[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...

[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...

[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...

Hofstra Chamber Choir performing Jussi Chydenius' "I am the Great Sun (The Chamber Choir comprises the front half or so of this group, thus the non-singing members of Chorale you see in the back... :) David Fryling, Conductor April 2012, Cathedral of...  moreHofstra Chamber Choir performing Jussi Chydenius' "I am the Great Sun (The Chamber Choir comprises the front half or so of this group, thus the non-singing members of Chorale you see in the back... :) David Fryling, Conductor April 2012, Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, NY  

Music and Lyrics by Santiago Veros https://www.santiagoveros.site Commissioned by The Cantabile Singers - Chris Bowman, conductor Kings Chorale - Bill Perrot, conductor Dedicated with a deep feeling to Bill Perrot, Chris Bowman, Christine Crofu...  moreMusic and Lyrics by Santiago Veros https://www.santiagoveros.site Commissioned by The Cantabile Singers - Chris Bowman, conductor Kings Chorale - Bill Perrot, conductor Dedicated with a deep feeling to Bill Perrot, Chris Bowman, Christine Crofut Carpenter, Elaine Farrar Kondrat, Howard Dawson, Joy Hewitt and Marti Dawson Galaxias We are all stars, we are to illuminate and be illuminated by those around us. This piece will always remain in my heart because it has been the result of the commission of very luminous people who have given me warmth while I was recovering from a hard setback of health. This work is the adventure of mutual support. We are lighting our way but the neighboring stars -those people who are our loved ones on any plane of existence- create and guide that way with more light than we are capable of perceiving. Lyrics And the shadow of twilight fades when the light of the ancestors forms a mantle that protects and guides us. A being illuminating the galaxies The c...    less

[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...

[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...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I started my first Community choir over 20 years ago. I used to worry that, after the long summer break, the singers would have forgotten me and wouldn’...

English Translation: FOR YOU, MOTHER (French-English translation) From the depths of my memory, With the hollow of my memories, Between the joys of my childhood And all my future dreams, I feel you my beautiful angel I see you my love O m...  moreEnglish Translation: FOR YOU, MOTHER (French-English translation) From the depths of my memory, With the hollow of my memories, Between the joys of my childhood And all my future dreams, I feel you my beautiful angel I see you my love O my mother of a kindest heart, My faithful friend of always. I love you, I love you, I love so immensely, Mother, mother, sweet mother. For your love and your kindness, I will sing your praises all of my life. (Ahh) My soul is delirious at the cries of your pain; My music throbs and groans its length. Lord, in your kindness, Comfort my mother. Give her your love, your strength and your light. For she remains forever my great inspiration, And that my life for her is a blessing. (Ahh) --- --- French Text: POUR TOI, MÈRE Du fond de ma mémoire, Au creux de mes souvenirs, Entre mes joies d'enfant Et tous mes rêve d'avenir, Je te sens mon bel ange; Je te vois mon amour O ma mère au coeur tendre, Ma fidèle amie de to...    less