MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) standard was created as early as in 1982, aiming to get all the manufacturers of electronic...
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The silence of the choirs post COVID-19
The most pessimistic scenarios place choir activity among those at greatest risk in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their activity is...
Virtual Choirs in times of confinament
No doubt virtual choirs already existed before 2020 but, as all the other virtual options, especially when it comes to artistic...
Insecurity in choral conducting: in times of pandemic and always
Choral conducting is a high-risk sport, and so –even more– is the related job insecurity, so we would like to think over the...
Verdi: a Requiem mass beyond beliefs
Verdi’s Messa da Requiem was first performed in 1874, “per l’anniversario della morte di Alessandro Manzoni XXII Maggio MDCCCLXXIV”. The impact...
Choral players: Alto
Halt! What is it about that deep but sensual, powerful, but subtle voice that unsettles us in that way? Ladies and gentlemen, let me...
Choral Players: Soprano
“I have a soprano voice.” You only have to say this to gain people’s admiration, although the voice’s owner sings just like Florence...
The 7 best webs and APPS to learn how to sing in a choir
It looks like technological development and Internet assistance have taken their time to develop tools to make life easier for musicians who...
Instructions on how to sing
Julio Cortázar proposes some resounding instructions on how to sing: «Begin by breaking all the mirrors in the house, let your arms...
Music Curiosities: Chirigota or Murga
Each country has its music folklore, but if music associated with Carnival worldwide is carioca samba, there is a composition in...
Watch out! Make sure you are not singing the blues
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines singing the blues as feeling sad and discouraged. It is a gloomy definition of an idiom that...
Choir Players: The Choir Conductor
The choir conductor, that character, a symbol of our leisure, a guide of our steps, and... so weird... Always... Theoretically,...
Choral players: Tenor
Whether it's a tenor, three tenors, or a lot of tenors, what characterizes them is their singing high-pitched. That means, they...
Internal conflicts in the choir
Choirs can deliver sublime results. With some effort and the appropriate tools to prepare the repertoire, even non-professional singers...
Jean-Sébastien Valée. Audiation: a new approach to CHORAL conducting
Researcher Edwin Gordon (1927-2015) coined the word “audiation.” It refers to the capacity and ability to listen and understand music...
Conciertos WSCM: Orfeò Català (España). Ensemble Vine (Japón). Elektra Women’s Choir (Canadá).
El fabuloso edificio del Palau de la Música proporcionaba, de por sí, un atractivo incontestable a la hora de acudir al concierto de las 21...
Kup Taldea. Riga Cathedral girl’s choir Tiara. New Dublin Voices.
Alrededor de la temática de todo el WSCM11 “Los colores de la paz” hemos disfrutado de un concierto de alto nivel musical y gran complejidad...
Let’s give lessons singing. Painting the values, singing the colors. WSCM
Let’s give lessons singing. “Painting the values, singing the colors” is the experience of a group of teachers in pre-school and primary...
Elena Sharkova. Revamp your choral practice. WSCM
Elena Sharkova was born in St. Petersburg. She graduated in Conducting from the St. Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. She moved to...
A capela ó A Capella
A capela, A capella, A cappella [a kapˈpɛlla] Es un modo de interpretar música usando únicamente la voz humana, prescindiendo de todo...
Más personas viven lo mismo que yo, soy coralista
Comiendo ayer en un evento de trabajo me preguntaban por mis aficiones y, tras mi respuesta, soy coralista, mi interlocutor sorprendido...
Yes, I sing in a choir
You sing in a choir. Then you will understand what I am talking about. As an average, we can estimate we know about four people who sing in any...