[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] This post is part of a series of occasional Questions and Answers. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question. Bl...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Most singers in choirs don’t fit neatly into choral vocal ranges. Yet we try to squeeze them in to our off-the-shelf arrangements, chastising them when ...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The choirs and workshops that I lead are run on the principle that music should be accessible to all. This means that I don’t use written music to te...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] We’re in the middle of learning a Song. People are struggling a bit. Then someone asks: “What note is that?” Photo by ph...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Some people are put off when they come across a Song with foreign words. They prefer to sing Songs in English. photo by Chell Hill Not only are they missin...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] A while back I taught a Song wrongly. Not for the first time! Even though I corrected myself quickly, the original version stuck in peo...
Say No ! is an international project for choirs and small musical ensembles. Together we sing ‘No to War’. Our Song is a tribute to deserters and war objectors. This hymn is also a call to FleeTheFrenzy: say 'No' to the madness of weaponry and war.
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...
Every Choir in Cornwall will have its own personal arrangement of this Song. It is an iconic piece of music . You sing it at weddings ,funerals,pubs ,clubs.Too your loved ones who are with you now and those who have departed. Thanks to MIke Bryant for the video
At the piano: Dmitry Semenovsky. The lyrics of the Song is a translation from Goethe's "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt."
