[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

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

    Since I have been conducting Choirs in UK, there is something that I found intriguing. That is the fact that some people gave me, amongst other kinds of positive and most interesting feedback, comments about “surprising” and &l...

"I Had a Paint Box" by Z. Randall Stroope. Text based on "the Paint Box" by Tali Shurel (age 13), from the book "My Shalom, My Peace: Paintings and Poems by Jewish and Arab Children". Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center in the ...  more"I Had a Paint Box" by Z. Randall Stroope. Text based on "the Paint Box" by Tali Shurel (age 13), from the book "My Shalom, My Peace: Paintings and Poems by Jewish and Arab Children". Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center in the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Lyric Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Susan Dodd. I had a paint box. Each color glowing with delight. I had a paint box with colors warm, With colors cool and bright. I had no red for wounds and red for blood. I had no black for an orphaned child. I had no white for the face of the dead. I had no yellow for burning sands. But I had a paint box. Each color glowing with delight. I had a paint box with colors warm, With colors cool and bright. I had orange for joy and life. I had green for buds and bloom. I had blue for clear, bright skies. I had pink for dreams and rest. I had a paint box. Each color g...    less

Music Rio 2016 Summer Olympics Tema adaptado em português pelo Coro Infantojuvenil CONTIGO :) [STAB] VOZ 1 [S] Carolina Almeida Carina Esteves Maria Inês Baptista Beatriz Lopes VOZ 2 [A] Cândida Ferreira Beatriz Pinto Daniel Sá Daniela Pereir...  moreMusic Rio 2016 Summer Olympics Tema adaptado em português pelo Coro Infantojuvenil CONTIGO :) [STAB] VOZ 1 [S] Carolina Almeida Carina Esteves Maria Inês Baptista Beatriz Lopes VOZ 2 [A] Cândida Ferreira Beatriz Pinto Daniel Sá Daniela Pereira Carla Sofia Neves Maria Rocha Ana Carolina Batista Margarida Castro Ana Ferreira Rodrigo Almeida Maria Inês Pereira Matilde Lopes Bárbara Castro David Baptista Carolina Sá VOZ 3 [T] Rita Pardão Margarida Cruz Joana Figueiredo Inês Raquel Almeida VOZ 4 [B] Pedro Baptista Maria João Coronha Tomás Calisto Ana Sofia Coelho Inês Margarida Costa Sara Cardoso Maria andrade Film Credits: Directed by: Carla Baptista Cinematography and Editing by: Ccfilmpro cinematografia Recorded and mixed by Recording Studio: iONE - Estúdio de Gravação & Produção CONTIGO - Coro Infantojuvenil de Torredeita / Viseu Carla Baptista, Artistic Director António Baptista, Assistant Artistic Director  less

Wernigerode Choir festival-Germany Silver medal.

Performed by the Singing Musicians choir and orchestra from the Republican Gymnasium-college in Belarus. Conducted by Alla Mazurova. Solos by Masha Shabunia and Tatiana Gavrilova. the choir consists of Children ages 9-14.