[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I had a friend who moved to a new town and set up a new choir, blissfully ignorant of the 100+ community chorus that already existed there.   phot...

[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...

Okay- so I've been a bit slack about blogging lately.  Not that I have been idol- there is so much to blog about but 24 hours in a day a full time job and more music than I can ever learn to play means there  isn't enough time!   In the l...

#Muzaria #DarrenBartlett #dmbmusic SONG of PEACE - Revisited 2021 In 2002 my Brother Wayne and I wrote a song for the BBC Choirboy of the year, James Eager. Last year my Nephews Jake & Oliver recorded a new vocal and we captured them in a video. Thi...  more#Muzaria #DarrenBartlett #dmbmusic SONG of PEACE - Revisited 2021 In 2002 my Brother Wayne and I wrote a song for the BBC Choirboy of the year, James Eager. Last year my Nephews Jake & Oliver recorded a new vocal and we captured them in a video. This year I have spent several months creating a new video with some stunning winter scenes for your pleasure. I hope you enjoy this song once again this year. * Copyright Darren & Wayne Bartlett - DMBMUSIC * * Flying over the clouds footage used by kind permission of Cloud9* * All additional Footage courtesy of pexels.com & pixabay.com* www.darrenbartlett.co.uk Copyright DMB MUSIC 2000-2020 www.dmbmusic.co.uk  less

Text: Christina Koenig, Music: Sabine Wüsthoff Contributors: Daejeon Observatory Children's Choir (Republic of Korea), Project Choir of the Laborschule Dresden, Junior Concert Choir of the Berlin Girls Choir Piano: Keiko Yuasa | Conductor: Sabine Wüstho...  moreText: Christina Koenig, Music: Sabine Wüsthoff Contributors: Daejeon Observatory Children's Choir (Republic of Korea), Project Choir of the Laborschule Dresden, Junior Concert Choir of the Berlin Girls Choir Piano: Keiko Yuasa | Conductor: Sabine Wüsthoff German-Korean choir concert Saturday, 4 May 2019, Berlin SONG WITHOUT BORDERS - World premiere For the meeting of three Children's and Youth Choirs. the first of the three verses is sung in German, the second in Korean, the last in English - so each choir has to learn to pronounce the language of the other, an adventure! With simple, poetic words, "Song without borders" deals with the chance of Children to create a future worth living for the adults of tomorrow through mobility, empathy and energy. the music to it illustrates in the first verse the sea as a metaphor of eternal movement, in the second the feeling together, in the third the positive action of holding together.  less

Many choir MDs find that one size definitely doesn’t fit all when it comes to sheet music for their community Choirs. You may be running a mixed ability choir, or a choir with a limited vocal range. It may be (as the case sadly is with many communit...

[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...

[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...

[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...

Greetings to all SSAA Choirs and conductors,   Are you on the lookout for an extraordinary piece that will elevate your choir's repertoire and leave an indelible mark on your audience? As a composer deeply passionate about choral music, I've always...