• Chris Rowbury

    Have you become too dependent on your choir leader? You might be denying your own abilities

    Added January 26, 2022 by Chris Rowbury - 623 views - 2 comments

    [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 the globe. Your experiences may differ from mine, so do feel free t... read more

  • Anke de Bruijn

    New compositions for choirs - retro-romantic songs from Southwest France

    Added January 25, 2022 by Anke de Bruijn - 412 views - 0 comments

    Our songs for your choir - the Stone&Tara Songbook Stone&Tara (Anke de Bruijn - vocals & Peter Duiverman - piano) started out as a blues duo with a passion for a lot of other styles too, like latin-american, jazz, seventies pop, and classical music. When the pandemic came and invitations for live performances stopped,... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Singers, don’t be afraid to make mistakes – it’s the only way to learn

    Added January 19, 2022 by Chris Rowbury - 640 views - 0 comments

    [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 the globe. Your experiences may differ from mine, so do feel free t... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    What to do if you think someone in your part is singing it ‘wrong’?

    Added January 12, 2022 by Chris Rowbury - 987 views - 0 comments

    [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 the globe. Your experiences may differ from mine, so do feel free t... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    New choir season, new ideas – but how much can you really change?

    Added January 5, 2022 by Chris Rowbury - 639 views - 0 comments

    [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 the globe. Your experiences may differ from mine, so do feel free t... read more

  • Tim Knight

    A New Year gift from us to you....

    Added January 5, 2022 by Tim Knight - 489 views - 0 comments

    We'd like to wish you all a very Happy New Year from Tim Knight Music! We are starting the year on a very positive note, with a jotter full of plans for new events, projects and releases and, as we did last year, we'd like to gift you a free piece of Choral music which you can hopefully enjoy singing with your choirs w... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Taking stock – self-reflection for choir leaders and singers

    Added December 29, 2021 by Chris Rowbury - 775 views - 0 comments

    [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 the globe. Your experiences may differ from mine, so do feel free t... read more

  • Tim Knight

    From all of us...

    Added December 23, 2021 by Tim Knight - 666 views - 0 comments

    ... at Tim Knight Music we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - look out for our gift to you in January... in the meantime, we send our best wishes and prayers for a peaceful holiday season with this recording of last year's free gift:  'Prayer of St Teresa' by Tim Knight

  • Chris Rowbury

    Christmas comes but once a year — so when to learn all the carols?

    Added December 15, 2021 by Chris Rowbury - 642 views - 0 comments

    [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 the globe. Your experiences may differ from mine, so do feel free t... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    How to work with a mixed group of music readers and non-readers

    Added December 8, 2021 by Chris Rowbury - 674 views - 0 comments

    [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 the globe. Your experiences may differ from mine, so do feel free t... read more