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How to Improve Congregational Singing: 4 Suggestions to Consider and 4 Pitfalls to Avoid

18th February 202013th February 2020 Josie McFarlane 540 Views 0 Comments choir, Church music, Church news, Congregational Singing, God, Gospel, inspiration, Scripture, singing, worship

Ninety believers opened their hymnals. The pianist began the familiar chords of “It Is Well with My Soul.” Everyone in

School drops Christmas carols to ‘respect other religions’

14th December 20199th December 2019 Josie McFarlane 760 Views 1 Comment Carols, Christianity, Christmas, Faith, Offence, persecution, Religion, school, singing, Sweden

A primary school in northeastern Switzerland has dropped three carols from its Christmas singing event out of respect to other

The curious history of the Christmas carol

24th December 201819th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 712 Views 0 Comments Carols, choir, christian, Christmas, church, community, Faith, History, music, services, singing, songs, Traditions

Everyone knows Silent Night, but contemporary carols are still being written. We meet two of the UK’s most popular composers,

The Bach choir shares joy of singing with school children

11th December 201810th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 832 Views 0 Comments Bach Choir, choir, community, education, lessons, music, programme, schools, singing, singing lessons, Teaching, Vocalise, voices

The Bach Choir outreach programme, ‘Vocalise!’ this year involves almost 1,000 school children who sing for the joy of singing.