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03/08/2026

We should all be promoting this. Claude, copilot or ChatGPT can help you with your English and maths exam. But it can’t pass your piano exam!! I’ve long held that reading music should be part of literacy at primary school.

10/07/2026

I think when your audience engages with you. You should engage with the audience. And who doesn’t love and audience choir? This riff from Bastille’s Pompeii works well.

I had two engagements Sunday. The afternoon one was with these lovely chaps
08/07/2026

I had two engagements Sunday. The afternoon one was with these lovely chaps

05/06/2026

Prepping for the summer concert. Working on bringing the two choirs together for their joint numbers.

26/05/2026

Sea Fever by Nancy Cobb is pretty tough but- and it’s a hot, hot night for this rehearsal in the UK with Five Valleys Voices

22/05/2026

When rehearsing a piece that choir members aren’t so sure on or new choir members don’t know, I like to break up the process into phrases. In the case of Bohemian Rhapsody - getting the focus on vocal brightness and dictation as you are learning is really important to embed the stylistic expectation.

21/05/2026

Rehearsing with the Five Valleys Ladies Choir. They do a variety of genres - this is Swifter Than Fkame by .

19/05/2026

Confidence building and having fun with your choir helps create a safe environment for people to see what they are capable of.

17/05/2026

Water Fountajn by is difficult for non auditioned community choir. Breaking down some of the offbeats helps.

10/05/2026

At a joint concert between Bristol Male Voice Choir and Gentlemen Songsters Male Voice Choir I had the opportunity to ask their conductor Ray Curran a couple of questions about his choir. Here is what he had to say.

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