by Es Hoyle | Aug 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago I was asked to lead a staff training session. It’s a long time since I have sung with ninety people, let alone pulled together a groups of totally unprepared counsellors and IT technicians and taught them to sing an entire piece within an hour. As I...
by Es Hoyle | Jun 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Community Music Malvern and Malvern Link with Cowleigh are excited to be working in conjunction to offer opportunities for younger children to sing. Singing is great for building confidence, language skills, mathematical development and positive attitudes. All...
by Es Hoyle | May 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
I can remember seeing an interview with two singers as a child. One was a pop singer and the other was Sarah Brightman, a singer famous for her marriage to Andrew Lloyd Weber as well as for singing in his Phantom of the Opera as the soprano lead. It was a breakfast...
by Es Hoyle | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Types of voice: SATB demystified. Singing in harmony is one of the greatest pleasures for me as a singer. There is something magical about voices combining to form chords and countermelodies. One of the simplest ways to experience this as a relatively inexperienced...
by Es Hoyle | Apr 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Children from Malvern met on Saturday 23rd April for a day of singing in aid of the Ukraine Crisis Appeal. The children worked so hard, learning a Ukrainian Lullaby both in English and Ukrainian, a Russian folk song symbolising peace, and on a rousing tearjerker ‘One...