- Partner Organisations
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Making Music: https://www.makingmusic.org.uk
Making Music is the UK's organisation for amateur music, offering dvice, discounts and public liability insurance for non-profit music groups and individuals.. Well with a look around this site. FPC is a member.
Music in Portsmouth: https://musicinportsmouth.co.uk
For the latest amateur classical music listings in and around Portsmouth, including Fareham, Petersfield, Chichester, Havant and Hayling Island.
- Other Local Choirs
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The Renaissance choir: https://renaissancechoir.org.uk
Based in Emsworth, the Renaissance Choir imaginatively balances unaccompanied choral music from the Renaissance period with 19th and 20th century works.
Stubbington U3A Choir: https://stubbington.u3asite.uk/u3a_groups/choir/
Stubbington U3A Choir meets every Monday afternoon, at 1.45 pm at The Methodist Church, May's Lane, Stubbington, with Jay Cox as Conductor and Jill Race as Pianist. There's a waiting list!
Portsmouth Choral Union: https://pcuchoir.org
The Portsmouth Choral Union was founded in 1880. The choir is one of the leading large amateur choruses in the South of England.
Portsmout Baroque Choir: https://portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk
Portsmouth Baroque Choir performs a wide repertoire of music from the late Renaissance period to works of contemporary composers, including several works which have been written especially for the choir.
Southampton Philharmonic Choir: https://www.southamptonphil.org/web/
Southampton Philharmonic Choir is one of the longest-established and most respected choirs in Southern England.
The Fleet Singers: fleetsingers.org.uk
The Fleet Singers are an amateur choir, open to all. There are no auditions, you do not need any singing experience or the ability to read music.
Anvil Arts: https://www.anvilarts.org.uk
Anvil Arts is the largest performing arts organisation in Hampshire, running The Anvil, The Haymarket and The Forge in Basingstoke.
- Rehearsal Aids
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Cyberbase: https://cyberbass.org
Cyberbase is free to use but sometimes you have to work online as you cannot always download the material. It is possible to purchase downloads in MP3 form from this site.
John Fletcher: https://johnfletchermusic.org
Rehearsal tracks by part for a wide variety of music, but especially for the carols we sing a Christmas. You can register for a free account which applies to music which is out of copyright. For music still in copyright there is a subscription.
Choraline: https://www.choralineapp.com
This rehearsal aid was around a long time before the internet. It is still possible to buy the CDs but there is now an App and the rehearsal material can be downloaded to that. The App is free but you have to pay for the downloads. You just buy your own voice part but the other lines are ghosted in and yours is made prominent. It may be a bit old fashioned but the instructions are very clear and you can start by slowing it down before gradually moving on to full speed. However, the things some like about it are the very things that others dislike, so it's not for everyone.
Choralia: https://www.choralia.net
Another free site which uses synthesised sound. Files can be downloaded free in MP3 form but voluntary donations are appreciated.
Big Ears: www.ossmann.com/bigears/
The Original Online Ear Training.
One of the most important aspects of good musicianship is having a "good ear". This includes skills such as sight-singing, aural recognition, and the ability to "play by ear." Big Ears is designed to help you improve aural recognition skills, specifically interval recognition.
Teoria: https://www.teoria.com/index.php
Music theory and ear training. An excellent interactive site with fun exercises.
