[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]It’s that time of Year again when you still have time to to pop to the local garage for last-minute presents. What on earth can you get for the choral...

This week the first adjudicators for the 2012 World Choir Games have been announced (see here). Christopher Eanes, conductor of Cincinnati Boychoir, served as a judge for this Year’s World Choir Championships for Youth and Young Adults in Graz, Au...

Mood Swing is made up of about 20 members. Some have been here since the beginning, some joined this Year and others fit somewhere in the middle. We have an exacting standard of singing - we are just not sure what that exactly is! One of the most impo...  moreMood Swing is made up of about 20 members. Some have been here since the beginning, some joined this Year and others fit somewhere in the middle. We have an exacting standard of singing - we are just not sure what that exactly is! One of the most important facets of Mood Swing is that we have fun with what we do and it comes across not only in our singing, but also in our performances. We may not have perfected laughing and singing at the same time, but we give it a fair go! Since 2001, Mood Swing have been wowing audiences with our full sounds and suave choreography. With a range of music from '20s swing, African songs, traditional gospel, contemporary hits and fun ditties arranged in three and four parts, Mood Swing have something for all ages. Fabulously led by Lisa Schwabe, Mood Swing have been singing around Melbourne at concerts, churches and private functions to the delight of all who see and hear us. Don't you be the one to miss out!  less

Dear choral singers,   Missing an event does not mean that you can1t join in another Year. In 2017 meeting music gladly will be your host in Caorle/Venice, Italy for a great choral celebration. The competition with its wide range of categories li...

We are an active French community choir that presents 4 to 6 concerts per Year. Our trademark is singing all concerts by memory, which means that with a changing repertoire, our members have to be willing to work hard. We sing widely around our own region...  moreWe are an active French community choir that presents 4 to 6 concerts per Year. Our trademark is singing all concerts by memory, which means that with a changing repertoire, our members have to be willing to work hard. We sing widely around our own region in France but are looking to exchange with a choir further afield in the near future.  

Last Sunday, my choir sang in the Choir Of The Year selection stage in Newcastle. We’d rehearsed for about a month, and had decided to perform Whitacre’s Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine. COTY rules say you have 8 minutes to perform - any...

Did you think about changing your program for 2016 Celebration and Rehearsal Year? Through the past Years of competition and festival we found many choirs enjoying their time with    - Salutatio AngeFlica by Domenico Bartolucci   ...

The Major Minors Children’s Choir (New Zealand) are excited to be performing a selection of familiar songs from movies, musicals and pop songs at their next concert on 15 May. This will be the second Upper Hutt performance for the choir this Year wi...

Psalm 150 Ernest Widmer (1927-1990) Jovem Canto Youth Choir Altamiro Bernardes - director X International Choir Festival MUNDUS CANTAT Sopot - Poland May 2014 Ernst Widmer (1927-1990) was a Swiss-Brazilian composer, conductor, pianist and pro...  morePsalm 150 Ernest Widmer (1927-1990) Jovem Canto Youth Choir Altamiro Bernardes - director X International Choir Festival MUNDUS CANTAT Sopot - Poland May 2014 Ernst Widmer (1927-1990) was a Swiss-Brazilian composer, conductor, pianist and professor. He came to Brazil in 1956 and spent half of his life in Salvador. He was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Music. He was master of three generations of conductors and composers in Brazil. Psalm 150 is a contemporary piece with rhythmic, harmonic and contrapuntal challenges. With its sounds of bells, trumpets, strings, flutes and timpani, describes the Psalm and ends with a Hallelujah in the form of liturgical dance that grows up to the grand finale.  less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s that time again here in the UK: Choir of the Year 2012 auditions are under way.     Quite often choir members come up to me t...