[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Some people are put off when they come across a song with foreign words. They prefer to sing songs in English. photo by Chell Hill Not only are they missin...

[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...

Five Mystical songs - Vaughan Williams Downtown Voices Edmund Milly, baritone Janet Yieh, organ Stephen Sands, conductor Trinity Church, NYC Five Mystical songs Song Cycle by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) Text Authorship: by Georg...  moreFive Mystical songs - Vaughan Williams Downtown Voices Edmund Milly, baritone Janet Yieh, organ Stephen Sands, conductor Trinity Church, NYC Five Mystical songs Song Cycle by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) Text Authorship: by George Herbert (1593 - 1633) 1. Easter Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise Without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With him may'st rise; That, as his death calcined thee to dust, His life may make thee gold, and much more, Just. Awake, my lute, and struggle for thy part With all thy art. The cross taught all wood to resound his name Who bore the same. His stretched sinews taught all strings, what key Is best to celebrate this most high day. Consort both heart and lute, and twist a song Pleasant and long: Or since all music is but three parts vied, And multiplied; O let thy blessed Spirit bear a part, And make up our defects with his sweet art. 2. I got me flowers I got me flowers to strew thy way; I...    less

[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 ...

The Major Minors Children’s Choir (New Zealand) are excited to be performing a selection of familiar songs from movies, musicals and pop songs at their next concert on 15 May. This will be the second Upper Hutt performance for the choir this year wi...

PEKTORAL Chamber Choir - is famous in Ukraine and abroad amateur choir, started its history since 1998. The Collective had united singers for whom music is favorite hobby. The repertoire of the Choir consist of real pearls of Ukrainian and foreign sacred,...  morePEKTORAL Chamber Choir - is famous in Ukraine and abroad amateur choir, started its history since 1998. The Collective had united singers for whom music is favorite hobby. The repertoire of the Choir consist of real pearls of Ukrainian and foreign sacred, folk and modern music. Geography of concert trips of the Choir includes сities of Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Estonia, Lithuania, Norway, Italy. The Choir has frequently been the diplomant and prizewinner of the international choral competitions and festivals. Discography of our Choir consist of 2 CD (2000, 2004). Art director of Pektoral Chamber Choir - Andriy Karpinets. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Andriy Karpinets (born in 1975). Andrew began to take his musical education in Dresden (Germany), by piano class. In 1994 he became a graduate of the theoretical and choral conducting branch of college of music in Drohobych (Lviv region)., and in 2001 he was graduated with honors f...    less

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...

Na juriš in the mood! From marching songs to swing Na juriš in the mood! with music from the time of the fight against fascism. From music of pre-war Paris, Jewish, French and Italian partisan songs, American swing to Slovenian partisan songs. Fr...  moreNa juriš in the mood! From marching songs to swing Na juriš in the mood! with music from the time of the fight against fascism. From music of pre-war Paris, Jewish, French and Italian partisan songs, American swing to Slovenian partisan songs. From Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Kiss me Good Night, Sergeant Major, Lili Marleen, Lets Remember Pearl Harbour, Je suis swing, to Kovači smo and Na juriš. Author of the project and conductor: Karmina Šilec Carmina Slovenica Slovenian Armed Forces Orchestra Big band of the Slovenian Armed Forces Orchestra with soloists Janez Dovč, accordion Marko Črnčec, piano Matej Hotko, doublebass Gašper Peršl, percussion Saša Olenjuk, violin, guitar, harmonica Darko Rošker, tuba Nadja Stegne, Zvezdana Novaković, Mojca Potrč, Jasmina Črnčič, Eva Germ, vocal The Fighting Son of a Gun music and text Zeke Manners, transcription Marko Črnčec  less