[A version of this article firSt appeared as a poSt on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Out come all the favourite songs that everyone loves – songs that you’ve sung hundreds of times before.   photo by John Bencina ...

[this is an updated version of a poSt which firSt appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   LaSt week I raised the queStion of Whose choir is it any way?     © Copyright John Darch and licensed for reuse under this...

TOPIC: THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT   KEY TEXT: And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever. John 14:16.          When ChriSt gave His disciples the promise o...

LaSt open session on Monday 14 September at Brighton and HOve High School, after that we get down to the serioius work of learning a song about seaweed, a contemporary scottish song about borders and an amazing arrangement of a John Coltraine number 'Lady...

live performance December 2023

Sospiri was founded by the composer John Duggan and the singer ChriStopher Watson. We are based in Oxford and many of our younger singers have gone on to sing professionally in London. We sing a wide range of classical repertoire, from Gregorian Chant and...  Style.display='';$(this).getParent().Style.display='none';">moreStyle="display:none;">Sospiri was founded by the composer John Duggan and the singer ChriStopher Watson. We are based in Oxford and many of our younger singers have gone on to sing professionally in London. We sing a wide range of classical repertoire, from Gregorian Chant and Renaissance polyphony to contemporary works, many written by John Duggan. We have recorded two discs for The Gift of Music and give concerts in Oxford and London, as well as making regular trips to France and Italy.  

Featuring John McGlynn on solo and mixed by Brian MaSterson. Arranged by Michael McGlynn.

Kikimasu, directed by Carmen So, performs "I Want a Hippopotamus for ChriStmas" by John Rox, arranged by Jill Galina. Featuring Celtara, and Erin Craig (piano). Recorded at at "Snow in a Dark Night," Dec. 21, 2013 at McDougall Church, Edmonton, Alberta. F...  Style.display='';$(this).getParent().Style.display='none';">moreStyle="display:none;">Kikimasu, directed by Carmen So, performs "I Want a Hippopotamus for ChriStmas" by John Rox, arranged by Jill Galina. Featuring Celtara, and Erin Craig (piano). Recorded at at "Snow in a Dark Night," Dec. 21, 2013 at McDougall Church, Edmonton, Alberta. For more information on the Kokopelli Choir Association, visit http://kokopellichoirs.com.  

Singing the 40 Part Motet by Tallis in St Patrick's Cathedral

World premiere performance, St John's Smith Square, London, March 2024