[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Ann read my post The six qualities need to be a Good choral director and it sparked off a quite a rant. photo by bagogames She has obviously had a bad exp...

Since 2008 we have been coming together in central London to learn and perform sea-shanties, murder ballads, protest songs, work songs, love melodies, folkified non-folksongs, and Good old knees-up tunes, from across the centuries and all over the world.

Now in its 12th year, Play It Forward presents Australia's most exciting Singers Festival for all school & community choirs and individual singers. Melbourne International Singers Festival has an even bigger and more diverse program over this King’s...

Saturday 10 June, 6.00pm - 7.15pm A right royal celebration with Hertford Chamber Choir, conductor Manvinder Rattan and organist William Whitehead. In honour of King Charles III’s Coronation, Hertfordshire Festival of Music presents a splendi...

On Monday, January 19, 2009 at the Music Center at Strathmore, Zemer Chai was honored to be invited to join with other Washington DC area performers in honoring the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through song.

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There are some workshop and choir leaders who work through fear. They are not particularly nice people, but they do get Good results.   phot...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’m all in favour of confident singers (see How to be a confident singer). The problem is there are two kinds and one of them can be disruptive...

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 ...  moreChoral 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 science behind the notes to find out why choral music sounds so Good. ▶ Support my channel: https://www.patreon.com/listeningin ▶ Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2PlVaMS ____________________ ▶ Website: http://www.barnabymartin.com ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarnabyMartin FURTHER READING Choral Phonetics - when vowels control the intonation [Wolfgang Saus]: https://www.oberton.org/wp-content/uploads/ws-Choral-Phonetics-vh-2.pdf CHOIRS FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO Tenebrae Choir: https://www.tenebrae-choir.com/ Voces8: https://voces8.com/ Illuminare Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnDCENlgvXo The Choir of Westminster Abbey: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/worship-music/music/the-abbey-choir-and-musicians/the-choir The Kingdom Choir: https://ki...    less

Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor falls, the major lifts The baffled King composing Hallelujah Hallelu...  moreNow I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor falls, the major lifts The baffled King composing Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Many men (and some women) complain about not having much vocal power on low notes. photo by GigNroll.com If you have Good power, control and volume in the ...