I'm new to this site, but I thought I'd start off by saying I searched so long for a Chanukah song for my West Los Angeles Children's choir to sing, I finally got my (pro lyricist) husband to write one with me! We got some of the kids to record and...
Starting as a playful stream, it later becomes gentle, majestic and calm by the time it reaches the city; and after some final twirls, it melts away into the big sea. https://www.ph-publishers.com/product_info.php?products_id=786&fb...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Having written about starting your own community choir, in 2011 I put my money where my mouth is and started a brand new singing group – my first in...
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 emergin...
Vox’n’Roll is a Rock & Pop a cappella group from Salzburg. The ensemble inspires their audience with modern arrangements, which are mostly written by themselves. Changing with the seasons, their repertoire also includes classical music and genuine Austri... more
The Lord bless you and keep you written for Sister Anita and the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, Wisconsin. A lovely prayer for two part choir with piano or organ. Available via: https://www.timknightmusic.com/product-page/the-lord-bless-you-and-keep-yo... more
Music for the Soul The Hutt Valley Singers have spent winter evenings working on a programme for their next concert coming up on Sunday, 24th August. ‘You Raise Me Up’ is a concert of uplifting songs written by composers from a...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I looked at how you get beyond the written word if you've been learning lyrics from sheets of paper. This week I want to look a...
Co-cheòl, performing Look Like Me (written by Eleanor McEvoy) at the A Cappella State Championships at Deakin Edge Theatre, Federation Square, Melbourne on 16/5/14. Co-cheòl are: Claire Patti, Georgie Walton, Merrily Hanson and Ginger Hanson.
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Unlike many ‘traditional’ classical or church choirs, Natural Voice choirs seldom use written scores. We don‘t assume that singers who att...