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Together Again….
Not the song (although it is one of my total favourites!) but this week, I'm writing about my community choir - The West Bridgford Liberty Singers. Finally, after 26 months, we were back in the room as one, happy, massive choir! I've been dying to see everyone and to...
I sang in a choir last week…
You may think - well of course she did! She sings in choirs all the time! But this isn't the case. I run choirs and that's very different to singing in one! Tim Allen runs BeVox - a series of three choirs in the Midlands. His Nottingham choir is right on my doorstep...
Our Workshop – Friday I’m In Love
Ooohhh I love this song! Once upon a time, my then choir (Churchfields Community Choir) got together in secret, created an arrangement and sang this to me on my birthday! I've been teaching it to the ICU Liberty Singers online and decided to run it as a standalone...
The ICU Liberty Singers Meet Up!
ICU Liberty Singers March 2022 As an online choir, we don't get together very often - so when we do we really make the most of it! With people travelling from as far as Brighton, Leeds, Wales and Scotland we needed to make the occasion extra special. When Alison...
What is ‘Harmony’?
Technically, musically harmony is "The combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce a pleasing effect." I love harmony - I mean, don't we all!? I hear harmony everywhere - in songs where it really exists, in songs where it doesn't - but it does in my...
What is this ‘spell book of songs’ you speak of?
Choosing material for choirs can be a joy or a nightmare depending on your point of view. I can't possibly allow choirs free reign on what they sing... they all want to sing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' for a start. (and no, I'm not even attempting it) so I offer a selection...
Can singing together benefit the workplace?
This could be a VERY short blog if I simply said 'Yes'! But I'd like to talk to you about how.... I have worked with lots of companies to improve staff wellbeing, to give the workforce a common goal and to improve morale. This is especially important at the moment...