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[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The Natural Voice Network (NVN) has done a great deal to dispel the myth that you have to be able to read music to be in a choir. photo by Tichonov / Тихонов There are now plenty of choirs aroun... read more
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St Peter’s Singers of Leeds Founded in 1977 by Harry Fearnley Registered Charity No. 507174 Choir Concert Tour of East Anglia Saturday 21 – Wednesday 25 October 2017 Waltham Abbey Church; Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Norwich; Ely Cathedral St Edmundsbury Cathedral; Parish Church of St John... read more
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Hi - has anyone got access to a set of orchestra parts for Tippett's 'A Child of Our Time'? My choir is doing this at the end of April, 2018, but the orchetsra music is proving difficult to obtain.We're very happy to pay a reasonable hire charge plus postage, etc, of course. Many thanks, Steve Sargent petersfi... read more
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[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] In open-access choirs (which don’t audition), you often find one or two singers who struggle to pitch notes accurately. photo by Jesus Solana In a large choir, a few individuals singing ou... read more
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[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Sometimes you might have to learn your song part from a recording rather than with everyone else together in a choir session. photo by Kathy Cassidy Here are some hints on how to do that in the ... read more
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LEARN HOW YOU CAN STAND A CHANCE TO WIN UP TO SGD $30,000! Date: 1 - 4 July 2018 Location: Singapore Orientale Concentus, conceptualised in 2008 with the purpose of promoting international arts and cultural exchange and youth choral music development, has seen a successful run across Asia. Participants in e... read more
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Last week we kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to professionally record an album of brand new choral music written by new and as yet unrecorded composers. This project is not about us as a choir. Our project is about giving new and emerging choral composers a chance to shine. So why are w... read more
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Hi Everyone, I'm Martin Gölles, a composer and conductor from Hungary. I'd like to perform one of my choir pieces called "Autumn Air" with a virtual choir. Want to be apart of this project? Please check my blog: http://martingolles.blogspot.hu/p/autumn-air.html Please check and like/follow/share my ... read more
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[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] There’s a gig coming up and you’ve still got work to do. Do you keep bashing out the notes until everyone’s perfect or do you rehearse ‘just enough’ and then go home? photo ... read more
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After a great start, continuing the fresh tradition we will come back to Budapest, the country of Kodály Method in 2018 as well to celebrate and promote choral music, and also to spread the value and experience of singing in a choir – as Kodály said: Music should belong to everyone. Come and join u... read more
