[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Many’s the tiMe I see Ann lean over to Gill (not their real naMes) to help her get her part right. And every tiMe I see a pained expression on ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] The world can be a terrible place soMetiMes as we’ve seen in the news lately. It’s hard to imagine how a single person can make a difference. Ch...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Certain people are rather dismissive of “Singing for fun” choirs. If it’s for fun then it can’t possibly be of any quality. ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   SoMetiMes you might have to learn your song part from a recording rather than with everyone else together in a choir session.   photo by Kat...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] If you’re like Me, you’re always tempted to add harmonies to the simplest of Melodies, whether it’s singing along with others or arranging a...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I’ve been rather under the weather lately.     I’m not after sympathy, but I did want to write about how we struggle with ou...

16th International choir and orchestra festival on Lake Garda (Italy)19.10. - 23.10.2023 LAKE GARDA (Italian: Lago di Garda) - the most Mediterranean lake of all Italian Alpine lakes.To the alert eye the lake offers a spectacle of natural brightness an...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I’ve been creating soMe new singing workshops for next year.   Janis Joplin by Patrick Pearse   Recently I wrote about how to create...

Edward Elgar: "Lux Aeterna" (Nimrod) from the Enigma-Variations for orchestra, for choir arranged by John CaMeron. European Church Music Festival Schwäbisch Gmünd 2019 in the Münster of Schwäbisch Gmünd, 18 July 2019. The concert with John Rutter & Chamb...  moreEdward Elgar: "Lux Aeterna" (Nimrod) from the Enigma-Variations for orchestra, for choir arranged by John CaMeron. European Church Music Festival Schwäbisch Gmünd 2019 in the Münster of Schwäbisch Gmünd, 18 July 2019. The concert with John Rutter & Chamber choir of Europe, conducted by Nicol Matt (Germany) in MÜNSTER of Schwäbisch Gmünd was a huge success! John Rutter received the prestigious European Church Music Prize 2019 for outstanding contributions to church music.  

Bulgarian Christina Morfova choir sings the twelfth moveMent of Stabat Mater by Pergolesi. Conductor:Prof.Lilia Gjuleva. Orchestra:Collegium Musicum "Bankya".Conductor:Prof.Emil Yanev. Prof.Emil Yanev is one of the most famous Bulgarian conductors,musi...  moreBulgarian Christina Morfova choir sings the twelfth moveMent of Stabat Mater by Pergolesi. Conductor:Prof.Lilia Gjuleva. Orchestra:Collegium Musicum "Bankya".Conductor:Prof.Emil Yanev. Prof.Emil Yanev is one of the most famous Bulgarian conductors,music pedagogues and social figures. He has conducted over 2000 concerts in Bulgaria ,Russia ,France, Holland ,Italy,Spain,Greece,Japan,Macedonia etc.His orchestras are laureates of eight grand,special and first prizes from prestigious competitions in all over the world. Prof.E.Yanev has led a number of master Conducting classes in Bulgaria and abroad. Prof.E.Yanev's pedagogical activity was developed in the National School of Music "Lyubomir Pipkov",the State Academy of Music"Pancho Vladigerov"and the Academy for Music-and-Dance Arts in Plovdiv where he achieved soMe quite serious results in the "Orchestral Playing" and "choir and Orchestral Conducting". Prof.Lilia Gjuleva (05.01.1933-07.26.2003) was a choir conductor,one of the most renowned Bulgarian conduc...    less