February 2012
6 posts
Virtual Choir
Have you heard the Virtual Choir? Contemporary choir member Norma Butler told us about Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir. Click on the links below to find out more and hear some songs. An amazing concept - hats off to the technician who lined everything up on the tracks, can’t imagine how much work that must have taken!
Introduction
Lux Aurumque
Sleep
Phil Braithwaite In Session with Total voice
What a great night we all had on Saturday with Phil Braithwaite. Guitarists from Milford and the surrounding area came along to have a listen and also strum some interesting chords. Phil began by playing an amazing tune which he wrote himself and talking about his career. The session was very interactive, with audience members asking lots of questions and Phil demonstrating techniques for...
What does "singing in tune" mean?
Here is the second of our music theory crib sheets.
Mystery Event!
If you are one of our choir members and have been intrigued over the past few weeks about our ‘mystery’ event, do come along to rehearsals this week where all will be revealed - although you will be sworn to secrecy!
Check out Playing For Change
If you haven’t come across this music and arts education charity, have a look at their site at www.playingforchange.org. They enlist musicians from all over the world to take part in their songs. If you click on the episodes section you can view these songs. Look out for Clarence Bekker who appears in Stand By Me and Imagine and is a big favourite of mine.
Christine
Learning to read music
When we started the Total Voice Chamber Choir, we disappointed a few keen enquirers because we asked that our singers have a basic ability to read music. We really meant basic - we weren’t remotely expect people to be able to pick up a complex piece and sing it at sight!
We have quite a wide range of music-reading skills in the choir, so every rehearsal we warm up then spend a short amount...