Aequalis Foundation and the International Choral Composition Competition (CICCAG) assisted by IFCM was join the celebration of World Choral Day(december 2018) that commemorated the Centennial of the Armistice of World War I. Singers from all over the wo...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions ac...

Kyrie From FESTIVAL MASS John Leavitt Septemthillis Girl's Choir Direção Gabriela Pinterova Coro Feminino Cantilena Direção Lana Bernardes Altamiro Bernardes Regência Santuário Dom Bosco Brasilia DF Agosto 2012

When most people think of choir warmups, they picture scales, tongue twisters, or breathing exercises - all designed to help Singers find their pitch, focus their sound, and prepare for rehearsal. and of course, that’s exactly what warmups do, and w...

Many directors, even though they deeply care and want to give their Singers the best, simply can’t afford to commission new works or secure premieres. Odes of Love is an honest work—an ode to what we love most: life itself...

Choral Holidays is a small company that specialises in taking groups of amateur Singers to beautiful locations and forming them into choirs. Last year we took a group to the beautiful location of Milton Abbey in Dorset, and also to Florence, where we sta...

O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM by Swiss composer Ivo Antognini Coro CALICANTUS (Switzerland) - Mario Fontana, conductor Simona Crociani, piano Rémi Fontana, cello

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I don’t like rehearsing. I’d much rather turn up on the day, trust the Singers I’m working with and just busk it.      ...

At the request of the Lisbon Cantat Chamber Choir and its Maestro Jorge Alves, I wrote this piece in four voices on a poem by Fernando Pessoa, a poet of extreme importance for the Portuguese language. The score is freely available on my website for anyone...  moreAt the request of the Lisbon Cantat Chamber Choir and its Maestro Jorge Alves, I wrote this piece in four voices on a poem by Fernando Pessoa, a poet of extreme importance for the Portuguese language. The score is freely available on my website for anyone who wants to sing it. Best regards, João