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Musings from Liberty Singer Towers…
How is it to be back face to face singing?
The West Bridgford Liberty Singers became the Online Liberty Singers in March 2020. We all know why. We started on Facebook live, then graduated to zoom the following October. Roughly 100 brave souls stayed with us online learning new material, creating virtual...
How to keep the community aspect of choir strong…
I don’t think there’s any mistake that the word ‘community’ comes before ‘choir’! Every time I’ve started a new group of singers, a new community has been born. My first adult choir was the Churchfields Community Choir which was named after and hosted in the primary...
How I arrange songs for choirs….
How I arrange songs for choirs.
How I choose songs for choirs…..
A brilliant song, does not necessarily a good choir song make! I have learned this the hard way (affectionally known as a ‘Ray of Light’ moment when I messed up that particular beauty with Churchfields Community Choir about 5 years ago). For example, I LOVE...
2020 – The year we didn’t expect.
2020 was not the year any of us were expecting or wishing for but I’d like to take this opportunity to focus on the positives. I’m not ignoring the negatives, the struggles and the strains that people have had to face - it’s been an awful year for so many - but my...
The ICU Liberty Singers
When I approached Alison Pittard to create a free virtual choir for NHS Critical Care workers this Christmas I had no idea the power it would have. Within 48 hours we had signed up 100 singers - so we extended the zoom capacity and currently have 140 registered to...
The noise of the world vs making your own tune…..
The world is sooo noisy at the moment, especially online. News bulletins, people moving businesses online, social media … it’s enough to make your head explode. So what can we do to switch off from the noise of the world? Make our own tune. And how can we do this?...