A nice series of posts about how to accompany for choir – Here’s part one. And here is part two. And a sampling from the articles: 5. Learn to play all of the voice parts together. Pay special attention to key changes, meter changes, accidentals, and any places where dissonance results between […]
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Chanticleer heads in new directions
I love this new video by Chanticleer. It is made completely from cell phones and web cams – a perfect marriage of choral music and technology: Keep it up guys – your excellence and creativity inspires us all.
There is no such beauty as where you belong
Tell me where is the road I can call my own, That I left, that i lost, so long ago. All these years I have wondered, oh when will I know, There’s a way, there’s a road that will lead me home. After wind, After rain, when the dark is done, As i wake from […]
World Choral Day December 12, 2010
Join thousands of choirs around the world as we unite in the celebration of World Choral Day on Sunday, December 12, 2010. Millions of singers across the globe have been involved in World Choral Day concerts, festivals, sing-alongs, choral seminars, Days of Friendship and other events that celebrate our unity in choral music. The American […]
felix Thanksgiving!
From John Burchfield c/o Jeffrey Tucker
Hallelujah mash-up
450 choirs from the UK registered to sing Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus as part of a project called “Sing Hallelujah”, sponsored by the BBC and the English National Opera as a classical-music promotion. As part of the publicity, BBC’s Radio 3 created this mash-up of dozens of different choirs singing the piece: I love the […]