[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir] I caught a scene from the movie Spartacus the other Day. the character played by Tony Curtis was asked to perform a song. He then proceeded to speak ...
A couple of years ago, around this time of year, actually, I was having a particularly awful Day. I won’t bore you with the details, but let’s just say I was dealing with some pretty heartbreaking family drama, work was pretty crappy at the ...
After an outing at our latest Sing Day in North Yorkshire, this lovely gently flowing arrangement of Tim Knight's 'the Lord bless you and keep you' proved to be immensely popular so we've now made it available on our website (you can also source the piece...
Through the past thousands of years, choir singing has become more and more widespread, more and more part of our everyDay lives. We can only contemplate how it started - maybe with religious rituals? Or work songs? But nowaDays, choir singing - and mus...
Okay- so I've been a bit slack about blogging lately. Not that I have been idol- there is so much to blog about but 24 hours in a Day a full time job and more music than I can ever learn to play means there isn't enough time! In the l...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir] the fact is that most of us don’t fit neatly into SATB boxes. What are we to do? Once upon a time we used to sing together and somehow find a Place ...
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With well over 100 male voice choirs in Wales toDay, there are few better ways to experience their rich culture than to witness the historical choirs singing traditional songs across the land. As the country’s most treasured and notab...
Teddington Choral Society and its Musical Director, Julian Collings, are delighted to announce their forthcoming spring concert: Dvořák’s Stabat Mater. All Saints Parish Church, 14-16 Market Place, Kingston KT1 1JP SaturDay 28 March...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog from the Front of the Choir] I watched a TV documentary the other Day called How a choir works with Gareth Malone. Photo by theCamerons At one point he talked about...
