This post was originally posted to the Embro Thistle Singers blog.  they Sang the wrong notes and the chord is less than pleasing. Do you have a break Down?  I think not.Do you make nasty faces & tell those around you what a bad job that w...

One performance from a fantastic day singing at various locations around Bristol's harbour side. Part of Bristol's very own Festival of Song 2013 http://www.festivalofSong.org.uk/home/

Performed live on French TV, Dec.25,2008. This children's choir, under the direction of Scott-Alan Prouty, is now well-established at the theatre du Chatelet, Paris.

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Hark the herald Angels sing. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge. Slade’s Merry Christmas everybody. White Chr...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   In my series of posts on How to deal with Song lyrics a few weeks back, I said that I believe that Song lyrics are stored in a different part of the brain ...

Marouska Attard interpreting 'the Virgin's Slumber Song' (M. Reger) during Carols by Candlelight 2010

Who are we? Well, we are the Kórus Spontánusz! That was our answer, unexpected even for us, since we hadn’t thought of a name yet. It happened on a December night in 2001 in Sopron in front of the Dömötöri Patisserie where we Sang Christmas carols for ...  moreWho are we? Well, we are the Kórus Spontánusz! That was our answer, unexpected even for us, since we hadn’t thought of a name yet. It happened on a December night in 2001 in Sopron in front of the Dömötöri Patisserie where we Sang Christmas carols for the passersby. We didn’t notice being founded, only the joy of polyphonic singing. It was, and still is our experience that making music together strengthens existing friendships and facilitates the development of new ones. We started out with 13 people and our numbers have only been growing ever since, we count 25-35 members on average. We gladly sing anything may that be it religious or secular, Hungarian or from abroad regardless of its period or language if it fits our skills and numbers. We sing in churches, restaurants, museums, the Academy of Music, small villages in Hungary or Austria, at international competitions, libraries – anyplace where we are welcome. Singing in a choir is a demanding activity; it takes a lot of time, energy, discipline a...    less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   “Hark the herald Angels sing”. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge. Slade’s “Merry Christma...

Last Sunday, my choir Sang in the Choir Of the Year selection stage in Newcastle. We’d rehearsed for about a month, and had decided to perform Whitacre’s LeonarDo Dreams of his Flying Machine. COTY rules say you have 8 minutes to perform - any...

Concert at St Margarets, Silverstream, Upper Hutt 19 May 2013. This is our favourite Song because we get to Do solo lines and we totally love the Muppets..and we think Bret McKenzie also a Kiwi is pretty cool!