[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Do you have to be able to read music to Sing? Lots of people believe so and are put off joining choirs, or even Singing at all, as a result. &n...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Sarcastic remarks from X Factor judges. Teachers telling kids to “stand at the back and just mime”. Being made to stand up and Sing solo to get...
Christmas 2021
This was written as an ironic parody response to that Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer song We Sing every year! (Rudolphus Rubrinasus syndrome!) (Note: the score has a slightly more ornamented piano part than this performance)
The Womens Choir EMBLA performs Jólanótt (Christmas Night) by Roar Kvam with a text by Sverrir Pálsson.
Each year, in September, Musica International (www.musicanet.org) chooses as its Favorite Piece of the Month a beautiful piece which would be perfect for your Christmas program. Here are a few of them, with multimedia illustrations, recordings of pronunc...
Sing We and Chant It by Thomas Morley sung by Cantu Spiritus Chamber Choir. Dress rehearsal. We are new, this was our first concert.
Gospel style setting for 2 or 4 voices, 2 flutes, double bass, guitar and tambourine of my evangelical poem about Christmas. This is not typical of my usual style, but it's an interesting excursion into the evangelical music of mid-70s Oxford, where I ... more
Come and Sing with us this summer at the Ingenium Academy! Would you like to spend your summer making great music, with new friends from all over the world? Want to Sing and spend three Weeks in a beautiful 14th-century school in historic Winches...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Those of you who read this blog regularly kNow that I believe that everyone can Sing. If you want to kNow more, you can read “Everyone can Sing...