[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...

Gorana Biondić, soprano Matija Meić, baritone Dubravka Vukalović, piano Bruno Vlahek, piano chamber Choir of the Zagreb Music Academy conductor: Jasenka Ostojić

Napadly Písně v duši mou No. 1 from Five Nature Songs by Antonín Dvořák CorISTAnbul chamber Choir Music and Choral Director: Arda Ardaşes Agoşyan Assistant Director: Natali Boğosyan Concert Recording, June 9, 2012 St. Esprit Church, Istanbul

SHE FLIES for SSA vocal ensemble or small female choir. Music composed by DAVIDE RIVA Performance and recording: ROCKY MOUNTAIN chamber CHOIR - Virtual Singers Text: EMILY DICKINSON To the bright east she flies, Brothers of Paradise Remit he...  moreSHE FLIES for SSA vocal ensemble or small female choir. Music composed by DAVIDE RIVA Performance and recording: ROCKY MOUNTAIN chamber CHOIR - Virtual Singers Text: EMILY DICKINSON To the bright east she flies, Brothers of Paradise Remit her home, Without a change of wings, Or Love’s convenient things, Enticed to come. Fashioning what she is, Fathoming what she was, We deem we dream— And that dissolves the days Through which existence strays Homeless at home.  

Mikhail Shukh. "Silent prayer" for choir Kiev chamber Choir "Khreschatik", conductor Larisa Bukhonskaya

Thomas Rossin conducts the Exultate chamber Choir & Orchestra in Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei / Adagio for Strings.

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last time I wrote about whether it’s better to be over-rehearsed or under-prepared. I talked about people who like to spend a long time working on on...