• jan maarten koeman

    invitation for childrens church choir festival

    Added October 31, 2011 by jan maarten koeman - 1343 views - 0 comments

    LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS AT OUR CHILDRENS CHURCH CHOIR FESTIVAL URSEM HOLLAND 9/10 JUNE 2012   the childrens choir of Ursem celebrates its 150th church anniversary with a (church)childrens choir festival. The festival will aim to promote new childrens choir music for in the church, we include showchoir elements... read more

  • Calling all Greater Toronto Area Basses!

    Added October 29, 2011 by Liz Araujo - 939 views - 0 comments

    Come to New York City in the summer of 2012 to participate in an international choir festival that will be as meaningful as it is memorable. "The Rhythms of One World" festival will open with a concert at UN Headquarters celebrating the anniversary of the signing of the UN charter, and will include other significant pe... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Low women vs. tenor men

    Added October 27, 2011 by Chris Rowbury - 9927 views - 0 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There is a lack of men in many community choirs (Why men won’t sing).     The Tenor by Paul Helm   One of the results of this is that the so-called ‘tenor’ section is mainly po... read more

  • TMChoir

    Call for applicants for TMC 2012 Choral Conductors' Symposium

    Added October 25, 2011 by TMChoir - 990 views - 0 comments

    The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is now accepting applicants for the 2nd annual TMC Choral Conductors’ Symposium to be held in January 2012.  The TMC created this national symposium in 2011 as part of its Emerging Conductors Program to bring together emerging choral conductors with acclaimed conductor Noel Edis... read more

  • TMChoir

    New TMC podcast

    Added October 25, 2011 by TMChoir - 983 views - 0 comments

    Toronto Mendelssohn Choir has released a new podcast.  TMC Conductor Noel Edison, Associate Conductor Matthew Otto and Music Broadcaster Rick Phillips discuss the all Brahms program that will launch the TMC's 11/12 season on November 9th at Koerner Hall in Toronto.  Listen to the podcast: http://www.tmchoir.... read more

  • Interkultur Germany

    Čarobna frula and INTERKULTUR - World Choir Games in Cincinnati

    Added October 25, 2011 by Interkultur Germany - 1413 views - 0 comments

    The following text has first been pusblished on the INTERKULTUR Blog, "Personal reports" section.   By Marijan Milić (President of Croatian Music Society Čarobna frula, Conductor of youth choir Čarobna frula) When I saw on web the announcement for the 1st Choir Olympics in Linz 2000, I said to myself: That&... read more

  • Holly M

    Podcast #6 Vocal Warmup 1 — Vowels and mouth positioning

    Added October 23, 2011 by Holly M - 1098 views - 0 comments

    Podcast Powered By Podbean Not Twitter tweeting, but renaissance madrigal birds tweets make up most of the lyrics in the song Le chant des oyseaux.   Our director, Pierre, gives us direction in a particularly tricky section of the song and you'll get a taste of the intricacies of working this renaissance ma... read more

  • World Youth Choir

    World Youth Choir sings at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

    Added October 21, 2011 by World Youth Choir - 1203 views - 0 comments

    We are proud to announce that the World Youth Choir will participate at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert held in Oslo on December 11th – the annual musical tribute to the year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The choir has also been invited to sing at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony in Oslo City Hall on Dece... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Why my choir doesn’t sing songs from India

    Added October 20, 2011 by Chris Rowbury - 1698 views - 2 comments

    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   The simple reason is that India doesn’t have a harmony singing tradition, and I specialise in harmony singing.     Photo by willsfca   The same goes for most other countries in Asia.   ... read more

  • Kathryn Burrington

    A celebration of Gospel Choirs not to be missed

    Added October 17, 2011 by Kathryn Burrington - 985 views - 0 comments

    London Community Gospel Choir will be hosting what is bound to be an amazing concert later this month in London. Tickets just £5. Read more about the event on my blogsite