[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...

[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...

[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 almost 30 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 ac...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...

The Gillingham Male Voice Choir in Torquay for the battle of the Choirs competition 2011. This video features The Choir singing those magnificent men in their flying machines from the film Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines. The Choir's musica...  moreThe Gillingham Male Voice Choir in Torquay for the battle of the Choirs competition 2011. This video features The Choir singing those magnificent men in their flying machines from the film Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines. The Choir's musical director is Paul Robinson and the accompanist is Matt Whitworth. Website: http://gmvc.99k.org  

During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic, alumni and friends of RJC High School produced a Virtual Choir for an online Fundraiser for Rosthern Junior College High School. Video came in from Canada, USA, and Mexico. Show More for song lyrics. directed and vide...  moreDuring the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic, alumni and friends of RJC High School produced a Virtual Choir for an online Fundraiser for Rosthern Junior College High School. Video came in from Canada, USA, and Mexico. Show More for song lyrics. directed and video edited by Richard Janzen music mastered by Brandon Janzen This Still Room text by John Greenleaf Whittier music by Jonathan Adams And so I find it well to come for deeper rest to this still room; for here the habit of my soul feels less the outer world's control. The strength of mutual purpose pleads more earnestly our common needs; and from the stillness, multiplied by these still forms on either side. The world that time and sense have known fall off, and leaves us God alone.  less

Choir Masterclass with Kirby Shaw Internationally acclaimed composer, arranger and jazz singer, Kirby Shaw (USA), is back by popular demand with his extraordinary workshops, choruses and masterclasses.   Choirs have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunit...