Wow 40 years! Where did the time go? I've always been one of the oldest members of the Stairwell Carollers - if not the OLDEST - at our choir's 20th anniversary in 1997 I was 41, but still didn't look a Day over 30. Pierre had HAIR - and I sh...
Teddington Choral Society is excited to present their Christmas Concert for 2018. This year's Concert features the compositions and arrangements of local London composer, Jonathan Rathbone. During the evening some other musical pieces will also be pe...
[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"...
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
[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...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] “Being able to make 40 people who do not know each other sing so well together was amazing” “An excellent Day proving that 50...
Walking home after choir one Night my friend and fellow chorister Barbara and I agreed the hardest piece we’ve ever done was Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. Here’s what I wrote about it at the time, (referring specifically to the Cr...
2012十週年音樂會 高雄市文化中心至德堂 2012-11-16 指揮: 朱如鳳 伴奏: 許溎芳 詩：James Agee艾吉 曲：Samuel Barber巴伯 二十世紀美國作曲家巴伯（Samuel Barber, 1910-81）生長於賓夕法尼亞州，畢業於費城寇蒂斯音樂學院，除鋼琴和作曲外，還學習歌唱和指揮。他是傑出的美國新浪漫主義作曲家之一，樂曲中充滿詩情，往往在緊緻與複雜的音樂結構中，展現出乎意外的優美樂句。 〈在這閃亮的夜晚〉原為男中音與鋼琴的獨唱作品，後來改編為混聲... more
