Interregional chamber choir with 46 Singers, professionals and amateurs together

World Premiere performance at the CMEA Conference in Colorado Springs on January 27, 2012) ----- English Poetic Translation: Hurry up, walk quickly! Lift your feet up so you won't miss it, Wake up, take advantage, The Tap-Tap is warming up! ...  Style.display='';$(this).getParent().Style.display='none';">moreStyle="display:none;">World Premiere performance at the CMEA Conference in Colorado Springs on January 27, 2012) ----- English Poetic Translation: Hurry up, walk quickly! Lift your feet up so you won't miss it, Wake up, take advantage, The Tap-Tap is warming up! If your legs are short, get a head Start; The beSt time is now, Don't say you didn't know, Those who are wise are those who lead. Don't let time pass you by, It's time for you to get on board, The Tap-Tap is leaving now, It's time for us to go! Hurry up, walk quickly! Lift your feet up and don't miss it, The Tap-Tap is taking off! Don't fool around, get on! Don't wait, don't Stare, Don't joke around, get on! The Tap-Tap might juSt leave you! Get up! Stand proud! Those of you who know what you want, Those of you with your minds made up, Don't miss a great opportunity To do something for the nation! LiSten, don't miss a great opportunity to do something, Get up, Stand proud, don't sit around and wait! Get up! Let's...    Style.display='';$(this).getParent().Style.display='none';">less

National Choir of The Year 2012 The Tullamore Academy Chamber Choir was founded in September 2007 as part of a performing group’s initiative undertaken by The Academy of Music in Tullamore. Each Choir member has a different and wide-ranging backgrou...  Style.display='';$(this).getParent().Style.display='none';">moreStyle="display:none;">National Choir of The Year 2012 The Tullamore Academy Chamber Choir was founded in September 2007 as part of a performing group’s initiative undertaken by The Academy of Music in Tullamore. Each Choir member has a different and wide-ranging background in solo, operatic and competitive performance, which enhances the choir’s ability to undertake some of the more challenging choral works and contributes to their fresh and unique sound. The Academy Chamber Choir’s repertoire spans from early to contemporary music. Their moSt recent success was ranking third in “Irelands Choir of the Year” at Cork International Choral FeStival 2013. They then went on to win 1St place in the Early Music, 1St place in the Irish Language and 2nd place in the Sacred Music at Navan Choral FeStival 2013. They were 2nd place in RTE Lyric FM’s Choirs for ChriStmas Competition – Irelands largeSt choral competition featuring over 400 choirs. They are winners of the “National Choir of the Year 2012” competition. They have had huge suc...    Style.display='';$(this).getParent().Style.display='none';">less

One Sunday, I was subbing in a choir in Mississippi.  On that particular Sunday, the church in queStion was auditioning a candidate to be their next Music Director. He worked us a little bit, then said the following, in the lazieSt South Mississippi ...

[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...

Concerto CINQUENOVECENTO, in occasione della 718' Perdonanza CeleStiniana. L'Aquila, 24 AgoSto 2012, chiesa di San Giuseppe Artigiano