[A version of this article first appeared as a post on My blog from the Front of the Choir]Sometimes I bring a great song to choir and for some Reason the singers really struggle with it. photo by Clear Path International How do you decide whethe...

Some more news for you! Mixed choir watch out and get in touch with our published piece at PH Publisher "Make me a picture of the sun" by Battista Pradal.   His works have been performed internationally. Many of his pieces were performed in Ita...

the only Reason we have been turned down for anything was because we are too passionate and joyful! We are a true community choir that supports each other in life and our passion for singing.

I'm always trying to get more men singing.   For some Reason some men don't like mixed group, but prefer to sing with their own kind. I must admit that there is something special about hearing all male (or all female) voices in harmony together - i...

ALBION on Radio 3 - find out a little more about us (with the help of Radio 3 BBC engineers) follow the link on the picture.   Andy Throssell talks a bit about the Albion way to the background of songs from these Islands.

I wrote an essay about group singing for Time, and I mentioned ChoirPlace as one of the places to find a choir.    This is a picture of a summer sing I went to on Monday, hosted by the West Village Chorale.  

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on My blog from the Front of the Choir]   the simple Reason is that India doesn’t have a harmony singing tradition, and I specialise in harmony singing.     Photo by willsfca ...

“When something is right, when something is the truth, when something is beautiful, it carries on because it has people to fight for it.” – Paul Mealor Music in video: A Spotless Rose, Paul Mealor Buy music here: www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/sear...  more“When something is right, when something is the truth, when something is beautiful, it carries on because it has people to fight for it.” – Paul Mealor Music in video: A Spotless Rose, Paul Mealor Buy music here: www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/search.jsp?keywords=14043612&utm_medium=youtube&utm_source=mealor_spotless_rose&utm_campaign=mealor_interview http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/ http://www.rider.edu/wcc Choir Footage Filmed at Westminster Choir College Interview Filmed at Westminster Choir College Created by J.W. Pepper Filmed & Edited by Rocco Richardson Asst. Filming by Mark Patterson Photography by Mark Patterson Interviewer: Chris Titko Produced by Chris Titko, Linda Schmidt, Rocco Richardson  less

Originally published http://kellygalbraithblog.com/2014/07/15/alexander-pushkin-the-muse-of-the-great-russian-composers/ “If you but knew the flames that burn in me which I attempt to beat down with My Reason.”Alexander Pushkin On thi...

the Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York has a “Poetry in motion” series that puts posters of poetry in subway cars. I was on the 1 train on Manhattan’s West Side one day when I saw the poem “Heaven,” by Patrick Phillips. I was immediately captured ...  morethe Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York has a “Poetry in motion” series that puts posters of poetry in subway cars. I was on the 1 train on Manhattan’s West Side one day when I saw the poem “Heaven,” by Patrick Phillips. I was immediately captured by the simple beauty of Patrick’s poem, and the Mystery of the first line, “It will be the past.” I loved his vision and thought immediately that I wanted to compose music for this poem. Mystery, joy, wonder. “Heaven” is the winner of choral composition competitions sponsored by both the Manhattan Choral Ensemble and Georgia College. Performed by the Georgia College Max Noah Singers, Dr. Jennifer Flory conducting.  less