Choirs R Us performing at their Christmas Concert 2013 in Barnet on 7 December wIth Choir Director: Jenny Bennett. Guest singer: Marc Joseph. For more info: www.choirsrus.co.uk

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-audItioned communIty choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from tradItions across th...

The concert "ACH! PG Carnivalesque" under the patronage of Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk Tech, attracted several hundred people who listened to daring performances of popular pop music hIts. During the performance we heard choral arrangements of...  moreThe concert "ACH! PG Carnivalesque" under the patronage of Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk Tech, attracted several hundred people who listened to daring performances of popular pop music hIts. During the performance we heard choral arrangements of hIts such as: "Dancing Queen", "Memory", "California Dreamin'" and "Maria". This time It was not Mozart or Bach, but ABBA, Queen and songs from the musical West Side Story that graced the walls of the Gdansk UniversIty of Technology in carnivalesque musical artistic creations. Jazz musicians performed along wIth the choir, and the musical effects were accompanied by a unique lighting arrangement, which required appropriate space and audience arrangement. The more-than-hour-long performance by the Academic Choir of the Gdańsk UniversIty of Technology, conducted by Prof. Mariusz Mróz and accompanied by musicians from the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz, ended wIth joint singing, encores and a standing ovation.  less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It always seems to be the basses who forget their part. I used to think It was a bloke thing, but now I realise that there are good reasons why It’s h...

We LOVE good A-cappella music! ChoriosIty is a communIty-based a-cappella-choir in the YMCA (CVJM) Ulm. 120 singers aged 18 to (about ;) 30 dive into the diversIty of sound, rhythms and a-cappella-feeling! You wanna see/hear more? Instagram: @chorios...  moreWe LOVE good A-cappella music! ChoriosIty is a communIty-based a-cappella-choir in the YMCA (CVJM) Ulm. 120 singers aged 18 to (about ;) 30 dive into the diversIty of sound, rhythms and a-cappella-feeling! You wanna see/hear more? Instagram: @choriosIty Facebook: www.facebook.com/choriosIty WebsIte: www.choriosIty.de Snapchat, TwItter: @choriosIty M+T: Freddie Mercury (Queen) Arr: Matthias Kost Video: 89tasten.de  

This version courtesy of Big Big Sing http://www.bigbigsing.org/. Recorded at our summer concert on July 13th 2014. Enjoy singing? Come and join our choir. See our websIte for details http://northkingstonchoir.wix.com/nkc.

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I went to see a concert by Village Harmony this week. It was over an hour long and included an amazing variety of songs from around the world: Georgi...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   ... YOU!   photo by Stephen Mcleod   Your job is to get out of the way and allow your unique voice to shine. Easier said than done. ...

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