[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] There were two articles in the UK national press a few years ago, one bemoaning the fact that we don’t sing Christmas carols together as much as we u...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Some people just love anything that’s finely honed, all shined up, squeaky clean, highly skilled and perfectly rendered. Not me.     ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I was at a business meeting recently and we were asked what we did. I explained as well as I could.   Photo © Copyright Anne Burgess an...

Motet III "Jesu, meine Freude", BWV 227 -After "Gute Nacht, O Wesen": Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1038: Adagio Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Flos Campi La Monarca Baroque Ensemble Yoon-Hee Jung, Baroque flute YuEun Kim, violin Frédéric Rosselet,...  moreMotet III "Jesu, meine Freude", BWV 227 -After "Gute Nacht, O Wesen": Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1038: Adagio Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Flos Campi La Monarca Baroque Ensemble Yoon-Hee Jung, Baroque flute YuEun Kim, violin Frédéric Rosselet, violoncello Vicente Chavarria, harpsichord, Artistic Director Soloists: Amelia Tobiason, soprano Katina Mitchell, soprano Antona Yost, alto Ryan Tani, tenor Joel Nesvadba, bass From "Singet dem Herrn: The Thomaskantor from Schein to Bach" May 5, 2014 • USC Catholic Center, Los Angeles, CA  less

http://igg.me/at/stpeterssingers Ave Maria; Now the green blade riseth; Lord I have loved thy habitation composed by and conducted by Dr Simon Lindley and sung by St Peter's Singers of Leeds on the occasion of the composer conducts concert at York Minster in 2008.

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   First I need to fess up: I have a low boredom threshold and always try to squeeze in as many songs as possible. Not always a good idea!  ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Despite an apparent re-awakened interest in singing, we don’t sing together like we used to.     TV programmes like X Factor, The Voice...

I brought this question up before as one of the fundamental problems of working with, and being a part of, a choral ensemble. After all, no one really wants to listen to an out-of-tune choir.   It’s a complicated issue that involves...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Very, very few people are tone deaf. Tone deafness is an abnormality of the brain which can also affect the understanding of language and certain spatial ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Many of us wait until the mood hits us before we do something. But often the doing something is what changes our mood for the better.     Th...