PerFormed by the Graduate Choir New Zealand, director Terence Maskell; Michael Stoddart, organ; Auckland Brass Quintet (Carl Wells, horn; Huw Dann, trumpet; Jonah Levy, trumpet; Douglas Cross, trombone; Tak Chun Lai, tuba) Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland...  morePerFormed by the Graduate Choir New Zealand, director Terence Maskell; Michael Stoddart, organ; Auckland Brass Quintet (Carl Wells, horn; Huw Dann, trumpet; Jonah Levy, trumpet; Douglas Cross, trombone; Tak Chun Lai, tuba) Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 22 April 2017. Audio recorded by Larry Elliott of Vivante Recordings. Film made with funding from NZ On Air.  

PerFormed by the Graduate Choir New Zealand, director Terence Maskell; Michael Stoddart, organ; Auckland Brass Quintet (Carl Wells, horn; Huw Dann, trumpet; Jonah Levy, trumpet; Douglas Cross, trombone; Tak Chun Lai, tuba) Holy Trinity Cathedral, Aucklan...  morePerFormed by the Graduate Choir New Zealand, director Terence Maskell; Michael Stoddart, organ; Auckland Brass Quintet (Carl Wells, horn; Huw Dann, trumpet; Jonah Levy, trumpet; Douglas Cross, trombone; Tak Chun Lai, tuba) Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 22 April 2017. Audio recorded by Larry Elliott of Vivante Recordings. Film made with funding from NZ On Air.  

Erik Satie's Sarabande No. 1 is one of my favourite piano pieces. For a long time, I felt there was an a cappella choral piece hiding within it, in plain sight. One day I got inspired and gave it a try. Creating a choral adaptation of a piano piece ha...  moreErik Satie's Sarabande No. 1 is one of my favourite piano pieces. For a long time, I felt there was an a cappella choral piece hiding within it, in plain sight. One day I got inspired and gave it a try. Creating a choral adaptation of a piano piece has its challenges. I tried to keep faithful to Satie's original musical inspiration and created lyrics to go with my arrangement that evoke an early summer morning, one of my favourite times of the year. Several months later, I applied to be a participant at one of the Vancouver Chamber Choir's Interplay workshops funded by the SOCAN Foundation and to my delight I was accepted. "As Dawn breaks" was one of the pieces that this amazing choir sight read For me on the spot. VCC director Jon Washburn and choir members then provided me with valuable feedback, For which I am very grateful. NB: One day I woke up to the realization that I had independently written four choral works, each of which had evoked a different season, and so it seemed natural to group ...    less

  Have You ever been to the most charming lake in Italy? If yes You will always desire to be there again. If not this is the opportunity what You were Waiting For. Singing with Your friends in an amazing place like that is a dreaming what comes tr...

meeting music events are Waiting For You in 2018 as well, as we really do NOT want You to miss the deadline, some of our application periods are extended. Take a look on the list below, get inspired by our image video and pick Your favourite! &nb...

This will be the 17th time that we return to capital of Hungary. If You still hesitate about this event, now You can see deeper in the scene by participants of earlier Budapest International Choir Competition & Festival. “You created a plac...

The Big Sing 2022 National Finale - Session One Recorded with thanks to JX Live and RNZ Concert

[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...

Riva del Garda – where we want to be in 2019 as well! If You think of Italy mainly You imagine of the channels of Venice, the Colosseum in Rome or a sunflower fields in Tuscany, but there are much more to think about there. One of our favouri...

Beira Interior is one of our newest festivals. It was first arranged in 2014; and 2026 is going to be the 6th time it takes place. So, while Waiting For next October to arrive, please enjoy this selection of photos from past years!     Con...