I think I’ve started a new project that is going to keep me learning new musical skills for a long Time….. I love working on choral arrangements, however the more I do and the more I think about them, the more I actually learn. I am extremel...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I found myself last week arranging a bunch of songs to teach at the weekEnd. As usual, I’d left it far too late and was feeling rushed.   &nb...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Once upon a Time you could only hear your favourite song if you travelled to a live performance. It was a special, one-off, shared experience.   ...

At the Time of writing music, my mission was always to bring people together. It seems to me that the union that is achieved thanks to singing is one of the most transcEndental unions that humans can experience. With "Dear Earth" I wanted to go one step b...

[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...

At meeting music, we all adore Venice and its surrandings: the palaces, romantic buildings, lagoons and gondolas, the clean and tiny charm of the small cities around… Have you ever been there? If not, you should come and join us, if yes, you alread...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   For many of us, this Time of year is just one concert after another. It’s great to be doing so much singing, but it can have its downsides. &n...

"Kanpe La (Enough) describes the sense of despair and frustration we someTimes feel in looking out at the amount of violence within our society and the degree to which both sides continue to escalate and escalate... where is the End of that?" - Robert Isa...  more"Kanpe La (Enough) describes the sense of despair and frustration we someTimes feel in looking out at the amount of violence within our society and the degree to which both sides continue to escalate and escalate... where is the End of that?" - Robert Isaacs #KanpeLa - - - Cornell University Men's Glee Club Robert Isaacs, conductor Ithaca, NY - January 28, 2017. - - - See score at: http://sydneyguillaumemusic.com/portfolio-items/kanpe-la  

Over the last 13 years Barisons Chamber Choir has built up a reputation for excellence, versatility and sensitivity in both live performances and recordings. the choir gives and annual Easter and Christmas performance, an annual Summer Concert and Euro...  moreOver the last 13 years Barisons Chamber Choir has built up a reputation for excellence, versatility and sensitivity in both live performances and recordings. the choir gives and annual Easter and Christmas performance, an annual Summer Concert and European Tour. their repertoire ranges from Handel’s Zadok the Priest to Karl Jenkin’s the Armed Man. the Choir has performed in many major venues around in Europe, including St Nicolas Church Prague to St Mark’s Venice, and has sung in many commercial concerts including premiere of James Brett’s Book of Dreams and performed for the Queen’s arrival at Bushy Park during her Majesty’s Golden Jubilee, where the choir also deputised for the Opera Babes. the singers in the choir are experienced musicians, many having sung with other choirs and choral societies and many are instrumentalists and instrumental music teachers. the choir has regularly performed with the Prague Conservatoire String Quartet and have performed and recorded with the London Metropolitan Or...    less

10 years ago, when Yasmin Cader asked Soul Sounds to do a concert at the then Colombo Plaza, little did I know that 10 years later we would still be singing heralding the birth of Christ at the same venue... I thank god for the blessings, and thank all in...