[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   2012 is almost over so I thought it would be an idea to look back on my most popular posts of the year in Case you missed any of them. Just click on the tit...

  Episode 165 on YouTube! In this episode I draw on a few sources, including audience comments to present an advocacy conversation. To make the Case for Choral Music classrooms, infrastructure support, and educational priorities. You will see or he...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s usually the Case that professional singers have had some sort of training in a particular singing technique.   photo by Kevin Cea...

The University of Santo Tomas Singers, founded in 1992, is the University’s premiere mixed choral ensemble composed of a select group of students and alumni representing the different colleges and faculties of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo ...  moreThe University of Santo Tomas Singers, founded in 1992, is the University’s premiere mixed choral ensemble composed of a select group of students and alumni representing the different colleges and faculties of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas – the oldest University in Asia, under the baton of its founder and conductor, Prof. Fidel Gener Calalang Jr.. The UST Singers has distinctively exhibited the outstanding musicality of the Filipinos, which has been made known through its performances and achievements. In the course of eighteen (18)years in the international choral music scene with nineteen (19) concert tours that brought them to GERMANY, POLAND, SLOVENIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, MONACO, AUSTRIA, the NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, SWITZERLAND, DENMARK, ENGLAND, WALES, SCOTLAND, SPAIN, FRANCE, ANDORRA, BULGARIA, ITALY, MEXICO, CANADA, the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TAIWAN, SINGAPORE, CHINA and SOUTH KOREA, the choir has achieved both national and international recognition as one of the world’s bes...    less

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Westminster Chorus at the 2014 ACDA Western Division Conference in Santa Barbara, California. "GAGÒT" was composed by Sydney Guillaume for the Westminster Chorus. It's sung in Haitian Creole, with a couple of lines in French. - - See score at: sydneyg...  moreWestminster Chorus at the 2014 ACDA Western Division Conference in Santa Barbara, California. "GAGÒT" was composed by Sydney Guillaume for the Westminster Chorus. It's sung in Haitian Creole, with a couple of lines in French. - - See score at: sydneyguillaumemusic.com/portfolio-items/gagot - - Check out the Westminster Chorus video: Journey to ACDA (Barbershop in the Choral Community): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJhLEchV6bQ To learn more about Westminster Chorus, visit: www.WestmisterChorus.org. - - The text of "Gagòt" is written by Sydney's father Gabriel T. Guillaume.. Here's the complete text: (English Poetic Translation) Since I rose this morning I've gone through ups and downs, Running around in circles like a crazy mad dog. I speak, I sing, I sleep, I rise; I pray, I scream, it's mess upon mess. It's a mess here, it's a mess there, A mess up, a mess down, Mess everywhere, it's mess upon mess. Messy are my thoughts, Messy are my actions, Messy are my words, Mess...    less

Tania de Jong AM makes the Case that people singing together can change the brain. Pushing the idea that creativity is the strategic tool of the 21st century, she says how our voices have been silenced and that it's not doing us any good. She explains how...  moreTania de Jong AM makes the Case that people singing together can change the brain. Pushing the idea that creativity is the strategic tool of the 21st century, she says how our voices have been silenced and that it's not doing us any good. She explains how singing is a survival mechanism, how it makes our hearts beat together and can help heal strokes and depression. With singing, and the potential she believes it has, Tania dedicates herself to enhancing and promoting ingenuity and founded Creativity Australia and Creative Universe to do so. As a leading Australian soprano and through 'With One Voice', Tania works with disadvantaged communities. In 2008 she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for services to the arts and for the establishment and development of arts enrichment programs for schools and communities. Connect with Tania: Tw: @TaniadeJong FB: https://www.facebook.com/taniadjongam Ln: http://www.linkedin.com/in/taniadejong G+: https://plus.google.com/102004449932208558046/posts...    less

A preview clip of Penthos Requiem by Hannah Stone & Matthew Oglesby. You can Reserve tickets for the first performace and learn more about the Penthos Project: https://www.penthos.uk/

The SFU Choir rehearses at Simon Fraser University's Burnaby campus (even though ANYONE willing to come up the mountain every week can join). The choir performs concerts each semester and also sings at Remembrance Day ceremonies, convocation ceremonie...  moreThe SFU Choir rehearses at Simon Fraser University's Burnaby campus (even though ANYONE willing to come up the mountain every week can join). The choir performs concerts each semester and also sings at Remembrance Day ceremonies, convocation ceremonies, and other events on campus and in the community. We are a volunteer, non-auditioned group open to all, but choir members are expected to regularly attend rehearsals and the semester retreat, and to practice their parts on their own time. We usually put up practice files under “Resources” (members-only access) so that you can download your part and listen to it on whatever portable music-playing device you own. No musical experience is needed, but the ability to read music is an asset (if you can't read music, we'll help you learn).  less