Chiltern Music Academy was set up in September 2014, with wind bands, orchestras and choirs. The choral programme starts with a general education for ages 5-7, before they are ready for Junior Choir (7-10), Intermediate Choir (10-13), Stage Choir or Youth... onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreone;">Chiltern Music Academy was set up in September 2014, with wind bands, orchestras and choirs. The choral programme starts with a general education for ages 5-7, before they are ready for Junior Choir (7-10), Intermediate Choir (10-13), Stage Choir or Youth Choir (13-18). Youth Choir contains over 80 singers, and the total number of singers meeting each week at the academy is over 180. The junior choirs are directed by Mrs Kate Venvell, Stage Choir is directed by Richard Halton and Julie Gossage, and Youth Choir is directed by Tim Venvell. onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I have learnt a great deal since I started my first choir in 1997. WorldSong in Coventry, June 2000 If I were starting a choir again today I may well do t...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] My main skill is as a teacher of songs to those who don’t read music. Photo by elfsternberg Other choir leaders have different s...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Have you noticed how the living dead always have husky laboured breathing? Photo by theogeo I’m beginning to worry that zombies ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] A friend of mine asked the other day: “How do you find songs? And how do you do vocal arrangements of them?” Photo by Jorge Fr...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Trying to increase your vocal range? Want to develop a richer tone to your voice? Puzzling over voice placement and timbre? photo by The-Serene-...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I teach a song in the morning and it’s sounDing pretty good. photo by kalavinka Then after lunch I get the group to stand f...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Learning and polishing a song can be a long process. Some people find it a chore and can’t wait to get to the end result: a public performance....
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]As we saw last week, many singers struggle with finDing (and keeping) their starting notes. photo by Albin Olsson What can make it even harder is if a man ...
The OACC's mission is to make the joy of performing High quality choral music available to everyone, and thereby enrich the cultural life of our community. As a non-auditioned chorus, we inspire singers at all levels of ability to improve their vocal tech... onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreone;">The OACC's mission is to make the joy of performing High quality choral music available to everyone, and thereby enrich the cultural life of our community. As a non-auditioned chorus, we inspire singers at all levels of ability to improve their vocal technique through informative rehearsals and performances of a wide variety of music, incluDing sacred and secular, classical and popular, and historic and contemporary
