by Kari Olsen-Porthouse | Sep 1, 2020 | Community, Teaching
During lockdown, I decided to return to my teaching roots and taught online music lessons for primary school children every weekday for nine weeks. It was soooo much fun! Lots of children joined in and we learned loads about music and sang plenty of songs. ...
by Kari Olsen-Porthouse | Jun 28, 2020 | Community, Teaching, Workplace Singing
I’m a colourful soul and so I arrange my choirs accordingly! I’ve always been keen to use language and terms that my singers will understand. One singer asked me years ago “Excuse me, what exactly is a soprano? I only know the TV show.” So I...
by Kari Olsen-Porthouse | May 2, 2019 | Liberty Chorus, Liberty Singer, Teaching, West Bridgford Liberty Singers
Is it possible for singing to give you greater confidence in other areas of your life? I believe that it is! Just about everyone can sing – it’s an ability most people are born with – children sing with no boundaries at all caring very little about...
by Kari Olsen-Porthouse | Apr 17, 2019 | Community, Liberty Singer, Teaching
I’ve been spending some time with a few of these guys recently. I was approached to help them with their ensemble piece for a competition. I like a community project and especially one with young people and so I accepted. We had a group of five teenagers and...
by Kari Olsen-Porthouse | Dec 31, 2018 | Community, Liberty Singer, Pop Up Liberty Singers, Teaching, West Bridgford Liberty Singers, Workplace Singing
It was in January 2018 that I launched my choir – The West Bridgford Liberty Singers – some of them remember that first night with around 128 people attending. We were certainly off to a cracking start. From there, the choir grew from strength to strength...
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