[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I read an article in the latest Sounding Board (the journal of community music from Sound Sense) about the University of Sunderland’s new BA in...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Back in 2015 I was in bed for 10 days with a nasty bout of ’flu. For the first time in my 18-year career I had to cancel a Choir concert.   ...

Performance of youth female Choir Oriana on II KRAKOW Advent & Christmas Choir Festival, December 2011. http://www.christmasfestival.pl/ G.Palestrina "Ave Regina Coelorum", conductor Galina Shpak.

Anthem by Edgar Bainton And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a ...  moreAnthem by Edgar Bainton And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of Heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. (Revelation 21) Sung at Canterbury Cathedral during our Royal School of Church Music Summer Course in 1986, under Martin How. I (David W Solomons) was one of the altos. John Huntley - a fellow alto - recorded this performance.  less

Opener - Nobody's Perfect Directed by Todd Krier Choreographer: Shawn Eck

Vocal ensemble Just for Fun "Pop & Jazz" 2013 Stadsschouwburg Mechelen

"Schicksalslied", composed by J. Brahms, was performed by the East Central University Singers on April 19, 2010, at St Joseph Catholic Church in Ada, OK.

From the 2014 Wooster Chorus spring tour. Recorded in Scheide Music Center, Wooster, OH.

Sunday, December 7, 2015, 1st Presbyterian Church of Aurora. Robert Convery's arrangement of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."