choirs
choir videos
- Polina teaching choirs La Maison de la culture Yiddish, Paris
- Chutzpah choir Eastbourne, UK
The Polina Shepherd Vocal Experience covers many aspects of vocal music from solo voice to large scale choral improvisation or highly arranged and conducted choir pieces and smaller chamber groups. As part of this Polina leads several choirs locally and also teaches choral workshops internationally.
Her specially developed choral teaching methods are based on ornamentation and modal experimentation with attention to spiritual and emotional sides of musical creativity and also history and context of choral material.
For Jewish music based choral workshops, she teaches Hassidic Nigunim – the age old songs without words (originally, the term refers to religious songs and tunes that are sung by groups) and Yiddish and Hebrew songs.
Polina’s Russian workshop and choral repertoire covers ritual calendar songs for pagan holidays, exorcism and sibylline song, circle dances, wedding songs, weeping songs all with correct attention to history and style.
Music lovers of all backgrounds and singing levels are invited to join Polina Shepherd’s choirs at any time. Teaching both by ear and with sheet music. No knowledge of foreign languages necessary.