[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...

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

They all shall sweetly obey thy will: Peace, be still; peace, be still. All knees shall bow and all tongues shall confess the awesome power of God. Whatever our trials may be, the Lord God Jehovah shall calm the troubles and they shall be still and...  moreThey all shall sweetly obey thy will: Peace, be still; peace, be still. All knees shall bow and all tongues shall confess the awesome power of God. Whatever our trials may be, the Lord God Jehovah shall calm the troubles and they shall be still and at peace. - The Musikteers Ensemble Gh @Hope Channel Ghana @3ABN Praise Him @HARMONIOUS CHORALE GHANA @ONE VOICE CHOIR GHANA @His Voice GH @The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square @VOCES8 @The Sixteen  

Advent 2014 Musica Vocal School Maša Simčič - soprano Neja Šavle - alto Aleš Magajne - baritone Luka Trček - bass Robert Feguš - tenor, artistic director http://www.musicaensemble.org

Patapan is a traditional song from the Burgundy region in France. It’s also known in English as Willie Take Your Little Drum. It was written by Bernard de la Monnoye around 1700. My English version here is a singing translation, so feel free to sing ...  morePatapan is a traditional song from the Burgundy region in France. It’s also known in English as Willie Take Your Little Drum. It was written by Bernard de la Monnoye around 1700. My English version here is a singing translation, so feel free to sing along in English :-) Guillaume prends ton tambourin Toi, prends ta flûte, Robin; Au son de ces instruments "Turelurelu, patapatapan" Au son de ces instruments Je dirai Noel gaîment. Willie take your little drum With your flute oh Robin come With the sound of flute and drum tootle tootle toot, bing a bang a boom with the flute and with the drum I will say Nowell with joy. C'était la mode autrefois De louer le Roi des rois Au son de ces instruments "Turelurelu, patapatapan" Au son de ces instruments Il nous en faut faire autant. In the goodly olden days The king of kings we'd praise with the drum and with the flute tootle tootle toot, bing a bang a boom, with the flute and with the drum we should do alike just so  less

O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM : Ivo Antognini, composer University of Johannesburg Choir - Renette Bouwer, choirmaster Recorded on 21 October 2013 by Alli Heyns in Randburg NG Kerk (South Africa)

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day Traditional English/arr. Shaw & Parker Recorded live December 16, 2023 St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church Dallas, TX

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Everything in the Concert is going brilliantly. The choir is firing on all cylinders. The audience are lapping it up, even your lame banter between songs....

"If Christ had been Born in Another Time" by Matthew Orlovich. Saturday, December 3, 2016 Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL

London Community Gospel Choir will be hosting what is bound to be an amazing Concert later this month in London. Tickets just £5. Read more about the event on my blogsite