[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 th...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Feel like you’re on a treadmill? Constantly learning and practising and planning but never arriving? Not enough time to catch your breath between concer...
Coro Voximix do Conservatório Regional de Castelo Branco, interpretando a cappella a obra de Leonard Cohen no Forum Castelo Branco, dirigido pela maestrina Armanda Patrício.
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I started my first community choir over 20 years ago. I used to worry that, after the long summer break, the Singers would have forgotten me and wouldn’...
The Junior High Students of the Colegio Sembradores de Amistad in San Luis Potosí, Mexico show us that music is an universal language that brings us together, defeating every obstacle like time and space. Every one of them have learned and recorded ind... more
Choosing exactly the right repertoire for an ensemble is one of the most essential responsibilities of a conductor. We want music that stimulates growth within the ensemble, and also enriches the musical palette of the Singers and of the audience me...
"Komm Jesu, Komm!" BWV229 J.S. Bach Coral Reyes Bartlet Humboldt Ensemble José Híjar Polo, Maestro de Coro Mark Peters, Director VIII Festival de Música Antigua y Barroca de Puerto de la Cruz Iglesia de la Peña de Francia, 28 de marzo de 2010 ... more
"Baba Yetu" choir at the II competion of youth choirs. Nettuno (Italy), november 2014
Cat.No. TKM818. Extracted from the full Requiem aeternam. Published in the UK by www.timknightmusic.com This recording of the first movement of Requiem aeternam, a nine movement choral work, is from Ablaze records New Choral voices Volume 4 - availabl... more
Intervención en el acto de clausura del 25 aniversario de la Fundación de la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad de La Laguna. Director: Julio Chinea Pedraza