Budapest International Choir Festival and Competition - a milestone in the history of choral competitions. Since 1988, choirs are magnetized to join every second Year. With an experience of almost 30 Years meeting music has focused on improving its ev...
Today, I received an unexpected blast from the past that brought back so many memories. Google reminded me of a beautiful drawing done by Alan for the cover of "I Will Dream With You." It's incredible how time flies because exactly one Year and one day ag...
Seeing the forest for the trees... Something on my mind today as I prepare young minds for a Year of learning and growing as human beings through the medium of Choral Music, is the value of an individual identity in a group setting. So many people ...
[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 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 ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I’ve been creating some new singing workshops for next Year. Janis Joplin by Patrick Pearse Recently I wrote about how to create...
This Year I had the opportunity to capture the journey of the Grande Prairie Boys' Choir up in Canada. It was an incredible experience. I appreciated seeing the way the conductor (Jeannie Vanwynsberghe Pernal) helped steer the choir through all the ups, d...
First Christmas Concert. Year 2012
Bringing our loyal fans the VERY FIRST LISTEN to our new album, theSE ISLANDS! You can listen to and download Greensleeves, from our forthcoming album, COMPLETELY FOR FREE! Complete with a stunning solo from Mr Chris Hughes. Equally, if you would l...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I wrote a post a while ago called Ask not what your choir can do for you – ask what can you do for your choir. the more you put in, the more you get ...
