[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   The OK Chorale have just started back after a long Christmas break. This term we’re working towards our annual spring concert. I need to plan a...

The Valley Chamber Chorale was originally formed in 1975 as a creative outlet for adults with previous musical experience who sought an opportunity to perform sophisticated works not normally attempted by church choirs and other singing groups. SINGERS...  moreThe Valley Chamber Chorale was originally formed in 1975 as a creative outlet for adults with previous musical experience who sought an opportunity to perform sophisticated works not normally attempted by church choirs and other singing groups. SINGERS: Valley Chamber Chorale members are talented singers committed to a high standard of performance. Just as our concerts display a dynamic diversity in programming and instrumentation, so do our singers reflect marvelous variety. Our members are educators and students, physicians and attorneys, stay-at-home moms, clergy, pilots, corporate executives and professional musicians. Some have sung with the Chorale for more than 30 years – some have sung just a year. Chorale members tend to be actively involved in the community and sing with the group as a way to share the gift of music with our St. Croix Valley audiences. There are those who travel as far as 40 miles and some who walk down the block to meet for our Monday night rehearsals. The group is very welc...    less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I often get people writing to me for advice about choirs. Some of them Don’t agree with the direction their choir leader is taking them, some ...

The Goa University Choir was founded in 2013 under the baton of Mtro. Lusardi Girelli. Since its creation, the GU CHOIR has offered multiple programmes, concerts and workshops across Goa and India, receiving excellent commentaries from audience and press ...  moreThe Goa University Choir was founded in 2013 under the baton of Mtro. Lusardi Girelli. Since its creation, the GU CHOIR has offered multiple programmes, concerts and workshops across Goa and India, receiving excellent commentaries from audience and press alike. During the last three years, the Choir has performed at several important venues such as the Ketevan World Sacred Music Festival and the Monte Festival in Old Goa, amongst others. The Choir has collaborated with renowned artistes from India, Asia, Europe and America, such as the Cappella della Luce Ensemble (Spain), St Ephraim Choir (Hungary), Indo Portuguese Ensemble (Portugal-India), Vandalia and the Seville Chamber Choir (Spain), the Bombay Chamber Orchestra (India) and soloists like Rocío de Frutos (Spain), Leo Rossi (Argentina), Mirjiam Munzel (Germany), Karl Luchtmayer (UK) and Sonia Shirsat (India). This innovative project works as an educational, artistic and research project, and is the very first University Choir in India. The choir is conformed...    less

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Music and singing are auditory experiences. We Don’t need to see the musicians or singers to appreciate their music. So why bother going...

Corale Zumellese dir. Manolo Da Rold esegue in prima esecuzione nazionale THERE IS NO ROSE del compositore Don MacDonald Concerto di presentazione del CD "Angele Dei" chiesa Arcipretale di Mel di Borgovalbelluna (Belluno) 30 giugno 2019 os...  moreCorale Zumellese dir. Manolo Da Rold esegue in prima esecuzione nazionale THERE IS NO ROSE del compositore Don MacDonald Concerto di presentazione del CD "Angele Dei" chiesa Arcipretale di Mel di Borgovalbelluna (Belluno) 30 giugno 2019 ospiti d'onore autori: Ivo Antognini, Javier Busto, Z.Randall Stroope, Giorgio Susana, Manolo Da Rold Direttori: Marco Berrini, Francesco Grigolo, Mauro Marchetti, Maurizio Sacquegna video e regia by Patrik Comiotto  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Most singers in choirs Don’t fit neatly into choral vocal ranges. Yet we try to squeeze them in to our off-the-shelf arrangements, chastising them when ...

lyrics by Jo Cooper This was performed by the Rosthern Junior College Chorale at the Festival of Choirs concert with Canadian Mennonite University Singers (cmu.ca) and the Station Singers of Rosthern. Festival of Choirs Third Avenue United Church ...  morelyrics by Jo Cooper This was performed by the Rosthern Junior College Chorale at the Festival of Choirs concert with Canadian Mennonite University Singers (cmu.ca) and the Station Singers of Rosthern. Festival of Choirs Third Avenue United Church Saskatoon, SK March 16, 2014  

Live recording from "Vocalix in concert 2017"

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   The choirs and workshops that I lead are run on the principle that music should be accessible to all. This means that I Don’t use written music to te...