[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   To make singing as accessible as possible, I don’t use sheet music when I teach. This often freaks out people who are used to having a score in Their...

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Barlow Bradford's Utah Chamber Artists perform "Run, Toboggan Run" by Abbie Betinis in Their 2012 Christmas Concert at Libby Gardner Concert Hall. Publisher: Fred Bock Co / HT Fitzsimons.

[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...

  Life works in mysterious ways. Sometimes, without meaning to, you can get a song or a jingle stuck in your head and end up singing or humming it for hours - or even days. On The oTher hand, when you are actively trying to learn a poem, lyric, or a...

[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...

an class="view_more">The Graduate Choir NZ and Dalewool Auckland Brass perform "Shepherd's Pipe Carol" by John Rutter (b. 1945). Conducted by Terence Maskell. A recording of this piece is available on The CD "Christmas Magic" http://www.graduatechoir.co.nz/experience_cd_o...  ore_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">morean>an class="view_more" style="display:none;">The Graduate Choir NZ and Dalewool Auckland Brass perform "Shepherd's Pipe Carol" by John Rutter (b. 1945). Conducted by Terence Maskell. A recording of this piece is available on The CD "Christmas Magic" http://www.graduatechoir.co.nz/experience_cd_order.htm --- The Graduate Choir NZ Director of Music: Terence Maskell http://www.graduatechoir.co.nz http://www.facebook.com/TheGraduateChoirNZ http://www.twitter.com/GraduateChoirNZ --- Dalewool Auckland Brass http://www.nzbrass.com http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=86783610328 --- Recorded 1 December 2007 at Holy Trinity CaThedral, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand. http://www.holy-trinity.org.nz ---  lessan>

I'm always trying to get more men singing.   for some reason some men don't like mixed group, but prefer to sing with Their own kind. I must admit that There is something special about hearing all male (or all female) voices in harmony togeTher - i...

compiled clips of some of 2009 set list

Last weekend we ended a very fulfilling season with a choir party. To celebrate we all sang our version of "Seasons of Love" from The musical Rent, lyrics by our conductor Jeanne Rabin (www.jeannerabin.com). You are all welcome to sing along (here's a li...