• Tom Metzger

    How to Boost Choir Recruitment and Retention: Proven Strategies for Growing Your Choir

    Added April 2 by Tom Metzger - 664 views - 0 comments

    Discover proven strategies to improve choir recruitment and retention. Learn how to build a diverse, engaged, and thriving choral community with these expert tips! In the world of choral music, the richness of sound comes not just from the notes themselves but from the diverse voices that bring them to life. Choirs ar... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Christmas comes but once a year — so when to learn all the carols?

    Added December 15, 2021 by Chris Rowbury - 664 views - 0 comments

    [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 the globe. Your experiences may differ from mine, so do feel free t... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Singers and choir leaders: what bad habits have you got into?

    Added December 30, 2020 by Chris Rowbury - 663 views - 0 comments

    [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]We are all creatures of habit. Which is no bad thing until it starts to affect what we do adversely. photo by CTRLF5 How many bad habits have you got into this past year and how might you change that?There are many thing... read more

  • Andrew Throssell

    ALBION - On Radio 3 again

    Added June 12, 2015 by Andrew Throssell - 662 views - 0 comments

    For those of you who missed the cahnce to hear Albion on Meet the Choir on Radio 3, Sunday afternoon Choir programme with Sara Mohr-Pietsch there is a second chance on Sunday 5th July. Don't say you have not been warned - chance to catch up with a little of the back story of Albion and enjoy some of the music.

  • Santiago Veros

    Tips for beginning composers by Santiago Veros

    Added June 1, 2023 by Santiago Veros - 661 views - 0 comments

    This is a post with tips for beginning composers. Before being a full-time choral composer, I'm a fan of choral music. I want to constantly discover new things. So, I'm going to write down what I wish I had known when I started in this profession 10 years ago. After giving it some thought, I believe it al... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Discover the joys of singing on your own

    Added June 10, 2020 by Chris Rowbury - 660 views - 0 comments

    [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Opportunities to sing with others, especially in harmony, are very rare when you’re confined to your house. This could be a chance to discover the joys of singing on your own.   Like many of you I love singing... read more

  • Stacy Horn

    Tip for Practicing at Home

    Added December 4, 2014 by Stacy Horn - 659 views - 0 comments

    A choir director who read my book asked me how I practiced at home.  It gave me a great opportunity to share this tip that I don’t think occurs to everyone to do and it’s REALLY FUN.  Also, and maybe more importantly, it's not only genuinely fun to do it this way, you really see if you know y... read more

  • Jason Asbury

    newVoices Bringing Awareness to Community Issues in Northeast Wisconsin

    Added May 17, 2017 by Jason Asbury - 658 views - 0 comments

    The city of Appleton, situated on the Fox River in Northeast Wisconsin, was settled in 1847 and boasts the nation’s first hydro-electric central station built in 1882.  It is in the Fox Valley that newVoices is charting new territory in the world of choral singing.  Under t... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Putting your house in order or how to clear up after a busy choir season

    Added December 27, 2024 by Chris Rowbury - 658 views - 0 comments

    [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 the globe. Your experiences may differ from mine, so do feel free t... read more

  • meeting music

    A long tradition, a long lasting memory

    Added October 26, 2015 by meeting music - 658 views - 0 comments

    Did you know that … …the festival scene, Riva del Garda is known as the pearl of Lake Garda? …as a borderland offers many beautiful sights to see, place to be or stories to tell? …next March 20-24 meeting music will organize the 14th Concorso Corale Internazionale Choir Festival & Competi... read more