A very Swedish affair…Folk Music plays a very important role in Sweden. Wherever people meet and celebrate, you will be surrounded by Music, singing and dancing. The Swedish composer Mårten Jansson is deeply rooted in this tradition which ins...
A setting of text adapted from prose by American naturalist John Muir (1838-1914). Commissioned for the Combined choirs of St. Joseph's School, Seattle, directed by Rick Boyle, who premiered the piece at Benaroya Hall's Nordstrom Recital Hall on May 6, 20... more
School of Hard Knocks & Melbourne International Singers Festival present: TEACHER’S PRofESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY Dr Kirby Shaw, Presenter. Work with the most popular arranger in the world! Kirby Shaw from the United States...
choir of the Earth's August 2022 Concert Performance of Slava! - five pieces of stunning Orthodox Church Music, including: ● Hymn of Praise, Rachmaninoff ● Ukrainian Prayer, John Rutter CBE ● Otche Nash (Our Father), Kedrov ● Shchedryk, a traditiona... more
School of Hard Knocks Institute presents Melbourne International Singers Festival and Melbourne Eisteddfod, June 4 – 9, 2014 Australia’s most exciting Singers Festival & Choral Eisteddfod!! World Class Venues Outstanding Vocal, Ar...
Voices of Casey will present Street Requiem at Cranbourne Community Theatre on Saturday 20th August at 2pm. Street Requiem, conceived by the creator of the School of Hard Knocks, Dr Jonathon Welch AM, and composed in collaboration with Dr Kathlee...
Abusua Chorale-Gh was established in 2016 with help of some members of St Paul's Anglican Church and the Parish Priest Rev Canon Samuel Kojo Nyame.This is our five anniversary. We have organised series of concerts and being nominated thrice in Chorale ... more
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] My main skill is as a teacher of songs to those who don’t read Music. Photo by elfsternberg Other choir leaders have different s...
Choral Music is currently going through a renaissance with hundreds of professional and amateur choirs singing all across the world. But what makes the sound, and in particular the sound of a professional group, so appealing? In this essay, I look at the ... more
Choriosity - the a cappella pop choir in the YMCA in Ulm, Germany! We are a non-professional choir of young people and we love the challenges of great a cappella Music :) We sing a version of Eye of the tiger (not really;) a cappella, but we loved the re... more