(This post was orginally written for the Embro Thistle Singers blog.) I think sometimes we get so focused on making the music as directors and singers, we forget that the People around us have "baggage" good and bad that we need to unpack before ...
Online rehearsals have had varying degrees of success but have been successful in bringing People together and maintaining a connection when it is currently very much needed ... however, other things we are finding that musicians and singing groups are re...
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire... voices ringing in your ear(phones) .. Yuletide carols being sung by our choir... Merry Christmas to YOU ❤️ Wir sagen Danke für Eure Treue auch in diesem „kontaktlosen“ 2020, in dem wir uns Euch trotzdem erstaunlich... more
Comic poem and illustrations by Wilhelm Busch - about a poet who hopes to gain inspiration from nature, but nature thwarts him all the way. English version by David W Solomons set to music by David W Solomons All parts performed by Matthew Curtis
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] People sometimes welcome a distraction from watching rows of identically dressed choristers singing with books in front of their faces. Photo by...
Seeing the forest for the trees... Something on my mind today as I prepare young minds for a year of learning and growing as human beings through the medium of Choral Music, is the value of an individual identity in a group setting. So many People ...
[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I wrote about whether you need singing lessons in order to be able to sing. I suggested that People should simply jump in and join a...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Some People just love anything that’s finely honed, all shined up, squeaky clean, highly skilled and perfectly rendered. Not me. ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Very, very few People are tone deaf. Tone deafness is an abnormality of the brain which can also affect the understanding of language and certain spatial ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] We are living in unprecedented times. People are not allowed to socialise. How do we keep singing together? I’ll look at some of the ...
