Choir

Take Note Community Choir rocks Edinburgh Fringe with home-grown Devon talent

Devon-based Take Note Community Choir has been taking the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s choral scene by storm – and it’s no surprise why. Having travelled all the way from Tiverton to perform at...

Top tips for taking big groups on tour

When visiting the Director of Music at Mount St Mary’s College last October, it was clear to see why Lucy Kitchener’s tours abroad are so successful. Although the necessary planning required is...

A guide to branding your music ensemble

Branding is all about creating an image that captures who you are as an ensemble. It’s a feeling, an association, an identity – something that people think of when they hear your name. So to get...

How can an international concert tour benefit your youth ensemble?

Inspiration is what moves us to do something, and with everything going on right now, we could do with some. We know things are a bit different now – schools remaining closed, rehearsals moved...
social-media

Who to follow on social media in 2019 – concert

The abyss of social media, where do you begin? You create your profile, chose your most flattering profile picture and write a little something about yourself…you’re in! Now you’ve got to...

Hitting the high notes in New York

A windmill in the Netherlands

My top picks for Music Tours to The Netherlands!

Malta General

Mount St Mary’s memorable choir tour to Malta

Senior Tour Consultant, Joanna Matthews, and Tour Co-ordinator, Katie Matthews, have recently returned from a 5-day trip to Malta with Mount St Mary’s College with a whopping 143 travellers (yes,...
Aerial view over La Rambla from Christopher Columbus monument, with quarters of El Raval to the left and Barri Gotic to the right in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Performance and Culture in Catalonia

Valletta, Malta – European Capital of Culture 2018

UK Choir Festival announce newly appointed patron, Bazil Meade MBE

Winter in the Rhineland