DID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience the joy, freedom and inspiration of Song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes People happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creat...  moreDID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience the joy, freedom and inspiration of Song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes People happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creativity Australia (www.creativityaustralia.org.au) is building a happier, healthier, more inclusive nation through the life-changing With One Voice program. We bridge the gap between People experiencing disadvantage and those more fortunate through the neuro-scientific benefits of community singing. We build supportive networks that help People connect to brighter futures. Creativity Australia is delighted to offer a suite of With One Voice “how to” guide videos, resources and mentoring for individuals, groups and communities looking to start new, inclusive With One Voice choirs using our innovative social franchise model. Together, we can change the world… one voice at a time. With One Voice choirs are led by professional conductors and meet weekly, fo...    less

I gave a TEDX talk about group singing.  I had a very short time to hit all the crucials points.  I'm sure I left many out, but I did my best! I hope it gets more People to join choirs and other groups of People who sing together.   &nb...

One performance from a fantastic day singing at various locations around Bristol's harbour side. Part of Bristol's very own Festival of Song 2013 http://www.festivalofSong.org.uk/home/

DID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience the joy, freedom and inspiration of Song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes People happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creat...  moreDID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience the joy, freedom and inspiration of Song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes People happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creativity Australia (www.creativityaustralia.org.au) is building a happier, healthier, more inclusive nation through the life-changing With One Voice program. We bridge the gap between People experiencing disadvantage and those more fortunate through the neuro-scientific benefits of community singing. We build supportive networks that help People connect to brighter futures. Creativity Australia is delighted to offer a suite of With One Voice “how to” guide videos, resources and mentoring for individuals, groups and communities looking to start new, inclusive With One Voice choirs using our innovative social franchise model. Together, we can change the world… one voice at a time. With One Voice choirs are led by professional conductors and meet weekly, fo...    less

Do You Hear the People Sing? perform Winter Wonderland at AFC Bournemouth Stadium Carol Service 8 December 2016

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I know quite a few People who love to sing with others, but somehow don’t ever get around to joining a choir or attending a singing workshop. &n...

DID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience the joy, freedom and inspiration of Song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes People happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creat...  moreDID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN? You’re invited to experience the joy, freedom and inspiration of Song at your local With One Voice choir! Neuroscience proves singing makes People happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. Creativity Australia (www.creativityaustralia.org.au) is building a happier, healthier, more inclusive nation through the life-changing With One Voice program. We bridge the gap between People experiencing disadvantage and those more fortunate through the neuro-scientific benefits of community singing. We build supportive networks that help People connect to brighter futures. Creativity Australia is delighted to offer a suite of With One Voice “how to” guide videos, resources and mentoring for individuals, groups and communities looking to start new, inclusive With One Voice choirs using our innovative social franchise model. Together, we can change the world… one voice at a time. With One Voice choirs are led by professional conductors and meet weekly, fo...    less

Remembrance Sunday service 2014 at St. Saviour's Church in Bournemouth

Sing OUT Proud is Glasgow's new LGBTi community choir, established with the intention of providing an opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender People and their friends to meet together in a safe space and celebrate their diversity in Song. In t...  moreSing OUT Proud is Glasgow's new LGBTi community choir, established with the intention of providing an opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender People and their friends to meet together in a safe space and celebrate their diversity in Song. In terms of being a member, everyone is encouraged regardless of their previous musical and singing experience.  

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   In my series of posts on How to deal with Song lyrics a few weeks back, I said that I believe that Song lyrics are stored in a different part of the brain ...