UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of Songs from traditions across th...

The Graduate Choir NZ and Dalewool Auckland Brass perform "Shepherd's Pipe Carol" by John Rutter (b. 1945). Conducted by Terence Maskell. A recording of this piece is available on The CD "Christmas Magic" http://www.graduatechoir.co.nz/experience_cd_o...  moreThe Graduate Choir NZ and Dalewool Auckland Brass perform "Shepherd's Pipe Carol" by John Rutter (b. 1945). Conducted by Terence Maskell. A recording of this piece is available on The CD "Christmas Magic" http://www.graduatechoir.co.nz/experience_cd_order.htm --- The Graduate Choir NZ Director of Music: Terence Maskell http://www.graduatechoir.co.nz http://www.facebook.com/TheGraduateChoirNZ http://www.twitter.com/GraduateChoirNZ --- Dalewool Auckland Brass http://www.nzbrass.com http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=86783610328 --- Recorded 1 December 2007 at Holy Trinity CaThedral, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand. http://www.holy-trinity.org.nz ---  less

Last weekend we ended a very fulfilling season with a choir party. To celebrate we all sang our version of "Seasons Of Love" from The musical Rent, lyrics by our conductor Jeanne Rabin (www.jeannerabin.com). You are all welcome to sing along (here's a li...

"Trechantira", traditional Greek Song

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   Once upon a time you could only hear your favourite Song if you travelled to a live performance. It was a special, one-off, shared experience.   ...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in The UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of Songs from traditions across th...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in The UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of Songs from traditions across th...