Declining music education is killing England’s choral tradition

Dec 18, 2023 by

by Jane Shilling, Telegraph: It is increasingly tough for Oxbridge colleges such as King’s to find candidates who are sufficiently trained for its auditions. For many of us, the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College,...

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Police urge London church to cancel carol services as 7,000 turn up after viral Tik-Tok video

Dec 13, 2023 by

by Ros Mayfield, Premier: Every church hopes their Christmas carols will be well attended, but for one church in East London, it was a case of being careful what you wish for. St Peter’s Bethnal Green had to cancel its traditional...

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New tune for “The First Nowell” enticing people into church to sing

Dec 11, 2023 by

from Religion Media Centre: The First Nowell is sounding different this Christmas in cathedrals and Church of England churches. A new version of the carol, written by the composer Bob Chilcott, has been released online with congregations...

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Thousands sign up to perform Church of England single aiming for Christmas Number One

Nov 27, 2023 by

by Donna Birrell, Premier: The Bishop of Stockport says he’s hoping for a traditional Christmas carol to top the charts this year. Rt Rev Sam Corley says that with LadBaby out of the running this year, who’s to say that a...

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Auschwitz music manuscripts for performance at Sadler’s Wells

Nov 24, 2023 by

by Ruth Peacock, Religion Media Centre: A young composer has pieced together incomplete musical works he stumbled across in the archives at Auschwitz, and restored them into an opera-ballet that will be performed for the first time this...

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Worship bands strike a discordant note

Aug 6, 2023 by

by Julian Mann, TCW: […]  I do not believe that the members of the worship band at the convention were wanting to draw attention to their own performances. I believe they wanted to enable the corporate worship of their Lord and God...

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