With a clear start to my groggy day, i reminisce on the wedding the day before Thinking how lovely it was to see my friend happily married and content. People had been gracious with the kind words regarding my music for the ceremony and I was grateful for...

[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...

One of my favorite choir tricks was to telling my singers to ‘aim for the top side of the pitch.’  This was, of course, because they were singing flat, and I thought the imagery would give my singers a way of Thinking abOut an abstract co...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s only September, but many choirs are already Thinking of their Christmas concerts. Christmas is also the time of year when choirs release new CDs...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Put me in front of a huge crowd of strangers and I’ll perform Loud and proud.   Photo by Anirudh Koul   But in a room full of friend...

Saturday June 12th and Sunday June 13th Queen’s Birthday Weekend Save The Date Join us for an amazing weekend of inspiring vocal workshops, music & laughter. Let’s Get Loud! Venue & presenter details coming soon Stayed tuned for all the ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s that time of year again. Summer is over and choir starts back. We choir leaders will be Thinking abOut which songs to teach for the next s...

Exsultate Deo adjutori nostro; jubilate Deo Jacob. Sumite psalmum, et date tympanum; psalterium jucundum cum cithara. Buccinate in neomenia tuba, in insigni die solemnitatis vestræ. Sing joyfully to God our strength; sing Loud unto the God of Jac...  moreExsultate Deo adjutori nostro; jubilate Deo Jacob. Sumite psalmum, et date tympanum; psalterium jucundum cum cithara. Buccinate in neomenia tuba, in insigni die solemnitatis vestræ. Sing joyfully to God our strength; sing Loud unto the God of Jacob! Take the song, bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harp, and the viol. Blow the trumpet in the new moon, at the time appointed for your feast day. Sung at Canterbury Cathedral during our Royal School of Church Music Summer Course in 1986, under Martin How. I (David W Solomons) was one of the altos. John Huntley - a fellow alto - recorded this performance.  less

Father’s Day is tomorrow.  This time to ‘honour dad’ started me Thinking abOut a few classical music fathers and the complicated dynamics between father and son. (Johann Sebastian Bach gets his own blog entry!)   The fir...

Conducted by Diego Borrello, The New Baroque Times Voices is a new professional chamber choir based in Brussels. Composed of twenty young singers, the choir is involved in an innovative Thinking artistic project. The New Baroque Times Voices is charact...  moreConducted by Diego Borrello, The New Baroque Times Voices is a new professional chamber choir based in Brussels. Composed of twenty young singers, the choir is involved in an innovative Thinking artistic project. The New Baroque Times Voices is characterized by the eclecticism of its artistic choices with a repertoire going from Renaissance to the most complex creations of contemporary music. Attached to The New Baroque Times ensemble, the choir charts its own course and trajectory remaining open and willing to work with other ensembles in Belgium and abroad.  less