Text by John Shaw Neilson. This is footage from The Australian Voices' concert at St Stephani, Bremen in December, 2010. Gowned as a bride thou art Caught with the glow, Giving with ruddy heart Blood to the snow. Thou has come in to Make Dr...  moreText by John Shaw Neilson. This is footage from The Australian Voices' concert at St Stephani, Bremen in December, 2010. Gowned as a bride thou art Caught with the glow, Giving with ruddy heart Blood to the snow. Thou has come in to Make Dreams to the boy, Lightly the girl will take Omens of joy. Thou hast the taste of all Sweethearts in Spring, Thou hast come out to call Colours to sing. Low rides the sun above, Meek as the moon: Thou art as moist in love As a love tune. Still as a bride thou art In a bride's gown: See! an uplifted heart Beats in a clown. Video: Ray Evans - Rock Juice Media(www.rockjuicemedia.com)  less

Before you disagree with the title of this first blog, I encourage you to read through this and then Make up your mind. I am going to start this first post out with a quote that captures the essence of why I began to compose. “Greatness is anywhere ...

The OACC's mission is to Make the joy of performing high quality choral Music available to everyone, and thereby enrich the cultural life of our community. As a non-auditioned chorus, we inspire singers at all levels of ability to improve their vocal tech...  moreThe OACC's mission is to Make the joy of performing high quality choral Music available to everyone, and thereby enrich the cultural life of our community. As a non-auditioned chorus, we inspire singers at all levels of ability to improve their vocal technique through informative rehearsals and performances of a wide variety of Music, including sacred and secular, classical and popular, and historic and contemporary  

„…I want to Make a trip. With my choir friends. Seeing famous cities and sights. Also having sun, beach and sea. Meeting new folks from all around and sing with them. I want to stroll around a Mediterranean old town in the evenings hearing mu...

Music: Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn (1805-1847) Arr.: Laura Jēkabsone Lyrics: Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty Audio: Andris Ūze Video: Kaspars Teilāns Make Up- Ilona Zariņa Style by "Cita Rota" Latvian Voices concert program "Vox Femme"

Perhaps this is a little on the early side but as we all know, choral christmas preparations begin many months in advance!   

As a vocal coach who is isn't extremely organised (I blame the 4 children!), I was looking for a journal for my students and my choir members, where they can Make notes on their weekly lessons or rehearsals, but also keep all their performance dates. I co...

OK so some songs we recorded didn't Make the CD "These Islands". Here is one that got away. The Miller of Dee. We will soon be putting up a podcast of the Choral Celebration, for a limited time in the run up to the Grand Depart. Keep your eyes and ears...

If you have had a coaching session or workshop with me in the last two or three years, you will have recently received an email that says: Hello there! I am getting in touch with people I’ve worked with in recent times to Make sure I can meet as...

[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...