By Emma Heseltine LONDON, UK — When you think of a choir, most people would think of hymns being sung inside a church every Sunday. But at West London Community Choir, things are a little different. They may rehearse in a church, but that has no reflection on how and what they perform, as Emma […]
Vietnam International Choir Competition 2012
Imperial city of Huế is waiting for choirs From December 12 to 16, 2012 the Vietnamese city of Huế welcomes many choirs from the home country and abroad for the 2nd Vietnam International Choir Competition 2012. Following last year’s event in Hoi An it’s the second choir competition of this kind in Vietnam’s history. Huế […]
new pdf files for availability of sacred choral music (Anglican & pre-Vatican II Roman Catholic)
two May songs from Canasg Music Publishing
The Gowans Are Gay (rough translation: The Daisies Are Dazzling) is an infectiously cheerful 17th century Scottish song arranged simply and effectively for SATB voices by Katy Lavinia Cooper. The Bedfordshire May Carol (traditional English) is a foot-stomping folk-style arrangement by Sheena Phillips, for SATB with optional recorder (or flute) and fiddle. Check out […]
Profile: I Fagiolini’s Robert Hollingworth
by Melissa Lesnie PERTH, AUS – I’m dying to ask Robert Hollingworth what it’s like to conduct Spem in Alium. Golden strands of vocal polyphony in no less than 40 parts weave their way through Thomas Tallis’s sublime masterpiece of the English Renaissance, which will be performed by Hollingworth and his British group I Fagiolini at the […]
“Malone Effect” helps new choir start big
BRISTOL, UK — Sam Burns is an interesting character. Once upon a time, he was riding high on the Bristol gigging scene as the keyboard player with infamous grunge outfit The Moonflowers – the indie band that let it all hang out by playing in the nude at the Ashton Court Festival. Today, I find the […]