composer: Zachary J. Moore ensemble: Oshkosh West High School Chorale conductor: Herb Berendsen
“For many of us, the voice works well even though our core isn’t as well coordinated as it could be. However, when the voice and/or breath aren’t working well or you go through a physical change that results in a negative shift in the fu...
Hello ALL Gospel Singers. We are hosting our 4th Annual Gospel Explosion in Kaiserslautern, Germany, we are approximately one hour from Frankfurt. Please join us this year. More information at http://gospelexplosion.j4hministry.org/
Aiming for 16-20 voices, SATB, rehearse in Hammersmith/Chiswick, about every 2 or 3 weeks. All busy professional folk, who understand we cannot all make every rehearsal! Classical almost always unaccompanied repertoire. Palestrina, Bach, Victoria, Britten... more
This post was orginally published on Embro Thistle Singers blog. When I was 15, I took singing lessons from the nuns at "The Pines". These ladies were well respected for the results they achieved in musical training. Our performance group o...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Many of us are in choirs where a particular section needs bolstering. In my case it’s a lack of altos, for others it might be too few tenors. ...
Choirs often concentrate on pitch and blend, but it is rhythm that truly binds the music together. This workshop shifts the focus to cultivating a shared sense of pulse and equips Singers with practical techniques to overcome rhythmic challenges in choral...
Recorded at the church of St Vedast Alias Foster, City of London, 25th April 2015.
This was originally published on the Embro Thistle Singers' blog. Have you ever walked through a mall or downtown and "people watched"? Oh my. There are people walking around who, in my mother's words, would be horrified if thei...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Sometimes trying to get your choir to stand in the right places is like dealing with an unruly kindergarten class. It seems as if spatial awareness and si...
