DEVA-LUTION a Chester-based barbershop group can provide vocal entertainment for your dinner party or wedding reception. Prices from £200 for a 30-minute set of vocal ‘barbershop quartet’ entertainment.
Sample Playlist:
Erskay Love Lilt
She was beautiful
Summertime
I got rhythm
The long day closes
The Bare Necessities
Greensleves
Slow motion time
Contact me if you would like a quote or to check availability for your event.
Exam times for the forthcoming sessions are below. All the appointments for this exam session have now been published. The venue is Stanley Palace, Watergate Street, Chester. Times are as follows:
(Weds 17th March, 2010)
LILLY 16:40
LAUREN 16:52
(Fri 26th March, 2010)
ALICE 14:15
RUTH 14:27
TOM 14:39
(Mon 29th March, 2010)
DOMINIC 9:30
DANIEL 9:40
FILIPA 9:50
TOM 10:00
IZZIE 10:10
LIZZIE 10:20
Best of luck in your exams!
This week I am taking a look at some of the free music learning resources available on the internet. I have recently been using Jayde Musica with my students. Whilst it would be nice to have midi integration in this game so that you can play the notes on an attached midi keyboard rather than just typing the letter on the keyboard, the game has already aroused interest amongst my students.
Because of the way it works, it is testing typing skills as well as note naming skills but it is still a valuable freely available resource. The addition of tenor and alto clefs mean that it is good practise for pianists studying for grade 5 theory who need to get a bit of experience at reading these clefs and otherwise wouldn’t get the chance.
Music Match (below) looks quite interesting though once you have worked out the note it is also testing ICT co-ordination besides piano skills.
This term, the piano concert will again be taking place at All Saint’s Church, Hoole on Saturday 13th March, 2010 starting at 2pm.
We will be supporting the recently formed ‘Friends of Kampala Music School‘ to further sponsor an African piano student, suggested donations of £3 per audience member.
The 9th Edition of my piano teaching newsletter has been published and will be distributed at lessons over the next couple of weeks. If you cannot wait until then, the print edition of the newsletter should be visible below:
Piano Tuition Newsletter – January 2010
Having worked with this carol for 12 weeks, I have grown to really like it as have members of my choir, the Neston Ecumenical Singers.
The words are by the American, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The composition came about late in 2008 as a result of an annual competition organised by The Longfellow Chorus promoting the poetry of their founder. Graeme Hopson, the composer of this setting was a finalist in the competition with this work.
The score is available direct from the composer or from SibeliusMusic.com
The snowfall motif in the piano accompaniment delicately flutters throughout the snowflakes’ journey described in the lyrics until the ‘troubled sky reveals the grief it feels’. The harmony takes an anguished turn at this point as the heart rate of the choir members increases whilst the parts get a little more challenging to pitch! Effervescent tranquillity returns along with the carefree snowflake motif as the third verse draws to a close with whispered revelations to wood and field.
