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 Read More …
Tag: choirs
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 Read More …
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 Read More …
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 Read More …
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, Read More …
What would I be without my Music?
This week I thought I would ponder the biggest question of them all – ‘what is the point of life?’ Of course many scientists have Read More …
Men can Sing too
There was film many years ago called What Women Want. It was a terrible film and mostly nonsense about a guy who electrocutes himself and Read More …
Without Hesitation, Deviation or Repetition
Just how hard can it be? All you have to do is speak on a subject for 1 minute without deviation, hesitation or repetition. Read More …
Keeping Time
Last week, I was invited out for dinner and ended up going home with a Grandfather Clock. At approximately the same time, Prince Harry Read More …
Are British Choirs really the best in the world?
There is a long held belief in some circles that choral singing was invented in the UK. Certainly Britain is home to some of the Read More …