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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week in How to teach (and learn) a song by ear 1 I wrote about the oral tradition, teaching by ear, starting notes and breaking a song down into manageable chunks. Photo by niclindh ... read more
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22.04.2012 | By:San Francisco | 07:24 Germany is asleep – vocaldente is awake! Yesterday we participated in the terrific Pfäffikon a-capella festival in Switzerland: Despite political and financial discrepancies, it does exist: the friendship between Germany and Switzerland! Thank you ev... 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] To make singing as accessible as possible, I don’t use sheet music when I teach. This often freaks out people who are used to having a score in their hands! This post is about how to teach and ho... read more
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After a short trip to switzerlands A cappella festival in Pfäffikon, vocaldente - a cappella art is starting their spring Tour at the US west coast with concerts in Redmond, Rexburg, Corvallis, Portland and San Francisco! Check out the details on http://www.vocaldente.org/en/live/2012.html
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WORCESTER singers are hitting the Hallelujah trail for a post-Easter performance of a work more traditionally associated with Christmas. Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir will perform Handel's Messiah at a time when city folk are finishing the last of their chocolate eggs, instead of wrapping festive gif... 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] It’s a dark January evening, cold and rainy, and we’re snuggled up in the warm eating our supper. Choir starts in half an hour and we have to walk to a dark, draughty hall which always take... 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] Apparently singing is the UK’s second most popular activity after sport. Photo by Shaunette Babb According to The Guardian from December 2006: “there are more than 25,... read more
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Choral Holidays is a small company that specialises in taking groups of amateur singers to beautiful locations and forming them into choirs. Last year we took a group to the beautiful location of Milton Abbey in Dorset, and also to Florence, where we stayed in the gorgeous Castello doi Gabbiano and sang in the Batiste... read more
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After conducting a triumphant and passionate St John Passion on 31st March, Patrick McCarthy will conduct Olivet to Calvary by J H Maunder. The performance is at St Nicholas Church, Harwich from 7pm. Tickets on the door £5 (full-time education £3) Patrick will also be singing the ... read more
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five-star review in the Telegraph for the Howells Requiem from Trinity College Choir and Stephen Layton. “A fluid lyrical gift, an imaginative harmonic spectrum and a sense of occasion … the Trinity College Choir brings clarity of words and superb singing.” Buy CDA 67914 @ £14.25* How ab... read more
