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Last weekend we ended a very fulfilling season with a choir party. To celebrate we all sang our version of "Seasons Of Love" from the musical Rent, lyrics by our conductor Jeanne Rabin (www.jeannerabin.com). You are all welcome to sing along (here's a link to youtube for the music - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... 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] Some time ago I tried a new idea (for me any way) for helping people to learn songs. Photo by Ramesh Lalwani I decided to associate a different movement/ gesture with each musical phrase to see ... 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] There are quite a few choirs out there made up entirely of blind singers. There are also many famous individual blind singers (Stevie Wonder, Andrea Bocelli), groups (The Blind Boys of Alabama) and even whole traditions ... 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] Some people I know think that to sing harmony with others you have to get on with them. Photo by woodleywonderworks But I don’t believe you need to be friends in order to create beautiful ... read more
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07.08.2011– St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church, Kansas City, MO-- Kansas City's newest professional choral ensemble begins preparation on July 24th for it's first ever recording project that will be released at the first of two Christmas concerts on December 17th, 2011. "Sweet Was the Song" will be an al... 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] Last time (Tuning up – where do start notes come from?) I talked about my aim of being able to give out a single note to my choir, instead of having to give a note to each separate part. Now I want to look at which ... 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] OK, I’ll admit it up front: I’m a charlatan. I have no training for the job which gives me my income. So when it comes to giving starting notes out to my choir, I’m not very good. &nbs... read more
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By Adrian Ruckhofer (INTERKULTUR Choir Reporter), Singakademie Graz, AustriaTranslated from German to EnglishI always wanted to be part of a flashmob, now I finally was!!!We, the choir4graz, started our promotion tour in the shopping mall at Murpark. We spread in the whole building in groups of one or two. Then we got ... read more
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This post was originally written for www.onlinerehearsals.blogspot.com - I thought it might be of wider interest The time has come; some might say the time is long past, for us to decide what we are as a choir and how we move forward. In many ways this has been not so much a decision as an inexorable progressio... 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] There are many choir leaders whose priority is to create as perfect a rendition of a written musical score as they can (see Music lives in flawed humans and not on the page). But my focus is on the people who are mak... read more
