• Liz Garnett

    The Inner Game of Choral Rehearsals

    Added August 20, 2012 by Liz Garnett - 2314 views - 3 comments

    This post originally appeared on Helping You Harmonise in August 2009   I’ve been threatening since last winter to write about how the Inner Game ideas can inform rehearsal techniques, and the time has at last arrived. This post will outline some big-picture principles, and three subsequent ... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    What am I going to do with no singing over the summer break??!!

    Added August 16, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 1231 views - 0 comments

    [this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   For those of us who work to school terms, it is now the summer holidays. Unlike us poor folk here in the UK, the summer break is months long in the US ! Whilst we only have six weeks or so, the summer there ... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Singing in harmony 2 – small group skills

    Added August 7, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 1971 views - 0 comments

    [this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about some of the skills needed to be able to sing in harmony. Most of them were focused on singing in a large choir. This week I want to consider those skills that are needed to sing harmo... read more

  • 29 Composers Offer No- or Low-Cost New Music Commissions!

    Added August 3, 2012 by Julia Laylander - 1638 views - 0 comments

    To All Choir Directors Who Have Never Commissioned a Choral Piece:   ♪          Have you always wanted to commission a special piece for your choir, but never had enough money?  ♪          Is there a particular p... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Singing in harmony 1 – how do they do that?

    Added July 25, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 1618 views - 0 comments

    [this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about 10 ways to be a better choir member. This was prompted by an earlier post on whether you need singing lessons or not in order to sing. I pointed out that there are several skills that... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    10 ways to be a better choir member

    Added July 23, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 18397 views - 0 comments

    [this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about whether you need singing lessons in order to be able to sing. I suggested that people should simply jump in and join a choir before they ever consider individual singing lessons. I po... read more

  • Gilad  Hochman

    Choral & Cello Solo Work

    Added July 22, 2012 by Gilad Hochman - 1723 views - 0 comments

    Greetings,   I am happy to present you with my composition for SSAATB and cello solo and would be interested in your impressions on it.   "Whom My Soul Loveth" was composed on the hebrew Biblical text of Song of Songs 3, 1 and commissioned in 2009 by Kammerchor Aachen in Germany.   I... read more

  • Liz Garnett

    Production and Production Capacity in the Choral Rehearsal

    Added July 19, 2012 by Liz Garnett - 1113 views - 0 comments

    This post originally appeared on www.HelpingYouHarmonise.com   One of the foundational concepts in Stephen Covey’s book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is the distinction between production and production capacity.* Production is getting stuff done – generating whatever outputs a par... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Do you need singing lessons in order to sing?

    Added July 19, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 3377 views - 0 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I often get enquiries from people looking for one-to-one singing lessons. I tell them that unfortunately I don’t offer them.     I recommend that they join a choir instead. But some people feel t... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Finding out about songs: two real-world examples

    Added July 12, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 1697 views - 0 comments

    [this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote that you shouldn’t believe everything you read when it comes to researching songs.     Photo by Ashley Dace   This week I’d like to give you two concrete e... read more