useful links
blog.chrisrowbury.com
Chris's weekly blog From the front of the choir
www.wovenchords.com
Woven Chords is a community choir based in Stamford, Lincs., now led by Liz Underhill.
www.worldsong.co.uk
WorldSong is based in Coventry, founded by Chris in 1997.
He passed the choir over to new musical director Una May in January 2008.
www.globalharmony.org.uk
Global Harmony, another sister choir based in Melton Mowbray. Chris led
the choir for five years and handed over the reins to Liz Underhill in
September 2005.
www.naturalvoice.net
The Natural Voice Practitioners' Network is an organisation for
voice practitioners who share a common ethos and approach to voice work.
www.FarncombeEstate.co.uk
Farncombe Estate Centre run weekend voice workshops and singing
courses from basic to advanced techniques. Located in the Cotswolds on a
beautiful 300 acre Estate. Free brochure available.
www.worldharmonyfolk.org
World Harmony Folk is a growing network of resources related to community music.
A bi-monthly newsletter about choirs, singing workshops and more in the United Kingdom,
Australasia, Canada, Europe, and the United States.
www.chechelele.co.uk
Chechelele are an amateur choir from York, England, specialising in world
folk music.
www.purplecats.org.uk
Purple Cats was formed to provide a platform for Natural Voice community
singing in Sheffield.
www.kaleidoscope-music.org.uk
Kaleidoscope Community Music, Derby: dedicated to enabling more people
to get involved in singing in Derby whatever their previous experience,
ability or confidence.
www.manchestercommunitychoir.org.uk
The Manchester Community Choir is an adult performance choir. They sing
a rich mixture of songs from around the world.
www.blackburnpeopleschoir.org
Blackburn People's Choir is choir for everyone based in Blackburn. You
don't have to read music – just enjoy singing!!
www.kitka.org
KITKA: women's vocal ensemble. Based in US, specialising in Eastern
European singing.
www.libana.com
Libana is another women's group from the US, similar to Kitka.
www.northernharmony.pair.com
Village Harmony is an umbrella for a range of choral music, world music
and harmony singing activities under the direction of Larry Gordon and Patty
Cuyler who are based in the US. Their choruses include Village Harmony and
Northern Harmony.
www.aldeburgh.co.uk
Aldeburgh Music is A place of energy and inspiration for music and the
arts based at Snape Maltings in Suffolk.
www.amika.org.uk
Leicester Amika community choir is a diverse group led by Una May
Olomolaiye which sings songs from around the world and in many different languages.
www.none-of-a-kind.co.uk
None of a Kind is a seven piece a cappella singing group — 4 boys
and 3 girls — who sing a wide range of songs of all types from all
parts of the world.
www.ati-net.com/articles/a_mars.php
An introductory article on Alexander Technique and singing.
