Join the International Virtual Children’s Choir and sing with other children from around the world! IVCC is currently accepting NEW singers for our Fall Session! We’re particularly excited about an online choir exchange with the Utah Children’s Choir and our final concert, which will be broadcast via Facebook Premiere for an elderly audience affected by […]
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Children’s Choir: Hope for the Future
Contributing Editor: Jonathan Campbell Children are the best communicators of hope and joy for a bright future, and this set for young voices would bring light to any room—a light we could all use these days. A great song for younger singers, “El Barquito de Papel” (“Little Paper Boat”) by Jesús López Moreno includes a […]
choir-training videos — an informal series — free to share
Composer and conductor Paul Ayres has made a series of online videos, “Paul’s Informal Choir Practice Online during these Quite Exceptional Times” (PICPOQET). Designed for community choirs and choral societies, they feature a mixture of vocal tips, theory training, singing along with well-known tunes, and musical analysis. Presented in Paul’s customary welcoming and friendly style, […]
The Non-auditioned Choir: Dealing with Divas
By Pat Guth Every choir has them. The diva, divo, prima donna, egotist…whatever you prefer to call them. Whether you’re waving your arms in front of a choir of professionals or tending to an ensemble of amateurs, you’ve no doubt come across at least a singer or two who views himself/herself as superior to others […]
The Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale sings about one of life’s iconic rituals
A song PBCC has been singing for many years. Since the boys haven’t been able to go to school for several months now, we thought it might be nice to sing this song and make a virtual choir video about one of the things they particularly miss – Walkin’ to School. “Walkin’ to School” from […]
The Conductor as Yogi: The Well Choir (Breath)
By Ramona M. Wis “Better breathing means a better and healthier life.” B.K.S. Iyengar Singers are professional breathers. We take what is a normal part of our human functioning and turn it into a specialized art. But have we perfected breath for the art of wellness, as well as singing? I have been singing for a long time, […]