"Let's Sing, it's Spring!" is dedicated to my uncle and aunt, James and Daphne Shaw, and their amazing clan, the "Bowen Island Shaws." I have given this song the sub-title: "A Crazy Choral Etude for Rolled Rs and Perfect 5ths." It is meant, no pun inte...  more"Let's Sing, it's Spring!" is dedicated to my uncle and aunt, James and Daphne Shaw, and their amazing clan, the "Bowen Island Shaws." I have given this song the sub-title: "A Crazy Choral Etude for Rolled Rs and Perfect 5ths." It is meant, no pun intended, to be a musical lark, great fun for a choir to Sing, rolling Rs like crazy, with no holding back. NB: One day I woke up to the realization that I had independently written four choral works, each of which had evoked a different season, and so it seemed natural to group them together into a choral suite that I have called "The Ottawa Four Seasons Suite." "Let's Sing, it's Spring!", with its rouSing coda section, works perfectly as the cloSing number of this suite. Also of note, in early 2018, I applied to be a participant at one of the Vancouver Chamber Choir's Interplay workshops funded by the SOCAN Foundation and to my delight I was accepted. "Let's Sing, it's Spring!" was one of the pieces that this amazing choir sight read for me on the sp...    less

The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York Nassau Symphonic Choir ~ Louise O'Hanlon, Music Director Adelphi University Performing Arts Center Sunday, March 20, 2016 If I Can Sing, I Still Am Free composer: Rich Campbell ©2014 Pay The Band Music u...  moreThe Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York Nassau Symphonic Choir ~ Louise O'Hanlon, Music Director Adelphi University Performing Arts Center Sunday, March 20, 2016 If I Can Sing, I Still Am Free composer: Rich Campbell ©2014 Pay The Band Music used by permission Available in print at Swirly Music: http://www.swirlymusic.org/music/choral-music/rich-campbell-if-i-can-Sing-i-still-am-free/  

Do You Hear the People Sing? choir performing Somebody to Love in rehearsal http://www.doyouhearthepeopleSing.net/

Firstly, I'll take this opportunity to introduce myself. I'm a good musician, and a reasonable Singer. I sit in the back corner of the choir and Sing second bass, trying to Sing so low that I can make the plastic chairs vibrate. Now, I say I'm a good musi...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Many people look back to the good old days when we all used to gather round a piano and Sing for hours, or join in a good Sing-song down the local pub. &n...

We Sing in the barbershop style! If you like to Sing, come visit us!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   You know those people who Sing all the time — when they’re cooking, hoovering, gardening, whatever? Well, I’m not one of them.   ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   People come to my Singing workshops because they love to Sing.   Photo by Rex Pe   But first they have to spend time learning songs. &nbs...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   “How to Sing” is one of the most common requests I get. The answer is simple: open your mouth and let the sound out.   photo by ...

  Teddington Choral Society and its Music Director Julian Collings are delighted to invite you to a Come and Sing Day on September 3rd which will feature Haydn's Nelson Mass and Mozart's Solemn Vespers. The event will take place in the Hall o...