Digital Advent Calendar Day 5
December 5, 2020
Welcome to our Digital Advent Calendar, which brings you a carol-a-day every day through Advent. Do join in and have a good sing – today it’s Hark the Herald Angels Sing!
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Digital Advent Calendar Day 4
December 4, 2020
Welcome to our Digital Advent Calendar, which brings you a carol-a-day every day through Advent. Today, Maggie’s Music Makers lead us in God rest ye, merry gentlemen. Do join in and have a good sing!
Digital Advent Calendar Day 3
December 3, 2020
Welcome to our Digital Advent Calendar, which brings you a carol-a-day every day through Advent. Today our DoM Carol leads us in Away in a Manger. Do join in and have a good sing!
Digital Advent Calendar Day 2
December 2, 2020
Welcome to our Digital Advent Calendar, which brings you a carol-a-day every day through Advent. Today, Maggie’s Music Makers tell the story of Advent through a number of well known carols:
The Souls of the Righteous (Nares 1715-1783)
December 1, 2020
It is three years since I took my first tentative steps into the wonderful world of choral conducting, and I have realised that choral conductors take many forms … More The Souls of the Righteous (Nares 1715-1783)
Digital Advent Calendar Day 1
December 1, 2020
Welcome to our Digital Advent Calendar, which brings you a carol-a-day every day through Advent. We start with Maggie’s Music Makers singing Adam Lay Ybounden:
I Vow to Thee My Country words: Sir Cecil Spring Rice (1859-1918), music: Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
November 20, 2020
This article was written for the November 2017 edition of the parish magazine. A long time favourite, I was reminded of this hymn in May 2017 when I attended an Open Day at Trinity Laban Conservatoire with Jennifer. The last item on the schedule for prospective vocal applicants was a master class with mezzo soprano … More I Vow to Thee My Country words: Sir Cecil Spring Rice (1859-1918), music: Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
O Jesus I Have Promised
August 20, 2020
This article first appeared in the September 2017 issue of the parish magazine. You can read it again here: This is one of my favourite hymns, learned at High Down County Junior School, Portishead, back in the 1970s, and always sung with gusto by everyone present. I never quite understood who Julie was, nor why … More O Jesus I Have Promised
Lockdown Songs of Praise
August 7, 2020
Lockdown restrictions mean that at present we cannot sing together in church. We can however sing – loud and proud – in our own homes! And it’ll take way more than a pesky global pandemic to stop us … More Lockdown Songs of Praise
Lockdown Blessings
August 1, 2020
For many, lockdown has been an incredibly difficult time of worry, isolation, ill-health, boredom and captivity. It has been tough, and will continue to be so for many months to come … More Lockdown Blessings
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