• MelbourneInternationalSingersFestival

    Project Choir - Sing alongside the Choir of Hard Knocks and Dr Jonathon Welch AM at QPAC

    Added August 10, 2016 by MelbourneInternationalSingersFestival - 878 views - 0 comments

    The School of Hard Knocks is excited to invite you to join our un-auditioned project choir for a “once in a lifetime” opportunity to sing alongside the ‘choir that inspired the nation’ from the ABC TV smash series, Choir of Hard Knocks as they perform at QPAC for the first time to celebrate thei... read more

  • SABELANI Music Initiative Music for Nation Building

    SABELANI Music Initiative Open Call

    Added August 3, 2019 by SABELANI Music Initiative Music for Nation Building - 641 views - 0 comments

    SABELANI Music Initiative.. Music for Nation Building We are holding Open Days the : 10th August 2019 for Focal Point Far North for the area of : Tembisa - Ekurhuleni - Gauteng 11th August 2019 for Focal Point Far East Rand for the areas of : Kwa-Thema, Duduza, Tsakane - Ekurhuleni - Gauteng 18th Aug... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Lip trilling and bubbling – is it useful (and how to do it properly)?

    Added April 21, 2021 by Chris Rowbury - 967 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

    Be singing stars of Copernicus

    Added January 15, 2023 by meeting music - 352 views - 0 comments

    meeting music is happy to announce the 10th Per Musicam Ad Astra International Copernicus Choir Festival and Competition in Toruń, Poland,  June 28-July 2, 2023 This event is a great opportunity for integration of the choral community and promotion of choral music. Be part and find you on stage in some of more... read more

  • Kwaku Ananse

    Time With Fanny Crosby Virtual Concert

    Added September 19, 2024 by Kwaku Ananse - 479 views - 0 comments

    We are thrilled to invite you to A Time with Fanny Crosby, a special virtual event happening on the 5th of October, 2024. This event will be streamed live on YouTube via the Musikteers Ensemble Gh channel. Join us as we explore the inspiring life and timeless hymns of Fanny Crosby, one of the most prolific hymn writ... read more

  • Holly M

    DA CAPO -- Joel Haslam and Regional Contact, CJOH TV 1990

    Added November 28, 2011 by Holly M - 3965 views - 0 comments

    Pete, Dawn, Louise, Holly, Katrina, Margo, Marjorie, John and Bob  -- the Stairwell Carollers, Xmas, 1990 Way back in 1990, when human beings were still manning all the cameras at CJOH and show guests had a dressing room and a makeup artist, Joel Haslam decided to do a segment on us for his own show about local t... read more

  • MelbourneInternationalSingersFestival

    Melbourne International Singers Festival & Melbourne Eisteddfod - June 2013

    Added February 7, 2013 by MelbourneInternationalSingersFestival - 846 views - 0 comments

    The School of Hard Knocks Institute is proud to announce the launch of Melbourne International Singers Festival 5 – 10 June 2013 (incorporating Melbourne Eisteddfod June 5-7 2013) Australia's most exciting new Festival for singers of all styles and ages.   “I'm thrilled to announce the launch of Aust... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Finding a niche for ‘world music’ choirs

    Added March 12, 2014 by Chris Rowbury - 1590 views - 0 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I regularly get emails out of the blue from various singing groups scattered across the globe asking for gigs. Recently I had one from a Russian ensemble, and before that one from a women’s group in the US. They al... read more

  • Adam  Paltrowitz

    11 Things to Avoid Doing at the First Rehearsal (High School)

    Added August 12, 2016 by Adam Paltrowitz - 2372 views - 0 comments

    (A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog Choral Clarity) Prior to my first day of teaching high school, I was given advice from the person who had just hired me. He told me exactly what I should do on the first day.  He said, “Do what you did during your demo lesson, and the stu... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    7 ways to share your choir’s singing without making a big performance of it

    Added January 10, 2018 by Chris Rowbury - 1449 views - 0 comments

    [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Some choirs don’t perform at all (see Choirs that don’t perform). But most choirs, at some point, will want to share their hard work with others.   photo by pyramis   It is possible to s... read more