Damian OxboroughComments Off on Carleton Festival of Choirs 2025
The Inaugural Event! Last weekend, Carleton Ladies Choir and Carleton Men’s Shed Singers hosted four other local choirs for the first ever ‘Carleton Festival of Choirs’ at St Mary’s Church in Carleton-in-Craven. It was a hugely successful event, so I just wanted to share a few details about it, and embed videos of some of the performances so that those… Read more »
Damian OxboroughComments Off on Sing Out South Craven – A New Choir!
This evening will be the opening night of a brand new, mixed voice choir in Glusburn If you enjoy singing then come along this evening to Glusburn Institute Community and Arts Centre for the very first meeting of the ‘Sing Out South Craven’ choir! Absolutely everyone is welcome, whether you’ve been involved in musical performance your whole life or if… Read more »
Practise scales the right way Over the years I’ve found the students expect to start each lesson with a series of exercises – more often than not, scales. This is especially true of people who have previously been taught by someone else. My view is this: that not every lesson / practise has to start in the same way, and… Read more »
Below are recordings of Mozart’s Ave Verum, with each part emphasised for practise purposes: Sop 1: Your browser does not support the audio element. Sop 2: Your browser does not support the audio element. Alto: Your browser does not support the audio element.
Damian OxboroughComments Off on John Rutter – Angels’ Carol – Alto Line
For choir reference only: Angels’ Carol, by John Rutter, with me emphasising the alto line on keyboard: Your browser does not support the audio element.
Damian OxboroughComments Off on Breathing Exercise – The ‘Candle’ Warm-Up
Over the years that I’ve been teaching singing in schools and theatre schools (and singing in choirs and other vocal groups myself), I have witnessed, led or taken part in hundreds of vocal warm-ups. Often these can be formulaic: the same pattern of exercises run through week in and week out, rehearsal after rehearsal, often taught as a matter of… Read more »
