The Vienna Boys' Choir will celebrate its 525th anniversary in 2024. The school, which is specially tailored to musical training, offers the children singing development at the highest level with plenty of stage experience. We meet Alice Rath-Stépán, opera singer and singing teacher, who puts her heart and soul into training the young voices of the Vienna Boys' Choir and the Vienna Girls' Choir.
read moreur new interview series is dedicated to the diversity in the choir world. In this first interview, we speak with the talented choir conductor, singer, and professional choral singerMelanie Schlerf. Learn first-hand what qualities and experiences are essential for a successful career as a choir conductor, and discover intriguing answers on topics such as programme selection, digitalisation, choir rehearsals, and the challenges of recent years for choral singing and her choirs.
read moreThe first part was about understanding breathing, the second part is about experiencing it! Physiotherapist and oboist Sophie Stahl shows you three practical exercises to relax, train or regenerate your respiratory muscles. They are ideal for everyday musical life - before, during or after a rehearsal.
read moreWe breathe in and out 20,000 times a day. Without this regular breathing, a person can only survive for a few seconds. This is an incredibly sensitive process of your body. Singing or playing a wind instrument with your breath is akin to an extreme sport! A good reason to delve deeper into breathing as well as the anatomy and physiology of the organs involved.
read more"To experience what the human voice is capable of in terms of expression and art makes you very grateful, happy and humble!" Opera and concert singer Sven Fürst answers our musical questionnaire to help you make the decision to learn to sing.
read moreHow can large-scale choral masterpieces be performed by smaller choirs? This question has not only arisen from the corona pandemic, there have always been many reasons, including financial, to reduce the forces. Carus-Verlag regularly expands its series of choral works with reduced orchestrations with new, exciting releases. So the Stretta Journal team chose to take a closer look at these editions and present some of them in detail.
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