London Community Gospel Choir will be hosting what is bound to be an amazing concert later this month in London. Tickets just £5. Read more about the event on my blogsite

    Since I have been conducting choirs in UK, there is something that I found intriguing. That is the fact that some people gave me, amongst other kinds of positive and most interesting feedback, comments about “surprising” and &l...

Fifteenth and final movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Folk Songs of the Four Seasons. Sung by the Les Sirènes Female chamber Choir and accompanied by the Les Sirènes Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Nunn. St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow, 26/06/11.

Psalm 121 "Shir Lama'alot" or "Song of Ascents" by Salamone Rossi (1570-1630). In the 16th century, this Jewish Italian composer and violinist, fellow-student and collaborator of Claudio Monteverdi, wrote some thirty liturgical pieces for three to eight ...  morePsalm 121 "Shir Lama'alot" or "Song of Ascents" by Salamone Rossi (1570-1630). In the 16th century, this Jewish Italian composer and violinist, fellow-student and collaborator of Claudio Monteverdi, wrote some thirty liturgical pieces for three to eight mixed voices. They fell into oblivion. In 1870, in Paris, Samuel Naumbourg, helped by the young Vincent d'Indy, brought them together in a volume and made them partially adopted by some synagogues. "Shir Lama'alot" for five voices is a composition taken from Rossi's book "Hashirim Asher Lishlomo", printed in Venice in 1623. read more - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamone_Rossi The Jerusalem Oratorio chamber Choir conducted by Ronen Borshevsky. Recording apeared on a CD which won the Golden Orpheus Award of the French Academy for best vocal music CD for 2007. For more info and purchase - http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-seventh-gate/dp/B001IRSOWK Write us - oratorio.jerusalem@gmail.com --- שיר למעלות - סלומונה רוסי המקהלה הקאמרית אורטוריו ירושל...    less

'Noȅl nouvelet', a contemporary setting of a traditional French carol arranged for mixed choir in 2014 by Swedish conductor Sofia Söderberg. Recorded by Cuore chamber Choir in Dublin on Thursday 23rd November 2023 under conductor Amy Ryan. https://linktr....  more'Noȅl nouvelet', a contemporary setting of a traditional French carol arranged for mixed choir in 2014 by Swedish conductor Sofia Söderberg. Recorded by Cuore chamber Choir in Dublin on Thursday 23rd November 2023 under conductor Amy Ryan. https://linktr.ee/CuoreChoir Score published by Gehrmans and Walton (also available for TTBB).  

Composed by Ryan Noakes [http://www.ryan-noakes.com] Performed by the Vancouver Island chamber Choir [http://www.facebook.com/VancouverIslandchamberChoir] The text, by Alexander Forest, is: A cloud moves through the sky; A small cloud in the bast...  moreComposed by Ryan Noakes [http://www.ryan-noakes.com] Performed by the Vancouver Island chamber Choir [http://www.facebook.com/VancouverIslandchamberChoir] The text, by Alexander Forest, is: A cloud moves through the sky; A small cloud in the bast sky Soft and white against the bright blue. A cloud moves through the sky; Floats high above. A single cloud in the sky, Gently drifting through the air. A cloud moves through the sky. To hear the Wind Band version, go to http://youtu.be/FS6y7QfJHO8  less

Thomas Rossin conducts Rutter's Christmas Carol, What Sweeter Music. Recorded at St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel, University of St. Thomas

Smoke gets in your eyes - Kern From the Les Sirènes Summer Concert - 26/06/11.

An excerpt from movement III of my Requiem performed by the Orlando chamber Singers under the direction of Gregory Ruffer. In Flanders Fields by John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our p...  moreAn excerpt from movement III of my Requiem performed by the Orlando chamber Singers under the direction of Gregory Ruffer. In Flanders Fields by John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. photos courtesy of FreeFoto http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp  less

[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...