[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   In 2010 artist Susan Philipsz won the Turner Prize  for "a sound piece consisting of her own frail Beautiful voice singing a Scottish lament over the ...

SATURDay 25 APRIL at 7.30pm ST MARY'S CHURCH, WIRKSWORTH, Derbyshire DE4 4DQ - website www.wirksworthteamministry.co.ukWe return to this Beautiful venue for a special spring concert, with songs fresh for 2015. All proceeds from this concert wi...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I was running a one-Day workshop a while back and it seemed to me that the whole thing wasn’t gelling. People seemed uninspired, energy was low, and i...

For this final week of Advent, Brethren brings the traditional Austrian Carol, "Still, Still, Still". May these words give you peace and hope as we "dream of the joyous Day to come"...

Looking for a European destination in 2019? meeting  music looks forward to meeting you in one of many Beautiful cities around the old continent. Next year we will come back to Budapest, Venice, Salzburg, Toruń, Rome, Riva del Garda aaaaand ...

Advanced notice to get in your diaries, ALBION is starting its Autumn season by opening the Tideswell Festival on 20 SeptemBer.   A chance to visit a Beautiful area of England, with the Derbyshire Peaks and the ancient monuments, churches, castle...

It's a great tribute to the skill and warm-heartedness of the group of wonderful people that makes up Albion that YET AGAIN we have sold out a concert in Sheffield Before the Day. I'm proud of you all that you create and perpetuate something in which so m...

Singing Day with GGCC www.ggcc.org.uk Huge thank to hosts London School of Theology www.lst.ac.uk

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...

[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...