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Humour in Holy Week
Holy Week is the most solemn week of the Church’s year. Donkeys on Palm Sunday lead into the Passion narrative and a series of early-week services that vary from place...
Humour in Holy Week
Holy Week is the most solemn week of the Church’s year. Donkeys on Palm Sunday lead into the Passion narrative and a series of early-week services that vary from place...
A Christmas Message
"I guess this is your busy time of year, huh?" It is. Yes. Every year. Choirs across the country spend the week leading up to Christmas rehearsing, preparing for, and...
A Christmas Message
"I guess this is your busy time of year, huh?" It is. Yes. Every year. Choirs across the country spend the week leading up to Christmas rehearsing, preparing for, and...
A new song
O sing unto the Lord a new song. Yesterday, as I was singing MacMillan's little anthem, A New Song, with its slightly bonkers organ accompaniment, it struck me how,...
A new song
O sing unto the Lord a new song. Yesterday, as I was singing MacMillan's little anthem, A New Song, with its slightly bonkers organ accompaniment, it struck me how,...
O may we soon again renew that song
As we accelerando into July, many are approaching an unwanted double bar line in their life. Around five years ago, musical children or musical parents heard about something that - for...
O may we soon again renew that song
As we accelerando into July, many are approaching an unwanted double bar line in their life. Around five years ago, musical children or musical parents heard about something that - for...
Heart cramping notes of melody
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. If the last three years have taught us anything, it is a greater awareness of our own mental health. Three years ago, by...
Heart cramping notes of melody
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. If the last three years have taught us anything, it is a greater awareness of our own mental health. Three years ago, by...
How shall I sing that, Majesty?
Every now and again I share something that might not be entirely considered comedy, but speaks to the love of choral music that - if you're on this site -...
How shall I sing that, Majesty?
Every now and again I share something that might not be entirely considered comedy, but speaks to the love of choral music that - if you're on this site -...