[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir]   Sometimes old choir repertoire becomes stale.   Photo by quinn.anya   Well-loved Songs start to wear out and lose their sparkle. What can ...

Two love Songs par les Canterbury Voices en concert à Ris Orangis sous la direction de Kerry Boyle

Nine Songs from Op. 27 - Zemlinsky/Hoffman - Chorus & Orchestra - NotePerformer 3 Audio/HD Video Edited and translated by Stanley M. Hoffman. Synthesized performance and scrolling score in search of live performances.

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir]   A friend of mine asked the other day: “How do you find Songs? And how do you do vocal arrangements of them?”   Photo by Jorge Fr...

the Chamber Choir Le Voci is an a capella mixed choir with 32 singers. We are located in Oslo an has a very broad repertoar from medieval to contemporary music. We sing in many languages and in many genres; classical, church music, romantic Songs, Folk mu...  morethe Chamber Choir Le Voci is an a capella mixed choir with 32 singers. We are located in Oslo an has a very broad repertoar from medieval to contemporary music. We sing in many languages and in many genres; classical, church music, romantic Songs, Folk music, jazz; with our main focus in classical music. We have been singing for 15 years and held concerts in several European capitals. Taking our singing seriously, we are a very social singers who likes to perform with other choirs or musicians.  

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog from the Front of the Choir]   My real love is to teach a lot of relatively simple Songs so people can spend more time singing and less time learning in a workshop (see We’ve come ...

My name is Paul Eisenstein and I am looking for an adventurous choir (SATB) to perform one of my pieces. the work is called Songs from Cold Mountain and it is comprised of 6 poems by the 10th century Zen poet Han Shan. these are short pieces and can be c...

Sung by the Fulham Children's Choir, Musical director: Christopher Wray, Piano: Marcus Andrews and Charles Economou Songs and Cries of London Town by Bob Chilcott and varied choral cantata in five movements for STAB choir, upper-voice choir, piano duet, ...  moreSung by the Fulham Children's Choir, Musical director: Christopher Wray, Piano: Marcus Andrews and Charles Economou Songs and Cries of London Town by Bob Chilcott and varied choral cantata in five movements for STAB choir, upper-voice choir, piano duet, and optional percussion. the two outer movements draw their words and inspiration from boisterous cries of 17th century market vendors as once featured in 'the Cries of London' by Orlando Gibbbons. the second movement features the words of a Scottish poet, William Dunbar (c. 1460-c.1520), in which he praises the English capital, and includes the line 'London, thou art the flower of cities all'. Together, these settings evoke a surprisingly contemporary impression of London's sights, sounds, and moods, inspiring some irresistible music, by turns contemplative and unquenchably thrilling. This 'capital' cantata was written in 2001 for the Diamond Jubilee of the Barnet Choral Society, of which Chilcott is President.  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir] Last week I wrote about why you shouldn’t be too quick to dismiss Songs that aren’t in English. T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) This week ...

Atlantic Voices : the Newfoundland and Labrador Choir of Ottawa was founded in the spring of 2002 by soprano Kristina Curren, a Newfoundlander once removed in search of her musical heritage. Atlantic Voices is an amateur choir starting its tenth season wi...  moreAtlantic Voices : the Newfoundland and Labrador Choir of Ottawa was founded in the spring of 2002 by soprano Kristina Curren, a Newfoundlander once removed in search of her musical heritage. Atlantic Voices is an amateur choir starting its tenth season with a repertoire consisting mainly of Newfoundland, Maritime, and Celtic Songs and music. the goals of the choir are: to represent and showcase Newfoundland and Maritime music and culture in the Ottawa area; to provide its members with the opportunity to learn, rehearse, and perform choral compositions; and to offer free of charge, musical entertainment to residents of retirement homes, hospitals etc., via in situ community concerts. Members of Atlantic Voices include singers from the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Ontario. Singers and musicians of all backgrounds are invited to join us and explore Songs and music from both sides of the Atlantic.  less