[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I often get enquiries about how you train to become a choir or singing workshop leader.     I don’t offer courses myself, but th...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Whether it’s bringing up a family or long-term illness or a bad singing experience, many people find it hard to get back into singing when they...

Psalm 67 (King James version) Free sheet music. Please get in touch! • Facebook: david.basden.9 • Email: deebee123 [at] bigpond.com

International Christmas Contest, December 2018, Saint Petersburg. Winners of the First Place. Special prize for the best performance of sacred piece by Sergey Khvoshchinsky

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Fed up with the family slumped in front of the TV every Christmas and not communicating?     Then turn off the TV and start singing! Chris...

Lamento d'Arianna (Ariadne's Lament) This is the five part madrigal version of Ariadne's Lament, which she sings when she is abandoned on the island of Naxos by her lover Theseus. The translation is by Francesco Campelli on CPDL The performance was cre...  moreLamento d'Arianna (Ariadne's Lament) This is the five part madrigal version of Ariadne's Lament, which she sings when she is abandoned on the island of Naxos by her lover Theseus. The translation is by Francesco Campelli on CPDL The performance was created in memory of the late Richard Gofton, who introduced me to the music back in 1976 (Our Strasbourg choir Psalterion performed it at that time)  

Improved version - This satirical little frottola by Josquin is believed to be a gentle reminder to his patron Galeazzo Sforza that his musicians need paying. Josquin may be punning on the name of a fellow impecunious musician (Frillo) by calling him a...  moreImproved version - This satirical little frottola by Josquin is believed to be a gentle reminder to his patron Galeazzo Sforza that his musicians need paying. Josquin may be punning on the name of a fellow impecunious musician (Frillo) by calling him a cricket (Grillo). This performance is by the dwsChorale (David Solomons) It can be downloaded at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/dwschorale3  

http://www.facebook.com/stellenbosch.acapella Arranged by: Antoni Schonken The Stellenbosch based acapella group, Acastella, performing their version of Coldplay, including Lost!, Death and all of His friends, Fix You, Paradise, Viva La Vida and Every T...  morehttp://www.facebook.com/stellenbosch.acapella Arranged by: Antoni Schonken The Stellenbosch based acapella group, Acastella, performing their version of Coldplay, including Lost!, Death and all of His friends, Fix You, Paradise, Viva La Vida and Every Teardrop is a Waterfall. Performed at The Maties Talent Final, Endler Hall, Stellenbosch, South Africa acastella.stellies@gmail.com  

Voices: ChoralTracks https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Locus_iste_(Scott_Villard) #ChoralTracks #MatthewCurtis #AlexandraBurch

Christmas in Cologne, Germany Thank you to my friend, Joachim Diessner, for providing this video. Words by Joseph Mohr Benita Borbonus, Sopran Simon Bales, Trompete Ehrenfelder Kantorei Vera Bongert, Ursel Cremer, Ute Eisenhut (a.G.), C...  moreChristmas in Cologne, Germany Thank you to my friend, Joachim Diessner, for providing this video. Words by Joseph Mohr Benita Borbonus, Sopran Simon Bales, Trompete Ehrenfelder Kantorei Vera Bongert, Ursel Cremer, Ute Eisenhut (a.G.), Christine von Förster, Roswitha Frost, Claudia Hennen, Corry Kok, Anja Meksem, Barbara Meyer zum Wischen, Priska Mielke, Ingrid Müller, Sarah Neusel, Maxime Oeburg, Sigrid Roggatz, Stefanie Schlösser, Katrin Witzel, Sopran Yasemin Becker, Maria Biehl, Renate von Bonin, Leonie Drews, Ursula Gurski, Eva Marleen Hecker, Sonja Helms, Anke Hoffmann, Alice Keuken (a.G.), Sibylle Kiock, Barbara Kuster, Anne Pfeiffer, Inge Ramm, Eva Schlu-Kröpelin, Dorle Schubert, Barbara Siefker (a.G.), Dagmar Smernic, Heike Sprunk, Linda Stenzel, Yvonne Welling (a.G.), Magdalena Wochnik (a.G.) Alt Joachim Bertsch (a.G.), Jörg Biegus, Christoph Hamborg, Michael Mayer, Matthias Velten (a.G.), Gertrud Wilhelm, Tenor Alexander Blicker-Dielmann, Bernd Hellmich, Michael Kolvenbach (a.G.),...    less