Having played just shy of 600 Evensong services in the past 6 years, I couldn't agree more that, whether religious or on-religious, more...
As a choral conductor I work with choirs of varying abilities on a weekly basis. This ranges from children's choirs to adult amateur...
Choristers and choir singers everywhere will find this useful, I'm sure! Enjoy... https://www.adampaltrowitz.com/single-post/2016/11/13/1...
A most interesting read! An article by Helen Cocks from 2016. https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/what-choristers-can-tea...
You can download a free copy of this useful ebook by Gregory Daubney MSc MBPsS and Dr Alison Daubney here: https://www.ism.org/performanc...
I MD'd Rent a couple of years ago with a local theatre group in a medium sized purpose-built theatre in Surrey. I had the feeling that it...
https://youtu.be/FKDem6OW5wg These guys are awesome (https://www.facebook.com/AccentVocal/?fref=mentions). They are an A capella jazz...
Lovely semi-improvised organ arrangement of the hymn 'Abide with me', which I came across on Facebook some months back. Effective...
Brilliant article/interview with pianist Mitsuko Uchida. Enjoy! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/mitsuko-uchida-intervi...
16th & 17th C Thirds were usually played with fingers 2 & 4, sometimes with 1 & 3. Fast parallel thirds were always played with fingers 2...
"Terrestrial mammals share to some degree consistently developed ear structures across species. Their ears consist of an outer ear, or...
http://theweek.com/articles/666146/how-pronounce-excelsis
A great article by Helen Cocks. We need more people flying the flag for singing (and music!) in our society. https://www.tes.com/news/sch...
Interesting video on reharmonisation by June Lee. Not necessarily how I'd approach the subject; it yields a very particular and specific...
All the answers a musician needs about theory... from a 12 yr old. Enjoy! 😊🎶 https://www.facebook.com/MusicEqualsLifePage/videos/232531...
"Briefly," he says "it is a technique by means of which simultaneous combinations of tones, or chords, of a very specific type called...
An excellent essay on the history, technique and aesthetic principles of keyboard fingering techniques since the Baroque. "Keyboard...
"Like literature and drama, Western music traditionally incorporates some kind of progression (melodic and harmonic) from a point of...