• Bob Lehman

    Designing an Effective Donor Appeal Part 3 - Designing the Letter and Remittance Portion of Appeal

    Added March 8, 2017 by Bob Lehman - 2261 views - 0 comments

    [Editor's note: This is part 3 of a 3 part series Designing an Effective Donor Appeal.]   Designing an Effective Donor Appeal Part 3 - Designing the Letter and Remittance Portion of Appeal        Design elements of the donor appeal letter can increase the probability of the individual readi... read more

  • These foolish things - A Concert for All Fools' Day

    Added March 5, 2017 by soph - 604 views - 0 comments

    With music ranging from'The Bare Necessities' to Monteverdi, Spectra Musica's concert on 1st April will be packed with it's usual eclectic mix thanks to dynamic MD Peter Leech. Be at St.Luke and St.Teresa's church Wincanton Somerset at 7.30pm on 1st April for a wonderful evening of choral work plus Anita D'Attellis' am... read more

  • Jason Asbury

    Florida State University Chorus and Gadsden Correctional Facility Chorus form FSU-MTC Glee Club-“Balm in Gilead”

    Added March 2, 2017 by Jason Asbury - 939 views - 0 comments

    The Gadsen Correctional Facility (Quincy, FL) is a privately owned women’s correctional facility that houses approximately 1,530 prisoners for the Florida Department of Corrections.  Florida State University (Tallahassee) is comprised of 16 separate colleges with nearly 42,000 students enrolled.  These ... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Ask questions – your choir leader (probably) won’t bite!

    Added March 1, 2017 by Chris Rowbury - 1464 views - 0 comments

    [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   When I was a student, I’d sit in lectures scribbling down everything that the lecturer wrote on the board. Like most people there, I understood very little.     This one guy would put up his ha... read more

  • Bob Lehman

    Designing an Effective Donor Appeal Part 2 - Designing the Outer Envelope

    Added March 1, 2017 by Bob Lehman - 802 views - 0 comments

    Direct Mail - The "Ask Letter"      The internal heart of all direct mail is the “ask letter” which is the topic explored in this blog. An ask letter contains the greeting, other pieces of engaging information such as the charity’s current activities and, most importantly, a convinci... read more

  • Lindsay Rountree

    Gospel Rising Music Festival. Dublin 1, Ireland

    Added February 23, 2017 by Lindsay Rountree - 1243 views - 0 comments

    Ireland's biggest gospel music choral festival celebrates 10 years of bringing the gospel choir community together   Dublin City 17th -19th May 2019   The Gospel Rising Music Festival is Ireland's biggest social, fun and energetic gospel music and choral festival. Much of the programme consists of peer-le... read more

  • Jason Asbury

    Refugees in Tacoma Joining Their Voices in Song

    Added February 23, 2017 by Jason Asbury - 982 views - 0 comments

    Since 1975, the United States has welcomed over 3 million refugees according to the U.S. Department of State’s Refugee Processing Center.  Each year the President, in consultation with Congress, determines the numerical ceiling for refugee admissions. Washington state is one of the top ten resettlement ... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    The devil doesn't always have the best songs!

    Added February 22, 2017 by Chris Rowbury - 1242 views - 0 comments

    [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It turns out that the devil might not have the best tunes after all.     Although I run a secular choir (I don’t have a religious bone in my body) we do end up singing a lot of sacred songs. Th... read more

  • Bob Lehman

    Designing an Effective Donor Appeal Part 1

    Added February 22, 2017 by Bob Lehman - 799 views - 0 comments

    DESIGNING AN EFFECTIVE DONOR APPEAL Part 1   One of the greatest challenges facing a non-profit, charitable organization is that of raising operational funds through the solicitation of individual donations. Oftentimes, the appeal for donations comes in the form of appeal letters mailed to the home or office of ... read more

  • MelbourneInternationalSingersFestival

    Melbourne International Singers Festival 2017 - Early Bird Registrations open NOW

    Added February 17, 2017 by MelbourneInternationalSingersFestival - 1165 views - 0 comments

    We are thrilled to announce that our guest conductor this year is one of Australia's pre-eminent and most admired conductors, Richard Gill AO.    Now celebrating its 8th year, the Melbourne International Singers Festival showcases world renowned artists, performers and educators in the magnificent venues in... read more