This piece, "Alleluia" by Andrew Miller, is really catching fire in the collegiate and professional choral realm. Miller was commissioned to write this piece in 2015 when he was named ND's composer of the Year, NDMTA. Free to...
[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I wrote about whether you need singing lessons in order to be able to sing. I suggested that people should simply jump in and join a...
Music by Frank Pesci Bring us to that heavenly country, where, with all Thy saints, we may enter the everlasting heritage of Thy sons and daughters. Alleluia. (Episcopal Book of Common Prayer) frankpesci.com
Hullabaloo MD Kirsty Martin is launching TUBTHUMPERS so sing songs of Protest, PASSION and Solidarity in glorious, uproarious harmony. Hullabaloo has a long history of supportng social action by singing at many events including in October for the Survivor...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]Most singers join a choir because they share the PASSION and vision of the choir leader. Your choir leader is the creative heart of your choir and is what g...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] It’s the first week of the new choir. Everyone is having fun, songs are being learnt at a cracking pace, the whole room is in tune with each ot...
After conducting a triumphant and PASSIONate St John PASSION on 31st March, Patrick McCarthy will conduct Olivet to Calvary by J H Maunder. The performance is at St Nicholas Church, Harwich from 7pm. Tickets on the door £5 (full-ti...
[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The other week I wrote about who your choir actually ‘belongs’ to (Whose choir is it any way?). Does it belong to the singers, the...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I wrote last week about people who think they can’t ‘sing’ because they think they need training or singing lessons first (Your sin...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I wrote about choirs that choose not to perform. None of the choirs or singing groups that I have run were formed as performing groups. ...
