Useful links

This is a page for miscellaneous article/links/Youtubes that have been supplied by or may be of interest to our members. Feel free to recommend more sites or Youtubes via our Blog page or email office@nzcf.org.nz with the link.

NZCF Admin Link  – for regional webmasters and choirs wishing to edit their online profiles
NZCF Archives – details of our archives, kept at the Turnbull Library

Interesting and Fun Sites

How good is your ear? 
Some really fun (and challenging!) scored ear tests in 6 minutes

Seaquence
Seaquence is an experimental musical petri-dish. Adopting a biological metaphor, Seaquence allows you to create and combine musical lifeforms into unique, dynamic compositions.

Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall
In the Digital Concert Hall you can experience the Berliner Philharmoniker live every time they perform at their home venue, or you can browse video archives and enjoy great past concerts. To find out more, visit the site and click on the free trailer.

Youtubes

• Classical music with shining eyes (Benjamin Zander) – 20 min
• The value of music education (Richard Gill) – 13 min
• Eric Whitacre’s Lux Arumque sung by the Virtual Choir
• Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir – How they did it
• Silent Monks singing Halleluyah
• Canon de PAgagNINI – not choral but hilarious!
• Interesting short interviews with well-known (mainly pop) musicians about what music means to them
• 650 singers descend on Macy’s store and sing Hallelujah chorus