[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] A while back I was asked if I would like to conduct an interview on my blog with a well-known singing group who had just released a new CD. ...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] There’s a strange thing that happens in choirs just as a concert is coming up. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Benny G...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last week I wrote about the kinds of singing that I like (I may not know much about music, but I know what I like!). Now I want to give...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Are you doing your five-a-day for well-being? Here are five things that can help with your feelings of well-being if done daily. five-a-day for wellbeing T...
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,... more
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.
We Are Young as recorded on our campus in 2012 - music and lyrics by Fun. Video & Production by: Unreel Pictures
"A Soldier's Mother's Lullaby" Voce & Mark Singleton, Ēriks Ešenvalds Composer-In-Residence
One of my favorite choir tricks was to telling my singers to ‘aim for the top side of the pitch.’ This was, of course, because they were singing flat, and I thought the imagery would give my singers a way of thinking about an abstract co...
Piano music for choir? Why not! Written originally for solo vocalist, I turned this into an SATB choral tongue-twister--a cappella--and then added a piano part, which was further orchestrated for choirs performing with orchestra during the holiday season....