Light a candle, say a prayer, and let's remember those who have gone before us. We're called to rise from the good we've failed to do. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in Peace. Amen. #AllSoulsday, #Remembe...  this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreLight a candle, say a prayer, and let's remember those who have gone before us. We're called to rise from the good we've failed to do. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in Peace. Amen. #AllSoulsday, #Rememberance, #Grief, #Hope, #Faith, and #Music. #canzona #viral #fyp  

(A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog Choral Clarity) How do we measure success? this, of course, is a lifelong question that stares us in the face every day. this article is far less philosophical, but does perhaps pose a way ...

Everyone Sang by Matthew Nielsen South Salem High School's Symphonic Choir preforming at the Oregon 6A choir championships. The fabulous amazing spectacular Carol Stenson is their long standing director. South Salem took FIRST PLACE at Oregon's State C...  this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreEveryone Sang by Matthew Nielsen South Salem High School's Symphonic Choir preforming at the Oregon 6A choir championships. The fabulous amazing spectacular Carol Stenson is their long standing director. South Salem took FIRST PLACE at Oregon's State Competition. this was their second song of four. this whole competition took place at George Fox University in Newburg Oregon. The South Salem Saxons also took first at their Districts festival in Salem/Keizer Oregon. First Place : South Salem High School 'Saxons" Tied Second Place (alphabetical order) : Canby High School 'Cougars' and Sprague High School 'Olympians' Fourth Place : West Salem High School 'Titans' Fifth Place : Saint Mary's Academy  this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

Pam Shen No - this song is about God telling Noah to build the Ark. After the workshop there was time so they asked us to sing them some songs. this was in Dokkum, Friesland

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I caught a scene from the movie Spartacus the other day. The character played by Tony Curtis was asked to perform a song. He then proceeded to speak ...

A couple of years ago, around this time of year, actually, I was having a particularly awful day. I won’t bore You with the details, but let’s just say I was dealing with some pretty heartbreaking family drama, work was pretty crappy at the ...

After an outing at our latest Sing day in North Yorkshire, this lovely gently flowing arrangement of Tim Knight's 'The Lord bless You and keep You' proved to be immensely popular so we've now made it available on our website (You can also source the piece...

Through the past thousands of years, choir singing has become more and more widespread, more and more part of our everyday lives. We can only contemplate how it started - maybe with religious rituals? Or work songs? But nowadays, choir singing - and mus...

Okay- so I've been a bit slack about blogging lately.  Not that I have been idol- there is so much to blog about but 24 hours in a day a full time job and more music than I can ever learn to play means there  isn't enough time!   In the l...

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