Over 400 million people around the world regularly stream music. It's a quick, easy and accessible way of sharing your choir’s music with the community. You Don’t need to invest in expensive equipment, however, to be able to make pro...

[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 ...

ROYAL PRIESTHOOD Chorale doing YENYE NYAME RE YE ..by FIIFI QUANSAH.

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I Don’t go to concerts much, especially not choir concerts. I find them rather long and boring.     Photot by ToniVC   But a fe...

"We Can Mend the Sky" by Jake Runestad. Find out more and purchase scores: http://jakerunestad.com/store/we-can-mend-the-sky World premiere performance by the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. Dr. James Bass, conductor. Corinne Bach, soprano. Poetry by Ward...  more"We Can Mend the Sky" by Jake Runestad. Find out more and purchase scores: http://jakerunestad.com/store/we-can-mend-the-sky World premiere performance by the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. Dr. James Bass, conductor. Corinne Bach, soprano. Poetry by Warda Mohamed (14-years-old). About the work: My sister is an English teacher at the Minnesota International Middle School in Minneapolis which provides a safe and inclusive environment for East African immigrant students to learn (many of whom are Somali). Most of these students came to the USA to escape the violent civil war that has plagued Somalia since 1991. Seeking a better life for their children, these students' parents risked their lives to come to the USA - a valiant act of love. I wanted to tell their story through music and so I asked my sister to have her students write poems about their experiences leaving their home and coming to the USA. I received over 100 poems that contain passion, pride, emotion, and vivid stories of the sights and sounds ...    less

For those of you who missed the cahnce to hear Albion on Meet the Choir on Radio 3, Sunday afternoon Choir programme with Sara Mohr-Pietsch there is a second chance on Sunday 5th July. Don't say you have not been warned - chance to catch up with a litt...

Amuworo Anyi Otu Nwa performed by Imo city Chorale and Orchestra Owerri

I’ve just finished reading a remarkable book called The Art of Possibility. It’s jointly authored by Rosamund Stone Zander and her husband, Benjamin Zander, who is an orchestral conductor.   Ben Zander by p_c_w   In the book, B...

[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...