Cantiana Choir workshop On Saturday, I travelled down to Kent for a workshop with Cantiana Choir on 'All the Days of Your Life', an anthem in memory of Alan Bayford. The piece has some 'weird and wonderful' elements and the choir took on the challenge with enthusiasm! I'm looking forward to the world premiere on [...]
It's the summer holidays and that means sunshine, barbecues and lots of time to catch up on projects that have fallen behind over the end-of-term-madness... All the days of your life I've been mentioning a piece that I'm writing for Cantiana Choir for a while now but haven't given you a whole lot of information. [...]
I've got a good old-fashioned WIP Wednesday for you today. A little update on what I've been working on. But before I get into that, just an fyi that I'll be updating this website over the next week. It's great that I've done so many things recently but the 'Performances and Releases' page is getting [...]
I really believe in community singing as a way for anyone to have access to music making. You don’t need to be able to play an instrument, you don’t need to read music, you don’t even have to have been part of a music group before. Whatever your level of experience, there will be a [...]
Ah, December. People cosy and warm in big winter coats, twinkling lights making the early sunset more bearable and, of course, Christmas music. Christmas music everywhere. In the streets, in the shops, on the radio, at any concert you go to... As a musician, I've usually had my fill of Christmas music by December 1st. [...]
As anyone who lives in the UK will know, this week was cold. The joys of working from home and not being able to afford the heating all day long led to this ridiculous situation: In that picture, I'm working on a piece for Crystal Chords. Usually when I'm writing something for voice, I find the [...]
Rachel Graff 