[this is an updated version Of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front Of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about some Of the skills needed to be able to Sing in harmony. Most Of them were focused on Singing in a large choir. This w...

Greetings,   I am happy to present you with my composition for SSAATB and cello solo and would be interested in your impressions on it.   "Whom My Soul Loveth" was composed on the hebrew Biblical text Of Song Of Songs 3, 1 and comm...

[A version Of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front Of the Choir]   My main skill is as a teacher Of Songs to those who don’t read music.   Photo by elfsternberg   Other choir leaders have different s...

The UCT Choir Sings 'Weeping' at the 2011 Health Sciences Graduation Ceremony. Great Song but the recording quality is handheld.

[A version Of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front Of the Choir]   A friend Of mine asked the other day: “How do you find Songs? And how do you do vocal arrangements Of them?”   Photo by Jorge Fr...

We started in October 2019 as a one Off Black History Workshop! But the attendees enjoyed it so much they wanted it to become a regular thing. So now, 2 and a bit years later we are now a weekly session! We Sing anything from Richard Smallwood, Kirk Fr...  moreWe started in October 2019 as a one Off Black History Workshop! But the attendees enjoyed it so much they wanted it to become a regular thing. So now, 2 and a bit years later we are now a weekly session! We Sing anything from Richard Smallwood, Kirk Franklin, Jonathan Nelson and even Kanye! We meet every Wednesday evening from 7:30pm in Enfield, London, UK  

[A version Of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front Of the Choir]   Learning and polishing a Song can be a long process. Some people find it a chore and can’t wait to get to the end result: a public performance....

Welcome to WIFYS, the UK's first-ever international youth Singing festival, organised by Sing UK in association with the European Choral Association - Europa Cantat (ECA-EC). A week-long festival Of music, friendship and discovery awaits! Highlights will...  moreWelcome to WIFYS, the UK's first-ever international youth Singing festival, organised by Sing UK in association with the European Choral Association - Europa Cantat (ECA-EC). A week-long festival Of music, friendship and discovery awaits! Highlights will include a final night Gala Concert in Worcester's magnificent cathedral, featuring the World Premiere Of a specially commissioned work from UK composer Bob Chilcott (Five Days that Changed the World with words by Charles Bennett), individual choirs' concerts in venues in and around the historic city Of Worcester, sight-seeing trips and activities for visiting choirs, Welcome Concert in the cathedral, and a concert for participants given by a leading UK vocal group. With the festival being the first event Of its kind in the UK, we have taken as our theme, 'Peace & Unity', to reaffirm the continuing mission Of ECA-EC, and our own shared aspirations, to work towards a more peaceful world through the engagement Of young people from different nations coming togethe...    less

[A version Of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front Of the Choir] Whether you Sing harmony in a small group or a large choir there are many things demanding your attention: other Singers, conductor, audience, your own par...

YANTRA (Eugenia Georgieva, Yogeswaran Manickam, Jeremy Birchall) perfroming live at St Paul's Curch - Covent Garden (Actor's Church) on 1 November 2012. The concert A Journey Through Timelessness presented Songs from YANTRA's forthcoming album and was...  moreYANTRA (Eugenia Georgieva, Yogeswaran Manickam, Jeremy Birchall) perfroming live at St Paul's Curch - Covent Garden (Actor's Church) on 1 November 2012. The concert A Journey Through Timelessness presented Songs from YANTRA's forthcoming album and was in aid Of the Musicians' Benevolent Fund. YANTRA were featured artists on Late Junction on BBC Radio 3 in May 2009 and special guests on BBC Radio 3's The Choir with Aled Jones in October 2012. More information about YANTRA can be found at: www.myspace.com/yantraresonance  less