Helping You Harmonise
Blog URL http://www.HelpingYouHarmonise.com
Located Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom
Tags choral, conducting, a cappella, close-harmony, aesthetics, singing, rehearsal, excellence, vocal
Helping You Harmonise develops ideas to help choirs and vocal ensembles perform with more confidence, skill and insight. It is written by choral clinician & close-harmony arranger Liz Garnett.
Latest Blog Posts
- Preliminary Quartet Thoughts on Nov 21, 2009 in A Cappella Musical Identity
3/4 of Monkey Magic with a bag of trophiesLast Sunday saw a marathon BABS quartet prelims come to my erstwhile place of work, with 43 quartets competing in the national, senior and youth quartet contests. The biggest outcome of the day (though not th...
- Are you talented? on Nov 19, 2009 in Excellence Musical Identity
The jury is out as to whether talent is in-born or whether it can be acquired. We do know, however, that it only shows up in people who have spent thousands of hours honing their craft. This obsessive, focused work often accounts for the teenage year...
- Production vs Production Capacity: Practical Ramifications. on Nov 16, 2009 in Choral Excellence Rehearsing
I talked back in July in broad terms about how Stephen Covey’s distinction between production and production capacity can usefully guide the choral director’s thinking as they plan rehearsals. But I thought it might be helpful to ponder a little...
- Piano Revelation on Nov 14, 2009 in Musical Identity Performing
Out with the old......and in with the new I bought a new piano recently. The one I grew up with (a hand-me-down from my great aunt) has done sterling service, but I have grown out of it. Since I’ve stopped working in a music college, where I had a...
- Hearts in Harmony on Nov 12, 2009 in Choral Coaching Learning
On Tuesday evening I spent a happy couple of hours with Hearts in Harmony, the staff choir at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham. They formed back in the summer, and have been inviting various choral folk from around the region to run one-off sessions...
- Managing Expectations in Vocal Arrangements on Nov 9, 2009 in A Cappella Arranging Music Theory
Regular readers will have noticed that I like to draw on the ideas of Leonard B. Meyer when I think about music. I was first introduced to his work in my first year at university, and it had quite a big impact on me, as it was my first real encounter...
- LABBS at Cheltenham on Nov 7, 2009 in A Cappella Musical Identity
LABBS Quartet champions, FinesseThe Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers had their annual convention last weekend at Cheltenham Race Course, and the association looks like it’s in good health. The White Rosettes consolidated the new lev...
