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blog: DOn’t try to help your fellow singers – it’s not your job!

[A versiOn of this article first appeared as a post On my blog From The FrOnt of The Choir]   Many’s The tiMe I see Ann lean over to Gill (not Their real naMes) to help her get her part right. And every tiMe I see a pained expressiOn On ...

UPCC performs Ilay Gandangan @ 30 Festival Internacional de Musica de Cantonigros 2012
video: UPCC performs Ilay Gandangan @ 30 Festival InternaciOnal de Musica de CantOnigros 2012

CompetitiOn 4. Folk SOng CateGory FIRST PRIZE: UNIVERSITY OF The PHILIPPINES COnCERT CHORUS Ilay Gandangan "Worship of The Sun" by Rodolfo DelarMente Soloist: Ma. Anna Corina "Eenna" delos Reyes July 21, 2012 Vic, CatalOnia

blog: Becoming a choir leader – it’s a lOng story!

[this is a versiOn of a post which first appeared On my blog From The FrOnt of The Choir]   I realise that apart from my profile page On this blog, you probably dOn’t know much about Me or my journey to becoMe a choir and singing workshop lea...

blog: What exactly is The point of your choir?

[A versiOn of this article first appeared as a post On my blog From The FrOnt of The Choir]   I often get people writing to Me for advice about choirs. SoMe of Them dOn’t agree with The directiOn Their choir leader is taking Them, soMe ...

Fair daffodils by Benjamin Britten sung at a Nottingham choir course in 1977
video: Fair daffodils by Benjamin Britten Sung at a Nottingham choir course in 1977

Sung by us at a singing course in Nottingham in 1977 Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soOn; As yet The early-rising Sun Has not attain'd his noOn. Stay, stay until The hasting day Has run but to The evensOng, And, having pray'd to...  Onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='nOne';">moreOne;">Sung by us at a singing course in Nottingham in 1977 Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soOn; As yet The early-rising Sun Has not attain'd his noOn. Stay, stay until The hasting day Has run but to The evensOng, And, having pray'd togeTher, we Will Go with you alOng. We have short tiMe to stay, as you, We have as short a spring; As quick a growth to Meet decay, As you, or anything. We die, as your hours do, and dry away, Like to The sumMer's rain, Or as The pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again.  Onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='nOne';">less

THREE MINIATURES for SSAA Chorus by Stanley M. Hoffman (1999)
video: THREE MINIATURES for SSAA Chorus by Stanley M. Hoffman (1999)

Three Miniatures for SSAA Chorus unaccompanied (1. The Lute, 2. The Thunderbolt, 3. The Sun) Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (1999) Words by Judah al Harizi, 13th century English TranslatiOn by Stanley M. Hoffman PerforMed by The WoMen of The Philovo...  Onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='nOne';">moreOne;">Three Miniatures for SSAA Chorus unaccompanied (1. The Lute, 2. The Thunderbolt, 3. The Sun) Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (1999) Words by Judah al Harizi, 13th century English TranslatiOn by Stanley M. Hoffman PerforMed by The WoMen of The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, cOnductor Music and TranslatiOn: © Copyright 2000 by IOne Press, Inc., a divisiOn of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permissiOn. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5678 Recording: © Copyright 2000 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permissiOn.  Onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='nOne';">less

blog: CALL FOR ENTRIES....

to The third editiOn of PER MUSICAM AD ASTRA Copernicus InternatiOnal Choir Festival & CompetitiOn!  Between June 27 - July 1, 2015 it will be again Toruń, Poland The host city of anoTher Meeting music event.   DOn´t miss The deadl...

blog: COnfessiOn: I dOn’t like to sing much

[A versiOn of this article first appeared as a post On my blog From The FrOnt of The Choir]   You know those people who sing all The tiMe — when They’re cooking, hoovering, gardening, whatever? Well, I’m not One of Them.   ...

blog: Fit The sOng arrangeMent to your singers and not The oTher way round

[A versiOn of this article first appeared as a post On my blog From The FrOnt of The Choir] Most singers in choirs dOn’t fit neatly into choral vocal ranges. Yet we try to squeeze Them in to our off-The-shelf arrangeMents, chastising Them when ...

blog: Can you be The wrOng age to sing?

[A versiOn of this article first appeared as a post On my blog From The FrOnt of The Choir]   Here in The UK The arts seem to cater for just three age groups.   Photo by vintagedept   If you dOn’t fit into One of These, t...