Technology, church music, bicycles, and life in Ireland
It’s less than 6 weeks until Christmas, and I’m checking out the calendar for a few carol concerts to go to in December. But I guess I’m growing impatient, because I’ve already started listening to carols on Spotify. And as I’ve found a few new favourite recordings, I thought I’d add them together to form […]
It’s been six months since I last had the opportunity to sing in church. Back in December 2020 we were getting organised for the civic carol service and Christmas services in St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street, and then the big COVID-19 spike in Ireland happened and all singing in church was cancelled. Christmas is cancelled! […]
The latest advice from the Irish government is that choirs can resume singing together in about a week’s time, at the beginning of Phase 3 of the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. After months of silence – or solo singing from home as part of virtual choirs – singers will be able to rehearse and perform […]
The Irish government has released specific recommendations for choirs and group singing for when we enter Phase 3 of COVID-19 restriction easing on Monday 29th June. It says the following: Choir rehearsals have previously been linked to outbreaks in a number of countries (UK, US, Netherlands, South Korea). In addition, there is some evidence emerging […]
It’s been 9 weeks since I last sang with my choir, and I miss it dreadfully. I just wish we could get back together and make music again. All across the world, choirs have stopped singing. Cathedrals that have a tradition of daily singing stretching back centuries have fallen quiet. Chamber choirs preparing for concerts […]
I recently rejoined the Mornington Singers, a chamber choir based in Dublin that I sang with a few years ago. We perform 4-6 concerts a year, and use choral music scores to sing from. That normally means holding a black folder with a stack of paper inside. However, I’ve decided to try something a bit […]
