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It will be an exciting year for you, for us and the choral community. We love our job because you give us a better understanding of different cultures and because we appreciate how valuable our work is. During the First World Choir Games in Linz 2000 we daily walked across historic steps up to the ... read more
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“I am tone deaf. You are non-auditioned, but you don’t understand… I am TONE DEAF! DID YOU HEAR ME? ARE YOU DEAF? I am TONE DEAF!!!!!!” Tone deafness: Definition (from Wikipedia): “Tone deafness is the lack of relative pitch, or the inability ... read more
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BEING MORE THAN THE SUM OF YOUR PARTS: "I can't make it to rehearsal tonight, but it's ok, I know all the notes, it won't make a difference if I'm not there" Over the years I cannot tell you how many times I have heard this... read more
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CCS Spring 2012 Begins on January 23, 2012 - Please come and sing with us! CCS Spring 2012 Begins on January 23, 2012 Rehearsals: Monday evenings, beginning Monday, January 23, 2012 at 7:30-9:30PM), and on occasional weekend days, at Blooming Grove United Church of Christ (2 Old Dominion Rd., Blooming Grove)... read more
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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I reckon I’m a fairly experienced teacher and workshop leader. I’ve been teaching in one form or another for almost 35 years. Photo by nickb_rock But I still have sleepless nig... read more
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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] There’s always a strange sense of calm that descends on the choir before a concert. People seem unusually relaxed and more people start turning up late for rehearsals. What’s going on h... read more
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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] This is a busy concert time for most choirs. I thought I'd give an account of a typical concert by one of my community choirs. This is a description of one particular spring concert some years ago,... read more
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Bridgnorth Baptist Church was full to capacity on Saturday night as Bridgnorth Choral Society performed a packed evening programme of traditional Christmas classics, modern and old favourites, interspersed with a good measure of well known carols, in which the audience were invited to participate! The publicity posters... read more
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This week the first adjudicators for the 2012 World Choir Games have been announced (see here). Christopher Eanes, conductor of Cincinnati Boychoir, served as a judge for this year’s World Choir Championships for Youth and Young Adults in Graz, Austria. Now he tells us about his experiences and how to prepare b... read more
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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] A while back I was asked if I would like to conduct an interview on my blog with a well-known singing group who had just released a new CD. I had to be honest and say that I didn’t actually l... read more
