Choirs at the Tower
Project Get Singing is proud to present ‘Choirs at the Tower’, a festival of choral singing around the iconic grounds of the Tower of...
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Jul 18, 20212 min read
Back in the Room
Following last week’s news that restrictions on choirs would be lifted, the government have now published their guidance relating to...
claire37408
Jul 7, 20212 min read
Time to Get Singing!
So the news we’ve all been waiting for has come. Restrictions on choral singing will cease with the move to Step 4 of the Road Map out of...
claire37408
Jul 1, 20212 min read
Singing’s Role in Covid Recovery
Back in March 2021, we shared a story detailing how singing was being used as a method of improving symptoms of Long Covid. Long Covid...
claire37408
Jun 22, 20212 min read
Tenors hit the headlines
It is difficult to differentiate reality from fantasy at times as restrictions remain in place for choirs. Many video clips and images of...
claire37408
Jun 15, 20212 min read
Project Get Singing shine a light for singers
As non-professional singers continue to feel the uncertainty of varied and confusing guidance, it is about time that some positivity is...
claire37408
Jun 8, 20212 min read
Why the petition is still important
There are less than two weeks now until the suggested date of the lifting of Covid restrictions, 21st June. And while speculation remains...
claire37408
Jun 3, 20212 min read
What a professional group of “amateurs”
The RCS has performed Handel’s Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall on Good Friday afternoon every year since 1876, 5 years after its...
claire37408
May 29, 20212 min read
Silver linings: The Choral Community Singing as One
If the last couple of weeks has shown us anything, it is that the choir community in the UK is exactly that: one big community. Choirs of...
claire37408
May 25, 20213 min read
Choirs: Where are we?
To say the last week has been a difficult one for anybody linked with choirs is quite the understatement. What has been incredible to...
claire37408
May 20, 20212 min read
Let Choirs Start Singing Again: Singing Will Rebuild National Well-Being
Singing is good for you. Fact. It's good for the people around you. Fact. Choirs, with all the necessary mitigations in place*, should...
claire37408
May 18, 20211 min read
Monday Treat from NYCoS
Anyone watching BBC Breakfast on Monday 17th May just before 8am were in for a real treat: the combined voices of members of the National...
claire37408
May 14, 20212 min read
Step 3 is nearly here!
On Monday 17th May, we move into Step 3 of the government’s Road Map out of lockdown. This has been a long wait for choir leaders, and...
claire37408
May 11, 20213 min read
#SingLive at the Tower of London a TikTok Success!
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. This old adage worked out brilliantly for Project Get Singing and MDBrunch members on Saturday...
claire37408
May 7, 20211 min read
#SingLive at the Tower of London
On Saturday 8th May, a group of singers from around the UK will sing together in the grounds of the Tower of London. The singers are all...
claire37408
May 4, 20211 min read
MU expresses horror at proposed halving of funding for music at HE in England
In another concerning move from the current UK Government, it has been revealed that it plans to impose a 50 percent funding cut to “high...
claire37408
Apr 30, 20211 min read
No sign of infection after test concert in Spain, researchers say
On Thursday 28th April, the BBC reported that a trial event with a large audience in Spain showed ‘no sign’ of a higher rate of infection...
claire37408
Apr 27, 20211 min read
Singing through the Pandemic
So many choir leaders have kept the show on the road with their choirs over the last year, and it is great to see one such choir tell...
claire37408
Apr 13, 20211 min read
The Health Benefits of Singing - a little reminder…
On Monday 12th April, England entered step 2 of the road map out of lockdown. At the time of writing, the DCMS have however stated that...
claire37408
Apr 10, 20211 min read
Epidemiologic Evidence for Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during Church Singing, Australia 2020
A report published on the American ‘CDC’ webpage ‘Emerging Infectious Diseases’ has highlighted the likelihood that Covid-19 was...
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