Warm up your vocal cords and shine up your dancing shoes School of Hard Knocks co-artistic directors Dr Jonathon Welch AM and Dr Kathleen McGuire invite you to Swing! Into Christmas, Saturday 12 December at 4pm at the Melbourne Town HAll with a Cast of h...

CCS Spring 2012 Begins on January 23, 2012 - Please come and sing with us! CCS Spring 2012 Begins on January 23, 2012   Rehearsals: Monday evenings, beginning Monday, January 23, 2012 at 7:30-9:30PM), and on occasional weekend days, at Blooming G...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’ve been creating some new singing workshops for next year.   Janis Joplin by Patrick Pearse   Recently I wrote about how to create...

Peace through Folk Concert filmed live on September 15th 2018. Please go to ...... http://www.peacethroughfolk.org/news.html to get the pdf of the programme for this concert. Featuring a Cast of over 44 singers In planning the narrative fo...  morePeace through Folk Concert filmed live on September 15th 2018. Please go to ...... http://www.peacethroughfolk.org/news.html to get the pdf of the programme for this concert. Featuring a Cast of over 44 singers In planning the narrative for this concert, where possible, we named individual victims to lend identity to the anonymity of the masses. The concert also reflected on modern conflicts with a special focus on the impact of war on ordinary innocent people -refugees, civilians, children and victims of the growth of modern slavery often associated with conflict. Featuring well loved songs of commemoration, peace, friendship and reconciliation, there was plenty of opportunity to join in, loudly and with meaning - and by being together, singing and making music . 300 plus people were part of what is happening amongst like minded people trying to bring Peace to Planet Earth at this very difficult and troubled time. songs include Robins song Singing out the days The French Prostitute ...    less

With age, vocal cords become less flexible and most singers find that it becomes harder to hit the high notes as the years go by. This can become a chAllenge, especiAlly for older choir members. It’s important to take Care of your voi...

Hawaiian earth blessing. A song/ dance from the hula tradition. "Yes, we mean this, we shAll take Care of this land/ sacred place, and do what is right". This is from The OK Chorale's first ever public concert in Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK on 24 March 201...  moreHawaiian earth blessing. A song/ dance from the hula tradition. "Yes, we mean this, we shAll take Care of this land/ sacred place, and do what is right". This is from The OK Chorale's first ever public concert in Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK on 24 March 2012. Not the best of lighting! Also a bit wobbly in places as it was many of the singers' first time in front of an audience. www.chrisrowbury.com  

THIS IS ME - (CHOIR VERSION) is an anthem of acceptance for P.T. Barnum's Cast of circus performers from the film The Greatest Showman. Nowadays "This Is Me" has become a fight song for people who are not accepted by society; people who may have lived in ...  moreTHIS IS ME - (CHOIR VERSION) is an anthem of acceptance for P.T. Barnum's Cast of circus performers from the film The Greatest Showman. Nowadays "This Is Me" has become a fight song for people who are not accepted by society; people who may have lived in the shadows their whole lives and for the first time want to feel love and acceptance. #ThisIsMe #Muzaria #DarrenBartlett #LoveToSing #PTBarnum www.darrenbartlett.co.uk Copyright DMB MUSIC 2000-2019 www.muzaria.com www.salvacosta.co.uk  

Music by Frank Pesci Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not Thy holy spirit from me. Give me the joy of your saving help again and sustain me with your bountiful spirit...  moreMusic by Frank Pesci Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not Thy holy spirit from me. Give me the joy of your saving help again and sustain me with your bountiful spirit. Deliver me from death, O God, and my tongue shAll speak of your righteousness. Open my lips, O Lord, and my mouth shAll proclaim your praise. Amen. frankpesci.com  

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  

Time Management in the Choral Rehearsal   Before Rehearsal Organize your space before the rehearsal begins. Make sure the physical organization of the space is taken Care of in advance and that All materials that will be used during the rehearsa...