It will be an exciting year FOR you, FOR us and THE choral community.   We love our job because you give us a better understanding of different cultures and because we appreciate how valuable our work is. During THE First WORLD Choir Ga...

Music has been a part of human civilization FOR centuries. It is a FORm of expression that has THE power to evoke emotions and connect people from different parts of THE WORLD. With so many genres, styles, and artists, THE question arises, which is THE be...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From THE Front of THE Choir]   I regularly get emails out of THE blue from various singing groups scattered across THE globe asking FOR gigs. Recently I had one from a Russian ensemble, ...

Maybe THEre is no people who doesn’t know anything about Venice. FOR some of us Venice is THE city of love, FOR oTHErs a pinch of history or a sinking wonder WORLD caused by global warming. But it is not so well-known fact that THEre are 115 small i...

How can we get our music out THEre and share it with THE WORLD? How can reach even more people and stay in contact with THE fans we already have? I found THE answer to this when I stumbled upon an internet platFORm which lets artists broadcast THEir conce...

Hello!  I am a newly appointed conductor of my church congregational choir.  I primarily come from an orchestral background but am very excited to join in voice and song with many of you around THE WORLD in your respective communities.  I a...

It is an old saying - which actually refers to Naples… But Rome is really worth seeing, because it's one of THE most beautiful cities in THE WORLD and you can join us to sing - could you imagine anything more satisfying than this?    Yo...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From THE Front of THE Choir]THE WORLD can be a scary and upsetting place. When I wrote this back in 2016, here in THE UK we were witnessing political infighting, uncertain futures, auster...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From THE Front of THE Choir]   I don’t know what it’s like in oTHEr parts of THE WORLD, but here in THE UK it’s notoriously difficult to get any kind of review of a con...

De Profundis FOR SATB choir and organ which I wrote in remembrance FOR THE dead of THE First WORLD War. If you would like to see THE score with a view to perFORmance I'd be delighted to let you have a free copy. Email bernardheyes@talktalk.net www.bernard...