This is a setting of a poem by The Reverend Doctor Malcolm Guite, Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge,with his permission. The poem is a response to the 8th "O Antiphon" for Advent O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neither before Thee was an...  moreThis is a setting of a poem by The Reverend Doctor Malcolm Guite, Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge,with his permission. The poem is a response to the 8th "O Antiphon" for Advent O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neither before Thee was any like Thee, nor shall there be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? The thing which ye behold is a divine mystery. Who are the daughters of Jerusalem, Who glimpse you still as you transform their seeing? Whom have you called to this mysterium, And bathed in the blithe fountain of your being? Daughters of sorrow, daughters of despair, The cast-aside, the overlooked, the spurned The broken girls who scarcely breathe a prayer The ones whose love has never been returned. O Maid amongst the maidens, turn your face, For when We glimpse you We are not alone, O look us out of grief and into grace, Lift us in love made stronger than our own, Summon the spring in our worst wilderness, And make us fruitful in your fruitfulness.  less

Sung at a choral course in Nottingham in 1977 sing We and chant it While love doth grant it Not long youth lasteth And old age hasteth Now is best leisure To take our pleasure All things invite us Now to delight us Hence, care, be packing! No ...  moreSung at a choral course in Nottingham in 1977 sing We and chant it While love doth grant it Not long youth lasteth And old age hasteth Now is best leisure To take our pleasure All things invite us Now to delight us Hence, care, be packing! No mirth be lacking! Let spare no treasure To live in pleasure  

Motet by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, ita desiderat anima mea ad Te, Deus. Like as the hart desireth the waterbrook So longeth my soul after Thee o God

We are a network of choral singers worldwide in 200 choirs who have been called to sing at the bedsides of people who are dying. Our repertoire is all original, written by choir members and has emerged as a new tribal choral tradition that honors death a...  moreWe are a network of choral singers worldwide in 200 choirs who have been called to sing at the bedsides of people who are dying. Our repertoire is all original, written by choir members and has emerged as a new tribal choral tradition that honors death as a natural, expected, sometimes very inspiring event in a life. While We don't require auditions, our Welcome process is rigorous. This kind of singing is spiritual work and is deeply rewarding for those who are called to it.  

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   And I mean English … not Irish or Welsh or Scottish. How is it possible to have an unplanned, spontaneous and genuine gathering of people who sing t...

This is what music is all about and why I sing this genre.. I just wish I could be there to experience the group singing this their chosen song!! I douibt there will be a dry eye in the house.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2B...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There is (apparently) a proverb from ZimbabWe  that says: “If you can walk, then you can dance. If you can talk, then you can sing.” &nb...

I'm gonna sing - The Waldorf Student Choir, conductor: Laszlo Bencze - Recorded in the Lutheran church in Alsonana, Hungary at the 2015 Choir Camp

Only 2 Spaces Left sing FROM THE HEARTsinging & Meditation Retreat HolidayAgon Coutainville, France7-14 September 2024"singing connects the mind with the heart and the heart with the soul. So sing. I dare you!"Take a deep breath of the fresh sea air, rel...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I came across an interesting article on Canada’s CBC Radio 2 blog a few years back. It was entitled Why do you sing? and attracted several comments f...