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THE Queen's Jubilee year may be drawing to a close but the celebrations are not over yet - especially in Bewdley. The town is the venue for a special fund-raising concert, with English Music for a Jubilee featuring some of the most well-known Coronation music, next/this weekend. The evening, in St Anne’s Church... read more
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That Choir Remembers Friday, November 9th, 8pm St. Patrick's Church - 141 McCaul St. at Dundas St. West - TORONTO Tickets: $25 general admission / $15 seniors & arts workers / $5 all students That Choir invites you to join us for our annual Remembrance Day concert. Through a shared musical experience,... read more
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[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I wrote a while back about 10 ways to be a better choir member. But what qualities do you need to be a good choir leader? Musical director by spoedman Lately I’ve written quite a lo... read more
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Singkronies Chamber Choir is extremely happy to welcome our new conductor, Charlotte Botha into our midst. Rehearsals are under way for our first project together: "Bernstein, Barber & Beatles", for which performances will take place at the end of November. Here is some more info about Charlotte: Char... read more
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[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The other week I wrote about who your choir actually ‘belongs’ to (Whose choir is it any way?). Does it belong to the singers, the committee, the arts centre, or the musical director? &nbs... read more
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"YOU'VE nailed me!" Sir Roy Strong exclaimed to delighted members of the Elgar Chorale when they formally welcomed him as their new patron at a special gathering at the Elgar Birthplace. The former director of the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum was given a tour of the Birthplace by the Vi... read more
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A large and appreciative audience attending a choral concert at St. Peters Church, Worfield on Friday night enjoyed an appealing variety of music. The evening programme included Mozart, Mendelssohn, Verdi and Puccini as well as numbers by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Elton John and Rodgers and Ha... read more
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Have you ever wonderd if there is a good tool out there for assisting in managing the day to day running of the chorus or vocal group? Our managment team has! We tried writing our own web based management application. It worked pretty well but required a level of expertice to maintain that we could not gua... read more
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[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I raised the question of Whose choir is it any way? © Copyright John Darch and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. I looked at the different rol... read more
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[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Your church or community centre sets up the concerts. Your committee deals with the finances and the social events. Your musical director teaches and conducts the songs. Your singers turn up every week to cr... read more
