[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir] The rehearsal begins and The Altos looks around in panic: “Where’s Carol?” Carol is a strong, confident singer, but she’s not here thi...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   “In our choir we’re not allowed to use words in concerts.”   Photo by Kaptain Kobold   Great idea. In principle. But how...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   There are people out There desperate to find more songs for Their choir.   photo by Victor Grigas   They record everything at singing...

Take a brief look into The life of us on-board The P&O cruise ship Ventura as it cruises around The Canary Islands. A brief Stop off in Lanzarote. It's hard to believe we actually did any work! Soundtrack recorded live in The back of a car while at a gig!

So close and yet so far... These are strange, hard times: we must #stayathome for our own health, to protect oTher people and to fight a virus called Covid-19. But Music doesn't Stop and The Vox Canora singers, even though physically distant, want to tr...  moreSo close and yet so far... These are strange, hard times: we must #stayathome for our own health, to protect oTher people and to fight a virus called Covid-19. But Music doesn't Stop and The Vox Canora singers, even though physically distant, want to try to "Fix You" with this video where You'll find The typical Vox Canora moments of irony. We are longing for The day we will meet, hug and sing togeTher but for The moment we must #STAYHOME Director: Monica Lodesani Audio and video processing: Marzio Morini Arrangement: Lorenzo Subrizi Vox Canora Ensemble Vocale: http://www.voxcanora.it/ https://www.facebook.com/voxcanoraitaly/  less

Singers from all over The world! Raise Your voice and help to Stop global warming! Become a part of The global virtual oratorio "Our World is on Fire"! video trailer of The oratorio Go to The webadress https://our-world-is-on-fire.org , download The (mu...

The European choirs that hosted The SCCC, could not Stop talking about Their talent, technical ability and discipline.

Spring Concert Selection: download perusal PDFs, review on iPad, decide, and acquire in one place. SPRING CONCERT SELECTION Stop opening 200 tabs. Searching for Spring repertoire can get overwhelming fast. Instead of filling Your browser with e...

The Song of Ruth, a setting of The most famous passage from The Book of Ruth (Ruth 1:16–17), opens with a gentle polyphonic section for The chorus. (“Do not ask me to leave You, or to Stop following You; for where ever You go, I will go, and where You sta...  moreThe Song of Ruth, a setting of The most famous passage from The Book of Ruth (Ruth 1:16–17), opens with a gentle polyphonic section for The chorus. (“Do not ask me to leave You, or to Stop following You; for where ever You go, I will go, and where You stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and Your God my God.”) The soprano joins The choir for The twice-repeated middle section of The piece. The music here is contrastingly homophonic and intense. (“Where You die, I will die and be buried.”) The tune and harmonies are borrowed from a passage in my piece Selections from “The Song of Songs” for male voice and band. That piece is dedicated to my wife, Ruth, hence The connection. If that were not enough, our daughter is named Naomi! The Song of Ruth closes with a recapitulation of The music from The opening, but with new words assigned to it, and with The soprano soloist providing a descant for it. (“May The Lord cause ill fate to befall me, and more, if anything but death separates me and You.”) Appropriat...    less

Balkanika Author of The project and conductor: Karmina Šilec Performers: Ethnic vocal ensemble Carmina Slovenica Stop (Slovene project for percussion instruments) Nino Mureškič with Jam-bashi, percussion Vasko Atanasovski, wind instruments ...  moreBalkanika Author of The project and conductor: Karmina Šilec Performers: Ethnic vocal ensemble Carmina Slovenica Stop (Slovene project for percussion instruments) Nino Mureškič with Jam-bashi, percussion Vasko Atanasovski, wind instruments Janez Dovč, accordion Ensemble Kebataola Zvezdana Novakovič and Eva Bračič, ethno vocals Sandra Grahovac, Katja Lipovača, Nežka Struc, auThentical voices Darko Rošker, tuba Jasna Vantur, celesta Nadja Stegne, violin Marina Gumzi, storyteller Light designer: David Orešič Sound designer: Danilo Ženko The project Balkanika is a fresh selection of music for voices and percussion instruments. The repertoire is variegated and coloured with ethnical atmosphere of European north and south in Their characteristic vocal techniques. The programme consists of diverse musical works: from Ukranian ethnical solo voice with quartet of percussion instruments, The Swedish ethnical duet with timpani, Indian singing to vigorous Balkan ethnical music. Avantg...    less