[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s the time of year when many people make resolutions, set goals and devise plans for the Coming year.   photo by --Tico--   But i...

This is an extract from our full blog on classical concerts for children:   It’s one of the perennial questions asked by those involved in promoting classical concerts: how do we get more young people (and indeed children) Coming to hear how ...

Coming about through a blessed confluence of events, the Solemne Ministry is the collaborative brainchild of musical prodigy Alejandro Consolacion II and long-time choirmaster Eugene Calimag. Having been friends and in the choral scene for twenty years, t...  moreComing about through a blessed confluence of events, the Solemne Ministry is the collaborative brainchild of musical prodigy Alejandro Consolacion II and long-time choirmaster Eugene Calimag. Having been friends and in the choral scene for twenty years, the two have been talking about a project like this for around fifteen years. Spurred by the release of the revised English missal, Alejandro and Eugene both thought it a good time to finally restart the project that they had shelved for some time. Only now, the idea wasn’t just to end with a single album; the idea was now to establish a ministry that would introduce a new generation of music to Philippine Catholics. The new ministry would have as its aim the creation of beautiful music to help the faithful to a more prayerful, solemn state of mind. Springing from that, they both decided that the new ministry would be called Solemne Ministry. For its first project, Misa Solemne, the ministry features Solemne, Solemne Ministry’s flagship choir and the one Al...    less

About us/our Coming CD: Crossover projects are the hallmark of the Sonux Ensemble. Together with the jazz-saxophonist Stefan Kuchel and the Sirius Quartet, the young men's choir performs contemporary works. The Quartet members describe themselves as arti...  moreAbout us/our Coming CD: Crossover projects are the hallmark of the Sonux Ensemble. Together with the jazz-saxophonist Stefan Kuchel and the Sirius Quartet, the young men's choir performs contemporary works. The Quartet members describe themselves as artists of improvisation who break out of the conventional vocabulary of sound for a string quartet. Most pieces on this CD were written especially for the Sonux Ensemble, and thus composed to the singers' strengths. "We have worked on these pieces together with the composers, and given them their first performances over the course of the last five years. This disc features only world premiere recordings and, literally, unheard of choral music, " the choir's director Hans-Joachim Lustig notes. The works recorded on this CD focus on the topics of light and love. The eponymous poem by Charles Anthony Silvestri that lends its title to the disc frames and connects the two topics. Silvestri wrote the text in 2012, exclusively for this project. Hans-Joachim L...    less

A Ho Ho Ho Lot of Harmony show will be at 2 pm and also at 7 pm on Saturday, Dec. 7. The Music City Chorus and, we, its female counterpart TuneTown Show Chorus will entertain with chord-ringing precision, humor and good cheer.   The a cappella prog...

We are refreshing the new tradition and Coming back to Budapest, the country of Kodály Method. Let's  celebrate and promote choral music, let us spread the value and experience of singing in a choir - as Kodály said: Music should belong...

Saturday June 12th and Sunday June 13th Queen’s Birthday Weekend Save The Date Join us for an amazing weekend of inspiring vocal workshops, music & laughter. Let’s Get Loud! Venue & presenter details Coming soon Stayed tuned for all the ...

From July 26 – 29 2018 Vienna will be once again the stage for choirs from around the world. Under the slogan "Coming together to sing, Singing for a better future" the participants will model and promote world peace.   On...

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...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A concert is looming and there are a couple of songs you don’t know that well.   Photo by _foam   You’ll need to put in s...