A Toolbox for Better Singing.
Well, dear hearts––this Thursday we shall begin as usual with our vocalises and warm-ups and since I’ve gotten so many questions about this, I plan to work with you all on the soft palate. Not to be confused with the soft palette on your floor––there’s a song there somewhere. We’ll then continue with our new … Read more
We hope everyone has had a lovely Christmas and New Year’s celebration. Here are our upcoming 2013 dates: 17 Jan 31 Jan 14 Feb 28 Feb 14 Mar 25 Apr 9 May 23 May 6 June 20 June 4 Jul 18 Jul These dates are also listed in the LVW Calendar, reachable by moving your … Read more
Hi All, We’re putting together a new flyer that will be more attention grabbing than the last one. Would each of you give us a one-line zinger quote that we can use on the flyer? Just say what the class has meant to you, okay? Many thanks in advance! PK
What you’ve all been waiting for––dates for the Autumn 2012 LVW meetings! Remember, they’re all in Lewes now at Christ Church on Price Edwards Road. Here is a map. Here they are, folks: 13 SEP 27 SEP 11 OCT 25 OCT (1 NOV) – This is over half term so we may take … Read more
I got my answer from a Facebook friend within 2 hours of posting the video! It’s Harry Connick, Jr. playing Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off from the When Harry Met Sally soundtrack. I first heard it because that 30 seconds is used as an interlude in a weekly podcast that we listen to and … Read more
Hiya Chaps and Chapettes, Tonight is our last session before the summer break and so we will concentrate on singing. We might take a break here and there to clarify one little thing or another but mostly let’s just enjoy the act of warbling this evening! We’ll review many of the pieces we’ve done, so … Read more
The Esterhazy Chamber Choir is looking to recruit experienced singers with good sight reading to fill vacancies for 1 soprano, 1 alto, up to 3 tenors and 1 bass. Friendly and quite hard working, the choir gives 3 concerts a year with programmes singing music from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries – see our … Read more
Lovely stuff, about 15 minutes of joy. Loads of faces of singers and conductors of yore. The YouTube blurb: This is a video taken by the late opera singer and tenor Richard Lewis during his three years working at Sussex opera house Glyndebourne in the mid-to-late 1950s. It’s in colour, unusually for the time, and … Read more