Het stuk 'Zomernacht' is het resultaat van 'De Nieuwe Mecenas': een project van Floris Kortie om nieuwe opdrachtgevers te vinden voor hedendaagse muziek. Op speciaal verzoek van een vaste kijker van Podium Witteman heeft de 25-jarige componist Mathilde Wa...  moreHet stuk 'Zomernacht' is het resultaat van 'De Nieuwe Mecenas': een project van Floris Kortie om nieuwe opdrachtgevers te vinden voor hedendaagse muziek. Op speciaal verzoek van een vaste kijker van Podium Witteman heeft de 25-jarige componist Mathilde Wantenaar dit werk geschreven. Wishful Singing gaf de première in de uitzending van 4 november 2018. Podium Witteman omarmt de wereld van de klassieke muziek, maar zoekt ook de grenzen op met andere genres zoals pop, wereldmuziek, of jazz. Met ruimte voor bijzondere verhalen, jong talent en optredens van topmusici. Abonneer op ons kanaal: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwq01YQnhoT24V1sbQXiGzw  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There is a lot of trust involved in being a singer in a choir.     Trust that you will eventually learn the song; trust that, even if you&r...

Camelot: The Shining City The Albion Choir (VERY appropriately named, no?) were magnificent in Singing some of the song arrangements for the show. They’re a fairly new choir based (handily) in Sheffield, a small but mighty bunch of ridiculous...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   The average age of people who attend the choirs and workshops that I run must be around 50. I would say that about a third of any group is of retirement ag...

Carers Choir are a choir for Carers, who meet weekly in South Gloucestershire, Singing acapella songs from around the globe. You don't need any experience as all songs are taught by ear. For further information please email, Indigo Craig at sharetheharmon...  moreCarers Choir are a choir for Carers, who meet weekly in South Gloucestershire, Singing acapella songs from around the globe. You don't need any experience as all songs are taught by ear. For further information please email, Indigo Craig at sharetheharmony@hotmail.co.uk  

It's a choir whose aim is to combine modern musical visions with choir music. Nowadays, classical choral Singing covers only a narrow social stratum. Over the last 20 years palette of music offered by the media has been watered down on an unprecedented sc...  moreIt's a choir whose aim is to combine modern musical visions with choir music. Nowadays, classical choral Singing covers only a narrow social stratum. Over the last 20 years palette of music offered by the media has been watered down on an unprecedented scale, and the frigthening fact is that human values can be found less and less in them. The Voisingers is a novel approach to each song by the newly born transcripts, a new community, a decision that evaluates and realizes - considering musical needs of young people more than ever - the further development of the world-famous Hungarian choral music  less

[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...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   For some people being a famous singer or being in the best choir in the world or making a hit record or Singing a piece perfectly in competition is t...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] How long’s a piece of string? There are so many options that I’m not going to specify any particular type or model.   photo by svennev...