This is a performance of Reverend Robert Lowry's "Beautiful River" by The Sunday Night Singers with the Palmdale High School Choral Union at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in 2008. Enjoy.

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Not being a regular concert-goer myself, I often wonder why people make the effort to go to concerts.     'A Choral Voyage' concert by d...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   once upon a time it was fairly easy to work out how much your labour was worth.     You would toil in the fields all day and at the end ...

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about 10 ways to be a better choir member. This was prompted by an earlier post on whether you need singing lessons or not i...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Of course it depends on how complex the song is and how many verses there are.   Photo by Frodo Babbs   But how long does it take to ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] There are plenty of studies now about the many benefits of singing together. But they only look at the experience of the singers in a choir.   I&rsqu...

Choral from Cantata No.147 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. High Quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wraO_FOpFJ4&fmt=22 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben Muß von Christo Zeugnis geben Ohne Furcht und Heuchelei, Daß e...  onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreone;">Choral from Cantata No.147 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. High Quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wraO_FOpFJ4&fmt=22 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben Muß von Christo Zeugnis geben Ohne Furcht und Heuchelei, Daß er Gott und Heiland sei. 2 - Schäme dich, o Seele, nicht http://youtube.com/watch?v=QgLmLuRSDl8 3 - Bereite dir, Jesu, noch itzo die Bahn http://youtube.com/watch?v=hIDRf-YlQVc 4 - Wohl mir, daß ich Jesum habe http://youtube.com/watch?v=3jFxeO63fj8 5 - Hilf, Jesu, hilf http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ae9trX3jKX4 6 - Ich will von Jesu Wundern singen http://youtube.com/watch?v=bKrsqh-H5YU 7 - Jesus bleibt meine Freude http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Mn1ibFdXDU  onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There are choirs for gay men, choirs for women, choirs for socialists, choirs for hire, choirs for wedDings and choirs for the deaf. There are Welsh ch...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   This weekend I’m running a ‘voice clinic’ for members of my choir. I’ll be spenDing time working on basic vocal technique and conf...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   one of the many bees in my bonnet is the photographs of choirs.     Photo by sludgeulper   I have yet to see a photo of any reasonabl...