[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...
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With the growing hate and division in our world, love must prevail. Too often today, it can feel easier to unfriend, unfollow, or simply part ways with others when they seem unworthy of our effort. Yet to truly understand and love one ano...
Sing Ye to the Lord - Bairstow
Downtown Voices
Janet Yieh, organ
Stephen Sands, conductor
Trinity Church, NYC
Sing ye to the Lord
For He hath triumphed gloriously
Pharaoh’s chariots and his host
Hath He cast into the sea
Mighty Victim from...
Downtown Voices at 10 Years: Britten's St. Nicolas
DOWNTOWN VOICES (https://downtownvoices.net)
TRINITY YOUTH CHORUS
NOVUS
David Vanderwal, tenor \ Sergio Rego, treble
Stephen Sands, conductor (https://stephensands.net)
Program with texts and no...
Evening Prayer - Ola Gjeilo
Downtown Voices
Live performance at the end of Evensong on Jan 28, 2026
Mitchell Vines, piano
Izzy Williams, saxophone
Stephen Sands, conductor
Watch, O Lord,
with those who wake,
or watch or weep tonight,
and give y...
Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Chamber Orchestra Version by Ingo Schulz
Trinity Church, NYC
Downtown Voices (https://DowntownVoices.net)
NOVUS
Sonya Headlam, soprano
Brian Mextorf, bass
Stephen Sands, conductor (https...
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