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Swarland Voices in 2023

Categories: Arrangements for choir, Choiry Endeavours

A year in the life of Swarland Voices, a new(ish) choir in a village in Northumberland.

Arrangements of Welsh Songs

Categories: Arrangements for choir, Choiry Endeavours

Arrangements of Welsh songs for choir, which were performed by The Bridge Singers in a St. David’s Day concert in 2023.

Epiphany Arrangements

Categories: Arrangements for choir, Choiry Endeavours

For Christmas 2022, The Bridge Singers presented two concerts: one at the beginning of December, with all songs on theme of Mary, and one on January 6th for Epiphany. We sang a a range of old and new repertoire including some new arrangements. This blog is about those arrangements.

Song Stories: The Lamb

Categories: Choiry Endeavours, Song Stories

It’s a lamb…and a child! This lilting setting of William Blake’s poem has been another very popular song with children’s and adult choirs. Here’s its story:

June 2023: Something Old, Something New

Categories: Composery Life

I’ll take inspiration from the old poem, Something old, Something new, Something borrowed, Something blue for each e]day of this month.

Twelve Of The Best: Songs With A New Zealand Flavour

Categories: Twelve Of the Best: Choral Catalogues

I lived and worked for ten years in New Zealand, starting my composing-for-choirs and composing-in-schools careers there. Here are twelve of the best songs I wrote while I was there.

Twelve Of The Best: “Looking On The Bright Side” Songs

Categories: Twelve Of the Best: Choral Catalogues

Here are twelve optimistic songs for choir or singers with accompaniment that are generally hopeful and cheery in nature or sentiment. Many of them were composed during 2020 and 2021 when an optimistic view of things was a helpful attribute to have!