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blog: Is your choir name fit for purpose?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Many choir names are descriptive and give a clear idea of what kind of choir it is.But choirs change over Time. Maybe your choir name doesn’t fit what y...

Amstetten Vokal
group: Amstetten Vokal

sing with delight! having a good Time together when singing the masterpieces of choirmusic from "every corner". feeling the music in our hearts. the audience will listen and see this in our performances and our faces. - if your feeling is well, ...  more

blog: the OK Chorale - songs of passion & joy from across the globe

Back for the second year running but hoping there will be no snow this Time, the OK Chorale are delighted to present their annual spring concert at St. Mary’s Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk on Saturday 29 March at 7.30pm. Tickets £5 (£2 und...

blog: the Infallible Formula for Writing a Masterpiece by Santiago Veros

In 2013, having completed my university studies, my professional experience in composition was nil. My jobs until then had been as an ice cream seller and a brief stint at a bookstore making photocopies—part-Time jobs to support my university studie...

blog: Looking forward/ Looking back

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Time to look forward to the coming year.   with thanks to my lovely assistant Susie Mendelsson   Look back first to realise all the big mis...

blog: Can auditioned choirs still be ‘community’ choirs?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Nat started his choir four years ago. He has slowly built the numbers up to a fairly stable 35 or so, but thinks it’s Time for a change.   &n...

blog: A Time-honored traditition with renewed excitement

In 1988, when Budapest International Choir Festival & Competition was founded, a milestone was set in the history of choral competitions. In 2017 we celebrate the 16th anniversary of this festival in Budapest.     Be participants in one of Ce...

blog: Almas de Barro: the story behind a choral work

How was this work created?   Santiago Veros at the age of 19 writes this piece dedicated to a woman who for that Time she was shy and he rarely talked with her.Almas de Barro describes intimately the moments of counterpoint classes when these two p...

blog: How ill do you need to be before you cancel a performance?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Back in 2015 I was in bed for 10 days with a nasty bout of ’flu. For the first Time in my 18-year career I had to cancel a choir concert.   ...

blog: Singing Changes Your Brain with a Shout Out to ChoirPlace!

I wrote an essay about group singing for Time, and I mentioned ChoirPlace as one of the places to find a choir.    This is a picture of a summer sing I went to on Monday, hosted by the West Village Chorale.