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blog: What the job of choir leader involves

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   The other Week I wrote about who your choir actually ‘belongs’ to (Whose choir is it any way?). Does it belong to the singers, the...

blog: Singing is all about listening

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I wrote last Week about people who think they can’t ‘sing’ because they think they need training or singing lessons first (Your sin...

blog: How to have fun AND rehearse for your next concert

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last Week I wrote about choirs that choose not to perform. None of the choirs or singing groups that I have run were formed as performing groups.   ...

blog: Why we're crowdfunding to support new composers

Last Week we kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to professionally record an album of brand new choral music written by new and as yet unrecorded composers. This project is not about us as a choir. Our project is about giving new and emergin...

blog: Adjudicator for INTERKULTUR: a personal report

This Week the first adjudicators for the 2012 World Choir Games have been announced (see here). Christopher Eanes, conductor of Cincinnati Boychoir, served as a judge for this year’s World Choir Championships for Youth and Young Adults in Graz, Au...

blog: Auditions this Week!

    Update - Auditions closed for the season -- thanks to all who came out!    Searching for just the right choir? Do you sing bass or tenor? Do you live within driving distance of the Ottawa, Canada's Capital region? Jo...

blog: Finding out about songs: two real-world examples

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last Week I wrote that you shouldn’t believe everything you read when it comes to researching songs.     Photo by Ashley ...

F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Christus - Geburt Christi
video: F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Christus - Geburt Christi

-------- english translation -------- Recitative: Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the Days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem - Matthew 2:1 KJV Trio: Saying, Where is he that is born King of th...  more

blog: What singing online can and can’t achieve

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last Week I looked at What is unique about singing together. In this post, I’ll consider which aspects of singing together can be duplicated online and...

blog: Using sheet music to teach and learn songs: pros and cons

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last time I looked at what music notation is for and if you need it to sing.   Sight reading by discopalace   This Week I’d like to ...