• meeting music

    Concorso Corale 2018 – A long tradition, a long lasting memory

    Added September 26, 2017 by meeting music - 751 views - 0 comments

    Lake Garda: You have to go there, either for the first time or again! Feel at home in the luminous environment, temperate climate, and luxuriant vegetation along with the majestic landscapes as the background to the remarkable historical and cultural remains spread all around and make this place to the one of the most ... read more

  • Andrew Miller

    A *MUST HAVE*, highly accessible, FUN piece all choirs will LOVE! Great universal message, it's a toe-tapper!

    Added September 20, 2017 by Andrew Miller - 954 views - 0 comments

    This EXTREMELY catchy blue-grassy choir tune will be the favorite of your students.  Great concert closer, Perfect for small groups, large groups, massed choruses, can be easily rearranged for SSA, SA, TTB, etc...  and with a little analysis, adding guitar would be a piece of cake.  If your budget's low,... read more

  • Andrew Miller

    FREE PDF of award-winning piece for advanced a cappella choir!

    Added September 20, 2017 by Andrew Miller - 1897 views - 0 comments

    This piece, "Alleluia" by Andrew Miller, is really catching fire in the collegiate and professional choral realm.    Miller was commissioned to write this piece in 2015 when he was named ND's composer of the Year, NDMTA.    Free to copy, print, perform and record!    Score:  htt... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Fresh blood: the pros and cons of letting new singers join your choir

    Added September 20, 2017 by Chris Rowbury - 1445 views - 0 comments

    [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   As choir starts back after a break, you might notice a few new faces in the ranks.   photo by Scott A. Thornbloom   Bringing in new recruits maintains the lifeblood of a choir, but what are the pros... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Re-booting your choir: shake things up for a new season

    Added September 13, 2017 by Chris Rowbury - 1853 views - 0 comments

    [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Many choirs will be starting back soon after a long break.   photo by velkr0   This is the perfect time to shake things up a bit if you feel things have gone a bit stale. It’s very easy for s... read more

  • Gary Leman

    Choir Director and Conductor Training

    Added September 4, 2017 by Gary Leman - 994 views - 0 comments

        http://fiestalonia.net/fest/training-...onductors/ One of the most important components of all the international choral festivals organized by Fiestalonia is the education and direct exchange of experience between the members of the choirs and the choir conductors. However, sometimes the cont... read more

  • Sing with Dr Jonathon Welch AM in the Sunshine Coast's inaugural Absolutely Everybody choir

    Added September 2, 2017 by SOHK - 722 views - 0 comments

    This October, as part of Queensland Mental Health Week 2017, the School of Hard Knocks is excited to head to the Sunshine Coast, and we invite you to join our un-auditioned project choir—the inaugural ‘Absolutely Everybody’ Sunshine Coast Choir.   This is a ’not-to-be-missed’ opport... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Singing the wrong note is not the end of the world

    Added August 30, 2017 by Chris Rowbury - 1636 views - 0 comments

    [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   How many times have you been standing next to someone in your choir section and realised that they’re singing something different from you?   photo by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez   Are... read more

  • Holly M

    Pierre Massie Choral Music Catalogue now available

    Added August 25, 2017 by Holly M - 1057 views - 0 comments

    You are here because you have an interest in choral music.  I'm here because it is my passion.  I compose, sing, direct and arrange choral music -- my choir, The Stairwell Carollers, is my instrument. I've been tuning this instrument now for nearly 40 years, and it never gets old.    They... read more

  • Holly M

    Ear Training - from the Directors viewpoint

    Added August 25, 2017 by Holly M - 1637 views - 0 comments

    (adapted from a post in The Stairwell Carollers Choir Blog) David Rain, tenor:  How on earth  do you hear everyone, including our mistakes, while singing along at full throttle?   Pierre: I'm not sure, but you're definitely right about my being able to hear everything.  It's not necessari... read more