Added by Gary Young - 1088 views - 0 comments
At 5.45pm on Saturday 5th November 2011 RSCM Scottish Voices will be taking part in Choral Mass in St Aloysius' RC Church, 25 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RE. The Mass setting will be Missa Brevis by Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina (c1526-1594), and the communion Motet will be Ave Verum Corpus by William Byrd (c1539-1623)... read more
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[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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... read more
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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Conductor Kenneth Woods wrote on his blog a while back (As I was just saying) about the problems of having to repeat oneself constantly in rehearsals. Photo by woodleywonderworks Why, oh why, can&rsqu... read more
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First Published: Notthechurchlady 'Have Organ Shoes will Travel' by Kelly Galbraith Of course I’ll do it!’ I told maestro David Fallis. I remember the morning well, Sunday Dec 8, 2013 because it was the day after Cantores Celestes, the women`s choir that I direct, sang Vivaldi&rs... read more
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Of course, this very blog is a great tool and certainly, sharing other blogs has been an amazing learning curve for me. Many blog platforms such as Blogger are free and quite simple to use & set up. 1. TIME - You could of course spend your whole day keeping your social media feeds updated but that wo... read more
Added by Chris Rowbury - 1079 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
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More than 400 performers will come together to perform two great French choral masterpieces - Berlioz Te Deum and Fauré Requiem - at the Colston Hall, Bristol on Saturday 31 March at 7.30pm. Bristol Choral Society joins forces with Gloucester Choral Society and the choristers of Bristol and Gl... read more
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[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
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Fantastic idea - it's free, it's flexible, it's fun: a Messiah for young choirs at London's Royal Albert Hall, with free places for 1000 singers! The Scratch Youth Messiah is on Sunday 1 December with combined youth choirs plus professional orchestra and soloists conducted by choral champion Suzi Digby OBE. ... read more
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This post was originally posted to the Embro Thistle Singers blog. They sang the wrong notes and the chord is less than pleasing. Do you have a break down? I think not.Do you make nasty faces & tell those around you what a bad job that was? I hope not.Do you smile & stop & say that it was a grea... read more
