richardwhennellJul 16, 20183 minWhat is so good about running a choir?What is it about running a choir that keeps me engaged and interested?
richardwhennellDec 31, 20172 minWhat a year?What a year it's been? Such a lot of good fun had by all at Vocalese. We've said goodbye sadly to a few members who have moved away or just needed space and ...
AdminMay 22, 20161 minSongumentary Part 3 - voices in my headThe third video shows some vocal recording for the new song for our Vocalese choir, along with me getting a gender makeover so that Girls 1, 2 and 3 can sing...
AdminMay 22, 20161 minSongumentary Part 2 - The instrumental bitA longer video - don't watch this on your mobile devices unless you're on a wifi network, or have unlimited data! In this video, the rough piano, percussion ...
AdminMay 21, 20161 minNew Songumentary Part 1Part one of goodness knows how many to give you an idea of what I go through when arranging a new song for Vocalese from start to...well...a bit later in the...
AdminMay 19, 20163 minSinging and breathing - some "inspirational" thoughtsYou'll a lot of disagreement amongst singers, pedagogues and scientific types throughout history about breathing techniques and the use of tummy muscles in s...
AdminMay 10, 20162 minWhat is music to you?Music is my life. That may sound pretty boring, and on paper, it looks kind of boring to me too. However, once you start to look at the way music impacts on ...
AdminMay 2, 20161 minRecordering sessionSo this blog post is my first ever video blog! I can see me getting to like this new technology... Anyway, Adiemus is just about done. I was going to use a s...
AdminApr 29, 20162 minSing moist! Improve your singing through drinking!So a few people have asked me how they can improve their singing. It is a jolly good question, and actually not one that I can really tackle in a blog post a...
AdminApr 22, 20162 minLearn as you teachI've always been amazed at how much I learn about stuff myself through teaching it in the first place. The simple process of communicating ideas and techniqu...
AdminApr 21, 20162 minAnd we're off!I promise to not get over-indulgent, but I had to put a few words down to describe how my week has gone so far. I started back at school and was so pleased t...
AdminApr 11, 20162 minMusic - ointment for the soulOK, so my workday did not start well. Stressed with all kinds of things running round my head. Trying to get into an essay which is due soon and failing at t...
AdminApr 9, 20161 minSingers are vocal athletesSo I've just set the new website live! Vocalese is officially an entity! So, here we go. Sing because you love it, because it makes you feel good and because...
