A helpful selection of my most popular and most distinctive Christmas choral repertoire.
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Twelve Of the Best: Lullabies
Categories: Twelve Of the Best: Choral Catalogues
Twelve lullabies, sleeping and night-time songs: songs for mixed, high or low choirs; children’s songs, tuneful songs, atmospheric songs; easy songs, tricky songs. Lullabies galore!
Song Stories: Be An Agent For Change
Categories: Song Stories
The story of a song I wrote for some Fairtrade composing workshops. It summarizes four Fairtrade stories from around the world.
August 2019. Resuming.
Categories: Composery Life
I’m resuming my blog now that ideas, inspiration and motivation have returned. Let’s see if I can keep it up!
March 2019: Lanercost
Categories: Composery Life
There’s a lot on in March with concerts and workshops, but still, my intention during this month is to create a set of songs for choir only from my DMus portfolio setting of Tam O’Shanter, and to embark on a composition inspired by Lanercost Priory. Keep up with the progress most days right here!
February 2019: A Song A Day
Categories: Composery Life
It was going to be a new song a day, but already at the end of day 1, my laptop issues are preventing this. However, there will be a song a day. and many will be new!
January 2019: Loving My Own Music
Categories: Composery Life
I am resolved (and this is indeed the time of year for such things) to make my music better known. I think it’s brilliant, as feel that others should too!
December 2018: Musical Advent Calendar
Categories: Composery Life
My annual Musical Advent Calendar has been going for a few years now, and seems to be popular with friends, family and a few people I don’t know too. here’s the latest version: festive music by me or at least in which I’ve had a hand and snippets of news as well!
November 2018: Remembering Australia.
Categories: Composery Life
November is my favourite month. It starts with an important remembrance and performance and ends with a big rush to get ready for Advent and in between there are important birthdays to celebrate. Hopefully there’ll be composing along the way.
October 2018: In The Filing Cabinet
Categories: Composery Life
With no workshops booked in for this month and all the remembrance and Christmas music sorted for choir, it’s the perfect opportunity to continue my process of sorting through the filing cabinet of teaching goodies and sharing some on here!
