I often write my blog posts in cafes. People who don’t know me think this means I like drinking coffee and eating cake. Curiously […]
Horsing around with Amateur Music Making
This week, it seems that horses have taken over. Certainly in Cheltenham at any rate. It is of course The Cheltenham Festival. From […]
Something new for Christmas
As children, we were encouraged to do something new every day. This might have been experiments in a science lesson, making music or reading a […]
The Importance of Experience
If you have ever looked at a job advertisement, the chances are somewhere in the person description there will be note about the level of […]
Choirs Singing in the Community
I have always maintained that one of the best things a choir can do is to go out and sing in their local community. Putting […]
Anyone can sing and anyone can run a choir…
A number of years ago, shortly after graduating from University with a degree in Music, I went out and bought a house. It wasn’t […]
New Music Team for Tetbury Community Choir
Choirs have had a difficult time over the last year or more, with lockdowns and ‘rules’ on singing or indeed not singing. It is therefore […]
Some thoughts on Singing
In the year 70 AD a physician named Pedanius Dioscorides published a five-volume encyclopedia about herbal medicine. “Within his papers is a detailed description of […]
150 Years of Video Conferencing
This year, 2020, we are celebrating 150 years of video conferencing. Yes, believe it or not, according to the Encyclopaedia Brittanica, the first concepts of […]
We All Stand Together
One day nearly 40 years ago, a bear went for a walk in the hills. With his Mother’s blessing, he sets off for a jolly trip, […]