As parents we sign our kids up for numerous activities, swimming, skating, dancing, gymnastics, soccer, hockey, Music, choir, circus school, diving, horseback riding, you name it we do it, and we commit to driving them to all these activities week a...
[Originally published on Michael McGlynn's Wordpress site HERE, and subsequently published by On Being, December 2011] I was brought up as a Roman Catholic. My parents endeavoured to give me every opportunity to be exposed to a vast range of musi...
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that “Music is math.” Whether in relation to something simple (counting), or something more esoteric (highly-developed, academic analyses of harmony and structure), or whether it is a misg...
The choral group Albion gives concerts like no others! Its unique repertoire is made up of beautiful all-new versions of the Music of Britain and Ireland. Much-loved songs like Danny Boy, Scarborough Fair, and Jerusalem – a staple of the Last ...
He was involved in Music from his early childhood on, his father, Josef Wolfgang Ziegler, a well-known Austrian composer and choral director taught the first Musical steps to him. Singing and playing the violin became his passions. In the USA he starte...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] As a member of the Natural Voice Network I share their belief that everybody can sing and nobody should be excluded from Music-making. Which is why n...
[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...
(This post was orginally written for the Embro Thistle Singers blog.) I think sometimes we get so focused on making the Music as directors and singers, we forget that the people around us have "baggage" good and bad that we need to unpack before ...
Hello everyone, I've developed MixMyPart.com which is an online application to help singers learn their harmony parts and practice from home. Teachers, Choir Directors, and Music Directors can prepare their own recordings for use in our multitrac...
Online rehearsals have had varying degrees of success but have been successful in bringing people together and maintaining a connection when it is currently very much needed ... however, other things we are finding that Musicians and singing groups are re...
