The IX International choir festival Music and Sea, takes place annually in the middle of September in the beautiful village of Paralia, Greece. Paralia is a touristic seaside village situated on the west coast of the Thermaic Gulf and in the shadow of...  more The IX International choir festival Music and Sea, takes place annually in the middle of September in the beautiful village of Paralia, Greece. Paralia is a touristic seaside village situated on the west coast of the Thermaic Gulf and in the shadow of Olympus. The Festival has two parts: competitive and non-competitive. However, the character and the main concept of both parts is joining music, vacation, friendship and fun. The idea of the Festival is to bring the music closer to the people and to present the music on the streets and the squares of Paralia, Olympic Beach and Katerini. All choir ensembles, regardless of the members’ gender and age can apply for participation at the Festival.  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last week I looked at What is unique about singing together. In this post, I’ll consider which aspects of singing together can be duplicated online and...

Mabe Ladies choir perform The Wayfaring Stranger arranged by Greg Gilpin in Concert at Caldicot Leisure Centre with Caldicot male Voice choir. Sept 6 2014. Conductor Amanda Ward, Accompanist Rico Gerber

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Last time I looked at what music notation is for and if you need it to sing.   Sight reading by discopalace   This week I’d like to ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   People don’t often talk about the downsides of singing.     We constantly bang on about the health benefits, social aspects, etc. but...

SKOWRONKI Girls' choir Antonina Busse - sopran Dominika Jachnik - mezzosopran Maria Lewandowska - harp Alicja Szeluga conductor GAUDETE! Live concert 21/12/2012 Poznań, Poland www.chor-skowronki.pl http://www.facebook.com/chorskowronki

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Out come all the favourite songs that everyone loves – songs that you’ve sung hundreds of times before.   photo by John Bencina ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Last week in Now THAT’S what I call singing! Volume 1 I shared some of my favourite songs from Europe: Corsica, Georgia, Russian orthodox, gypsy, th...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]     This post is part of a series of occasional Questions and Answers. Just contact Chris if you want to submit a question.     Tim wro...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Some people really struggle when it comes to learning a song by ear. Often it’s singers who are used to using sheet music, but not always. &nb...