by Marcos Castán | Oct 21, 2019 | Musical Education
It looks like technological development and Internet assistance have taken their time to develop tools to make life easier for musicians who want to sing in a choir. The thing is that not all websites and applications offering materials to sing choral...
by Marcos Castán | Sep 24, 2019 | Musical Education
Julio Cortázar proposes some resounding instructions on how to sing: «Begin by breaking all the mirrors in the house, let your arms fall to your side, gaze vacantly at the wall, forget yourself. Sing one single note, listen to it from the inside. If...
by Félix Alarcón | Apr 27, 2018 | Musical Education
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines singing the blues as feeling sad and discouraged. It is a gloomy definition of an idiom that refers to singing. Wouldn’t it be nice to change our tune and sing the praises of choral music, instead? How do we...
by Manuel Cuadrado | Aug 7, 2017 | Musical Education
Choirs can deliver sublime results. With some effort and the appropriate tools to prepare the repertoire, even non-professional singers can shape and modulate feelings in a choral concert. Those feelings fly to the audience and then back to the performers,...
by Marcos Castán | Aug 1, 2017 | Musical Education
Researcher Edwin Gordon (1927-2015) coined the word “audiation.” It refers to the capacity and ability to listen and understand music mentally without the actual sound being present, using only our imagination. We could say that it is an idea that starts...
by Marcos Castán | Jul 24, 2017 | Musical Education
Let’s give lessons singing. “Painting the values, singing the colors” is the experience of a group of teachers in pre-school and primary education, who work with the University of Girona. Rita Ferrer, Ivet Farrés, Joan de la Creu Godoy, Miquel Alsina, and Anna...
