[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Somebody asked me the other Day if I do workshops on songs from the musicals. I don't like musical theatre, so the answer was a resounding “No&rdquo...

In one week, it is an important Day: The final registration deadline for two of our festivals is expiring on December 10!   So, if you want to come - to Vienna between March 13-17, 2026 for the 34th International Franz Schubert Choir Festival & C...

A live Performance at the Seventh Day Adventist (Pioneer) Church, Babcock University. July 17, 2017.

  Wow 40 years! Where did the time go? I've always been one of the oldest members of the Stairwell Carollers - if not the OLDEST - at our choir's 20th anniversary in 1997 I was 41, but still didn't look a Day over 30. Pierre had HAIR - and I sh...

Farewell my Lovely blonde folk song from Bas-Dauphiné (France) Arrangement: Jean-Christophe Rosaz http://www.jeanchristopherosaz.eu http://www.youtube.com/user/rosazjc https://soundcloud.com/jc-rosaz Women choir: Korallerna (Lund, Sweden) http://...  moreFarewell my Lovely blonde folk song from Bas-Dauphiné (France) Arrangement: Jean-Christophe Rosaz http://www.jeanchristopherosaz.eu http://www.youtube.com/user/rosazjc https://soundcloud.com/jc-rosaz Women choir: Korallerna (Lund, Sweden) http://korallerna.se/ conductor: Linda Alexandersson (also composer) http://linda-alexandersson.com/ publishing: https://www.schola-editions.com/accueil/ cd: http://www.advitam-records.com/catalogue/meliades.html Florilège Vocal de Tours 2016 http://www.florilegevocal.com/ --- 1)Adieu, ma si charmante blonde, A qui j'ai promis mon coeur! Je m'en vais, je m'en vais, je m'en vais Je m'en vais voguer sur l'onde, Belle je suis ton serviteur! 2)Malgré la pluie, malgré l'orage, Belle, il nous faut embarquer Embarquer, embarquer, embarquer embarquer dessus la Seine, c'est pour aller naviguer. 3)Mon cher amant, si tu me quittes, cher amant, si tu t'en vas, Souviens-toi, souviens-toi, souviens-toi, Souviens-toi de la promesse que ...    less

Lovely arrangement of a classic Robert Burns Poem.

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I was running a one-Day workshop a while back and it seemed to me that the whole thing wasn’t gelling. People seemed uninspired, energy was low, and i...

For this final week of Advent, Brethren brings the traditional Austrian Carol, "Still, Still, Still". May these words give you peace and hope as we "dream of the joyous Day to come"...

4 part Canon by Orlando di Lasso Performed by the Strasbourg singers in 1976 Dis-moi, beau printemps, pour qui sont ces fleurs et ces chansons, La lune blanche dans l'étang, Les nids blottis dans les taillis ? [De ta beauté, de tes parfums ne nou...  more4 part Canon by Orlando di Lasso Performed by the Strasbourg singers in 1976 Dis-moi, beau printemps, pour qui sont ces fleurs et ces chansons, La lune blanche dans l'étang, Les nids blottis dans les taillis ? [De ta beauté, de tes parfums ne nous lassons.]* English singing translation: Tell me, Lovely Spring, Now whom are these flowers and songs for? The white moon shining in the pool The nests are hidden in the woods [Let us not tire of your beauty and perfumes.] (The last line was not included in the edition that we were using, but the score referenced here contains the whole piece)  less

It's a great tribute to the skill and warm-heartedness of the group of wonderful people that makes up Albion that YET AGAIN we have sold out a concert in Sheffield before the Day. I'm proud of you all that you create and perpetuate something in which so m...