[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...

St. Matthew's choir is Leeds' premier high voices church choir. We are resident at St. Matthew's parish church in Chapel Allerton. We rehearsal three times a month, on a Friday evening and sing four services a month, including Evensong on the first Sunda...  moreSt. Matthew's choir is Leeds' premier high voices church choir. We are resident at St. Matthew's parish church in Chapel Allerton. We rehearsal three times a month, on a Friday evening and sing four services a month, including Evensong on the first Sunday of every month. We also often host come and sing days and various workshops, our two most recent projects have been on Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri and Mozart's Requiem. Our MD is Aljosa Skorja, a young Slovenian conductor, RNCM graduate, living and working in the North of England. To stay in touch, do like out FB page and follow us on Twitter @saintmattschoir. We currently have two openings, one for S1 and one for A2.  less

Performance of ORIANA youth female choir (Odessa, Ukraine) at 31 Festival Internacional de Musica de Cantonigros. I prize in category FOLKLOR. Conductor - Galina Shpak

A popular song first recorded in 1939. It has been declared one of the state songs of Louisiana as a result of its association with former state governor and country music singer Jimmie Davis who, along with one Charlie Mitchell, bought the "rights" to th...  moreA popular song first recorded in 1939. It has been declared one of the state songs of Louisiana as a result of its association with former state governor and country music singer Jimmie Davis who, along with one Charlie Mitchell, bought the "rights" to the song from Paul Rice (of the Rice Brothers Gang who first recorded it) for $35 in late 1939; Jimmie Davis published it, with "words and music by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell". There are still people alive, however, who remember hearing the song long before 1937 and what these people remember is the name of the musician with whom Paul Rice played in the early 1930's: Oliver Hood of LaGrange, Georgia. Contrary claims notwithstanding, Oliver Hood wrote "You Are My Sunshine." He wrote the words to the song on the back of a brown paper sack, which his children still possess, and he first performed the song at a VFW convention in LaGrange in 1933; he sang it through a megaphone out of a hotel window, and he sang no less than twenty verses, most of which...    less

We are a non-audition choir, open to all. We rehearse at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre on Tuesday evenings from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. We aim to unite and represent our community through our joy of singing. The choir has over sixty singers rehearsing each w...  moreWe are a non-audition choir, open to all. We rehearse at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre on Tuesday evenings from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. We aim to unite and represent our community through our joy of singing. The choir has over sixty singers rehearsing each week and the main focus in rehearsals is preparation for performances. These performances can take the form of concerts and appearances in festivals and other events in the local community.  

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The Contemporary Chorale sings a different take on "We Three Kings" at our Christmas concert, "Christmas wit the Chorale".

Lulajże, Jezuniu Zespół Wokalny Minimus opr. Marek Raczyński

All That Jazz - Concert May 2013 - Kay Meek Centre Soloist - Jude Evans Words by Fred Ebb, Music by John Kander Arranged by - Kirby Shaw

"Blue" from Robert Applebaum's "Primary Colors Suite." Text by Susan Cherry. Saturday, march 17, 2018. Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL.