Formed in the UK in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 2011, Voice of the Town is a mixed-voice adult vocal group. The group was set up to perform exciting vocal material at a variety of events, and to give men and women who love singing, the platform to get involved... more
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I wrote about Choosing a running order for your concert or CD. This week I want to tackle the slightly easier task of selectin...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Singing together creates a real sense of community. Sometimes a choir arises from an existing community, but other times the creation of a choir builds a ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]A vital part of a choir leader's job is to spend time planning: individual rehearsals, concerts, repertoire, choir seasons, etc. photo by webmink &...
Thomas Weelkes' madrigal transposed down for men's voices and sung by the dwsChorale Originally published in Balletts and Madrigals, to Five Voyces, 1598. Hark, all ye lovely saints above Diana hath agreed with love, His fiery weapon to remove. F... more
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] A while back I went to a singing workshop led by an internationally acclaimed workshop leader. I was very disappointed at the lack of teaching skills...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] In my series of posts on How to deal with song lyrics a few weeks back, I said that I believe that song lyrics are stored in a different part of the brain ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I’ve written before about finding songs for your choir (Where do you find all your songs? and Easy songs for your choir and Finding songs for your ch...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Lately I’ve been wrestling with the problem of inconsistent attendance at choir. If not everyone comes each week it’s hard to do any de...
The Gustavo Gomez Ardila Choir, was founded by the Master Gomez Ardila and a group of university students, with the wish to form a group of people with only one requirement: "ATTITUde AND love FOR THE CHOIR MUSIC .&q... more