by Dorian Edwards | Saturday, May 9, 2015 | Choirmasters Corner
It was great to see a few of our ladies from the Bracknell choir on the BBC One Show. They were there to help Poirot star David Suchet who will be appearing as the formidable Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s much loved masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest, which...
by Dorian Edwards | Tuesday, May 13, 2014 | Choirmasters Corner
The following audio file contains a series of warm up exercises and instructions that choral singers will find useful to develop a warm up routine prior to singing. As I mentioned in the first file, most of this is common sense and not rocket science. Ideally, you...
by Dorian Edwards | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 | Choirmasters Corner
News Years Resolution: Why singing is good for your health Regardless of whether you are a singing in the shower type or you like to sing your heart out at karaoke, you will already know that there is something about singing which just makes you feel great. It may not...
by Dorian Edwards | Sunday, December 16, 2012 | Choirmasters Corner
A great afternoon event raised over £300 for our charity Mission Direct. I want to put into this article a report on the afternoons event penned by our new Choir Manager Ann Shaw. She has captured perfectly the events of the afternoon and I thank her for that. I...
by Dorian Edwards | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 | Choirmasters Corner
I am sure many of you have by now got what modicum of Christmas spirit there is available. Well, I do hope that is the case. There is no doubt that the current economic situation has bitten, to various degrees, into the household budgets of all of us, but somehow...
by Dorian Edwards | Monday, October 1, 2012 | Choirmasters Corner
The BBC Choir sand in Wokingham Market Square today. We were performing as part of the Wokingham Summer of Sun concerts that have been staged in the town since May. In fact we were the last day of the programme and we had great weather for the event which...