[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A few years ago I spent two weeks travelling through the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. I was really looking forward to hearing plenty of tr...

The Israeli Vocal Octet singing the Beatles AND I Love HER with background animation excerpts at Animix festival opening night in Tel Aviv. Arranged by Orly Mazor-Yuval

T. Tallis: If Ye Love Me - The Waldorf Student Choir, conductor: Laszlo Bencze - Recorded in the Lutheran church in Alsonana, Hungary at the 2014 Choir Camp

http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Scott_Villard From Three Sacred Love Songs for SATB (2012)

HEAL THE SOUL OF AMERICA in 2020. Change requires a powerful idea. A simple idea can change the course of history and what happens next in the USA will affect every corner of the planet. “Make America Love Again” must be the message in 2020. “There is ...  moreHEAL THE SOUL OF AMERICA in 2020. Change requires a powerful idea. A simple idea can change the course of history and what happens next in the USA will affect every corner of the planet. “Make America Love Again” must be the message in 2020. “There is nothing wrong with America That cannot be cured by what is right with America”. We ask you to adopt Make America Love Again as an anthem for 2020 . Music with words moves us more than arguments. “Make America Love Again” is a song That That can heal America’s soul. This is the MILLION PEOPLE FOR MALA campaign. It opens up a space for those who want more than words, it can appeal to every American. Recent history suggests the unimaginable is Now the possible. Through weight of numbers, using our collective imagination, let’s make some noise in 2020. Let’s aim to hear “Make America Love Again” echoing round the USA, a message That can influence millions of individual’s perceptions and decisions. Join our campaign for 1000 CHOIRS to sing this anthem.  less

[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...

    Since I have been conducting choirs in UK, there is something That I Found intriguing. That is the fact That some people gave me, amongst other kinds of positive and most interesting feedback, comments about “surprising” and &l...

"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" Elton John arr. Rafał Renz

Ian Assersohn conducts Dorking Camerata as they record his setting of "My True Love" from his collection of 5 choral songs. Words by Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586). The accompanist is Jan Assersohn. Recorded 14th May 2011 by Mark Sugden-Best at Treetops...  moreIan Assersohn conducts Dorking Camerata as they record his setting of "My True Love" from his collection of 5 choral songs. Words by Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586). The accompanist is Jan Assersohn. Recorded 14th May 2011 by Mark Sugden-Best at Treetops Recording Studio, Capel, Surrey, UK. Video by David Tilsley Links: www.appletreemusic.net www.dorkingcamerata.org www.treetopsstudio.co.uk  

Do You Hear the People Sing? choir performing Somebody to Love in rehearsal http://www.doyouhearthepeoplesing.net/