[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...

[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...

Downtown Voices (http://DowntownVoices.net) NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Arvo Pärt – Passio St. Paul's Chapel, New York City Trinity Wall Street This concert featured iconic works of two of the most compelling and...  moreDowntown Voices (http://DowntownVoices.net) NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Arvo Pärt – Passio St. Paul's Chapel, New York City Trinity Wall Street This concert featured iconic works of two of the most compelling and influential composers of the 20th century: Arvo Pärt and Francis Poulenc. The monumental work Passio by Arvo Pärt is a meditative setting of texts from the Passion according to St. John and is considered as the apotheosis of his writing. This is the video of that live performance.  less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I teach songs without using any kind of musical notation. Like other members of the Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network I believe that singing should...

Carmina Burana - Carl Orff Stephen Sands, Conductor - http://StephenSands.net Downtown Voices and the Trinity Youth Chorus NOVUS NY St. Paul's Chapel, New York City June 16, 2019 http://DowntownVoices.net

Arranged by Nathan Howe From concert "Voice on the Summer Wind" 1st June 2024

The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Douglas Knight (organ) David Crown (conductor) Somerville College Chapel, Oxford 16 November 2012 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Website: http://www.somervillemusicsociety.com

The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Robert Pecksmith (organ) David Crown (conductor) Somerville College Chapel, Oxford 10 February 2013 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Website: http://www.somervillemusicsociety.com

Somerville Choir Octet, Oxford David Crown (conductor) Somerville College Chapel, 25 May 2012 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Website: http://www.somervillemusicsociety.com

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I recently wrote about some of the reasons why you might think you can’t sing.   Suessian megaphone by theparadigmshifter   One of th...