useful links

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.