Since 2008 we have been coming together in central London to learn and perform Sea-shanties, murder ballads, protest songs, work songs, love melodies, folkified non-folksongs, and good old knees-up tunes, from across the centuries and all over the world.
We are celebrating 10 years of our unique series for the smaller choir, the Accessible Choral Library Series and are excited to welcome our second female composer to the series (the first being Rosa Conrad with her ever-popular Sea Shanties), Olivia Spark...
This post was originally written for www.onlinerehearsals.blogspot.com - I thought it might be of wider interest The time has come; some might say the time is Long past, for us to decide what we are as a choir and how we move forward. In many ways...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last time I wrote about whether it’s better to be over-rehearsed or under-prepared. I talked about people who like to spend a Long time working on on...
Scores: for two high Voices https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/20727803?aff_id=175705 for two low Voices https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/20727804?aff_id=175705 Poem by Jacques Prévert, non-conformist poet par excellence. The "hero" leaves his... more
I think I’ve started a new project that is going to keep me learning new musical skills for a Long time….. I love working on choral arrangements, however the more I do and the more I think about them, the more I actually learn. I am extremel...
Chicagoland Voices 2015 Winter Concert by Billy Joel Solos Jonathan Lorenzen, Cale Singleton
[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...
Funky Voices "Winning Performance" @International Choir Festival - Paulau De la Musica, Barcelona www.funkyVoices.co.uk 07834 765 473 @funkyVoices
