• Chris Rowbury

    Focusing on the one frown in a sea of smiling faces

    Added December 30, 2015 by Chris Rowbury - 1638 views - 0 comments

    [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Everything in the concert is going brilliantly. The choir is firing on all cylinders. The audience are lapping it up, even your lame banter between songs.   Photo by Suarez Leandro   Then you spot the on... read more

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    Melbourne International Singers Festival - 9-13 June 2016

    Added December 27, 2015 by MelbourneInternationalSingersFestival - 772 views - 0 comments

    Now in its seventh consecutive year, Melbourne’s most exciting festival for singers and choirs presents more stunning opportunities to work with some of the world’s finest conductors, composers, arrangers and musicians!    Featuring …. PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ with Kirby Shaw STREET RE... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Keeping a choir happy – you can’t please everyone

    Added December 23, 2015 by Chris Rowbury - 2668 views - 0 comments

    [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There have been grumblings in my choir of late. Some people are not happy.     But is it possible to keep everyone in a choir happy?   I think I’m an approachable guy, but for some reason peo... read more

  • meeting music

    Per Musicam Ad Astra - Everybody will be Singing with the Stars

    Added December 23, 2015 by meeting music - 1122 views - 0 comments

      We can't remind often enough, but we have a lot to happen if you interested in choral music and to find out about new destination in Europe. The city of Copernicus would be a great place to perform your repertoire and be part of an International Festival.  Just let yourself be charmed by this beautiful c... read more

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    Salzburg - the cultural stage of the world!

    Added December 17, 2015 by meeting music - 908 views - 0 comments

    Imagine singing in Salzburg! This European city is known for many famous artists including Stefan Zweig, Arturo Toscanini, Oskar Kokoschka, Herbert von Karajan and, of course, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A skyline of church steeples, an amazing Fortress, and a wonderful Cathedral await youjust north of the Alps... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    How to stop singers using word sheets in concerts

    Added December 16, 2015 by Chris Rowbury - 1657 views - 0 comments

    [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   “In our choir we’re not allowed to use words in concerts.”   Photo by Kaptain Kobold   Great idea. In principle. But how do you achieve it?   no words or else ... what? I’... read more

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    School of Hard Knocks, Brisbane - Christmas Celebration Concert

    Added December 15, 2015 by MelbourneInternationalSingersFestival - 822 views - 0 comments

    Christmas Celebration Concert – Brisbane 2015 Friday 18th December 2015 2pm – 3pm The Edge, State Library of Queensland, South Bank   Join Dr Jonathon Welch AM and the team at the School of Hard Knocks – Queensland’s annual Christmas Concert. A perfect opportunity to celebrate with ou... read more

  • Kelly Galbraith

    Surviving the end of the World

    Added December 13, 2015 by Kelly Galbraith - 1081 views - 0 comments

    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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    Preserve it for the future

    Added December 10, 2015 by meeting music - 692 views - 0 comments

    Traditions. It is important for you to show your folklore style, to save and hand on the next generation? We think so. You sing in a choir or dance in a Folklore group? We can give you great platform for your aim. Please check the dates and locations we are looking forward with open arms in: 2016 Venice, 2016 T... read more

  • A light-hearted Christmas Carol to make you smile!

    Added December 9, 2015 by vivumrecords - 904 views - 0 comments

    Hi everybody - I just thought it was worth letting you know that Charles MacDougall (solo tenor, previous member of VOCES8) and I have recorded a very lighthearted single of a recent Christmas Carol of mine - and we hope you enjoy it! You can listen to it for free by typing 'The Christmas Bells' into YouTube or Google... read more