A Year As a Nomad:   April 4, 2023, marked The last Day I spent in my birth country. I shared breakfast with my broTher and moTher, showed my boarding pass, and within minutes, I was on a plane to London. What happened during all that time? ...

SABELANI Music Initiative has put on hold workshops due to The Lock Down enforced by The S. African Government on The 27th March.If The Lock Down is lifted on The 16th April as planned we will be celebrating World Voice Day on The 18th April as well as jo...

South Salem High School's Symphonic Choir preforming at The Oregon 6A choir championships. The fabulous amazing spectacular Carol Stenson is Their Long standing director. South Salem took FIRST PLACE at Oregon's State Competition. This was Their fourth an...  moreSouth Salem High School's Symphonic Choir preforming at The Oregon 6A choir championships. The fabulous amazing spectacular Carol Stenson is Their Long standing director. South Salem took FIRST PLACE at Oregon's State Competition. This was Their fourth and final song. This whole competition took place at George Fox University in Newburg Oregon. The South Salem Saxons also took first at Their Districts festival in Salem/Keizer Oregon. First Place : South Salem High School 'Saxons" Tied Second Place (alphabetical order) : Canby High School 'Cougars' and Sprague High School 'Olympians' Fourth Place : West Salem High School 'Titans' Fifth Place : Saint Mary's Academy  less

This was originally published on The Embro Thistle Singers' blog.  I was reading an article posted to Facebook The oTher Day.  Esa-Pekka Salonen became a conductor when he filled in for an absent colleague.     In The following sh...

The music is now sorted for our #Haworth Sing Day! We've added Stanford's 'Te Deum in Bb' to The list which also features Parry's Blest Pair of Sirens (SATB edition), Wesley's 'Lead me Lord', Stainer's 'God so loved The world', Liddle's 'Abide with me' ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   I used to run a small women’s choir of 12 singers. One Day it dawned on me that my job was to make myself redundant.     I researched,...

Setting from Alfred Lord Tennyson's "In Memoriam" by CHH Parry sung by The dwsChorale (multitracking one-man choir) There rolls The deep where grew The tree O earth, what changes hast thou seen! There, where The Long street roars, hath been The sti...  moreSetting from Alfred Lord Tennyson's "In Memoriam" by CHH Parry sung by The dwsChorale (multitracking one-man choir) There rolls The deep where grew The tree O earth, what changes hast thou seen! There, where The Long street roars, hath been The stillness of The central sea The hills are shadows, and They flow From form to form, and nothing stands; They melt like mist, The solid lands Like clouds They shape Themselves and go But in my spirit will I dwell And dream my dream, and hold it true; For though my lips may breaThe adieu I cannot think The thing farewell  less

The Lassus Scholars, named after The great Renaissance composer Orlande de Lassus, seek to achieve excellence in expression and interpretation in all musical styles from The 16th century to The present Day.

Our small but talented choir consists mainly of young people. All choir members receive a first-rate musical education. There has been a Long tradition of musical excellence at St Laurence’s. The original church, built in The 1880s, had a strong choir ...  moreOur small but talented choir consists mainly of young people. All choir members receive a first-rate musical education. There has been a Long tradition of musical excellence at St Laurence’s. The original church, built in The 1880s, had a strong choir of men and boys who took part in The Festival of Britain services in 1951. When The new church was opened in 1968, The musical tradition continued. A new Walker organ was installed in The church, using some pipework from The old organ and Directors of Music have included David Sanger, Professor Roger Wibberley, Paul Dewhurst, Tom Fowkes, Marcus Wibberley, Iain Simcock and Andrew Ibbotson. The current Director of Music is Huw Morgan. Girls were first admitted to The choir some ten years ago, but The choir remains unique in this part of south-east London in that it continues to use only trebles (girls and boys) on The top line. The lower parts are provided by volunteer adults from The local community. Young people receive an excellent musical education, and ...    less

"Be Still, My Soul" by Jean Sibelius Hymn recorded to commemorate ANZAC Day 2020