Arranged by Nathan Howe From concert "Voice on the Summer Wind" 1st June 2024

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions ac...

"Pie Carols". Traditional carols, arr. Daniel Gawthrop. Recorded live on Sunday, December 15, 2013, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers and Men's Auxiliary of the Girl Choir of Sou...  more"Pie Carols". Traditional carols, arr. Daniel Gawthrop. Recorded live on Sunday, December 15, 2013, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers and Men's Auxiliary of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese.  

PRIMROSE HILL CHOIR Join one of London’s most sociable choirs! Our friendly, no audition, multi-cultural choir meets in a beautiful hall at the Primrose Hill Community Centre, NW1 8TN on Mondays from 7.30-9.30pm. We welcome Singers of all ages and abilit...  morePRIMROSE HILL CHOIR Join one of London’s most sociable choirs! Our friendly, no audition, multi-cultural choir meets in a beautiful hall at the Primrose Hill Community Centre, NW1 8TN on Mondays from 7.30-9.30pm. We welcome Singers of all ages and abilities from across London and sing all styles of music, including pop world and Classical, plus there are solo opportunities. For full details, FAQs, to hear us, or to join us go to https://www.primrosehillchoirs.com/. Our concerts have included Songs of the Sea, From Darkness to Light and Sing Africa, as well as West Side Story and Carmen. We have performed on BBC Radio London, at Wembley Stadium and on a big Ryder Cup Europe social media campaign.  less

Very New group full of hard working Singers

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

How does a W.A. Mozart’s majestic Requiem sound when sung by hundreds of Singers? Find out at our next festival Laurea Mundi Budapest!   One of the most powerful things is when many people are singing together as one. This is what our Festiv...

This post was originally posted to the Embro Thistle Singers blog.  Isn't it the truth?  Sometimes we can be our own worst enemy.  What is it that is holding you back?  Have you thought that maybe YOU should be the director of t...

I. A WATER WHEEL TURNS Inside water, a water wheel turns. The star circulates with the moon. We live in the night ocean wondering, What are these lights? Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. ...  moreI. A WATER WHEEL TURNS Inside water, a water wheel turns. The star circulates with the moon. We live in the night ocean wondering, What are these lights? Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six poems by the thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and the ocean's gifts and singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, speak to us with both vivid immediacy and transcendence. The idea for the piece originated with the Mellon Elemental Arts Initiative, which proposed funding activities that would involve students in ar...    less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] A while back I went to a workshop run by the amazing Su Hart who has spent around 25 years working with the Baka people of Central Africa. Living in the ra...