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  • Chris Rowbury

    Two models for running your choir

    Added October 4, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 3544 views - 9 comments

    [this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I raised the question of Whose choir is it any way?     © Copyright John Darch and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.   I looked at the different rol... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Whose choir is it any way?

    Added September 27, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 1861 views - 0 comments

    [this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Your church or community centre sets up the concerts. Your committee deals with the finances and the social events. Your musical director teaches and conducts the songs. Your singers turn up every week to cr... read more

  • Liz Garnett

    Reminder

    Added September 24, 2012 by Liz Garnett - 1068 views - 0 comments

      Quick reminder that the early booking discount for the Conduct with Charisma workshop for choral directors ends next Monday.   Full details and booking form can be found at www.HelpingYouHarmonise.com/charisma_workshop

  • Chris Rowbury

    How to tell if your choir leader is rubbish

    Added September 19, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 3391 views - 0 comments

    [this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A while back I attended a singing workshop and hated the way it was run. Was it just me, or was the workshop leader no good?     We all have different learning styles, so perhaps the leader&rs... read more

  • varda hardy

    BIG VOICE...dare to dream

    Added September 18, 2012 by varda hardy - 1657 views - 0 comments

    I am a filmmaker creating a musical feature documentary called BIG VOICE about a visionary high school choir director and his most advanced co-ed ensemble overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become "one big voice".  We have completed principal photography and are now heading into post production. &nbs... read more

  • Andrew Miller

    Part Recordings for virtually any piece

    Added September 13, 2012 by Andrew Miller - 1443 views - 0 comments

    Greetings again, fellow music educators!   You can now get part recordings sung by professional singers for virtually any choral piece to help your students learn challenging music on their own time at a much faster rate.  Part recordings offered in two formats:   1) Separate parts alo... read more

  • Andrew Miller

    New Choral Music!

    Added September 13, 2012 by Andrew Miller - 3042 views - 0 comments

    Greetings fellow choral educators!   Please feel free to click on the links below to hear some of my latest choral music.  Send me an email if you would like some sheet music (great prices)!  I’m also accepting four more commissions for the spring semester – first come, first serve (great r... read more

  • Liz Garnett

    Conduct with Charisma: A Workshop for Choral Directors

    Added September 12, 2012 by Liz Garnett - 1211 views - 0 comments

      Reminder that the early-bird booking fee for this workshop applies to all bookings before 1 October 2012   Back by popular demand, the Conduct with Charisma workshop will run again on 24 November 2012. Details of the content and how to book can be found at http://www.helpingyouharmonise.com/charis... read more

  • Liz Garnett

    Recruitment to Cults and Choirs

    Added September 10, 2012 by Liz Garnett - 1469 views - 0 comments

    This post first appeared on Helping You Harmonise   I was listening recently to a Stuff You Should Know podcast about cults and thought reform, and it made me notice how a number of areas I have been interested in as both scholar and musician interact even more than I had already noticed.   The first is m... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Is your audience just friends and family?

    Added August 29, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 1997 views - 2 comments

    [this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Does your choir actually have a public following, or are you just kidding yourself?     When a choir first starts performing in public, most of the audience will be made up of friends and fami... read more