From Quires and Places...
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
July 2025 update: a version of this text is now included as part of my new book, Evensong - Notes from the Choir. ------------------------------------ As we accelerando into July, many...
O may we soon again renew that song
July 2025 update: a version of this text is now included as part of my new book, Evensong - Notes from the Choir. ------------------------------------ As we accelerando into July, many...
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 -...
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
We were honoured to be approached earlier this year by Sarah MacDonald to write an article for The American Organist Magazine. The brief was to talk about Quire Memes.
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
We were honoured to be approached earlier this year by Sarah MacDonald to write an article for The American Organist Magazine. The brief was to talk about Quire Memes.