Vocal Majority Competitors

With more than ten years' experience of working in music publishing, Val Withams set up Choral Connections in 1999 to promote the person behind the music. She has encouraged and assisted many composers to develop and expand their conducting skills in order to present their work to choirs across the world, and opened up many opportunities for concerts and recordings. Every composer and conductor i

VOCALiNSPIRATIONS is dedicated to the principle that music is an avenue to the divine in human life. Music inspires us because it is the closest of the arts to pure Spirit. I am dedicated to the revelation that music can bring of that which is spiritual and mystical. This is not about religion. It is about that Unity which gives rise to all religions, the Source of all of them. Music can put us in direct touch with that Source and its transformative power. We might ask ourselves why it is that all special events, secular and sacred, always include music. Would it not be unthinkable to proceed with a ceremony or celebration without music? Is it not music that takes us beyond the mundane and reminds us of the divine spark that lies within even the most secular and profane? How is VOCALiNSPIRATIONS different? I don't have an "attitude. In fact, I try very hard to overcome the perception many have that musicians and music teachers are elitist,hyper-critical, and impatient with those of "average" talent. That perception is still held my many and for good reason. I'm doing my best to change it. Music may be one of your special gifts. If so, VOCALiNSPIRATIONS would love to be your partner in developing it. But fewer than 5% of the population has that kind of gift for music and, perhaps more importantly, realize it. What about the rest? Taking music lessons is not just for the gifted or the ones that may become professionals. Very often those people who have a lot of talent never know it. And what is the point anyway? Do we have to sing like Celine Dion or Luciano Pavarotti in order to feel justified in pursuing the study of singing? Do we have to be a virtuosos in order to be able to sing for our own satisfaction, express our soul's impulse? Since when has expressing of your soul's feelings through your singing become an olympic event? Since when is the value of your singing determined by someone else's arbitrary standards? How has our singing become thwarted by comparison and judgment? The answers to those ...