Chris is a singing workshop leader specialising in unaccompanied harmony songs from around the world.
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- Sing Out!
St. Margaret's Institute
Saturday, November 21 at 2:00pm - ABBAcappella
The Cadbury Club
Saturday, October 10 at 10:30am - Paul Simon songbook
Victoria Methodist Church
Saturday, September 26 at 10:30am - Beach Boys bonanza - weekend s...
Farncombe Estate Centre
Friday, September 11 at 6:10pm
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Wall PhotosCreated about 2 months ago
Warwick Folk Festival singing safari 2009Created about 4 months ago
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Chris Rowbury
would like to unveil the first ever-rendition of his new autumn song! Just go to my page and click on the Music tab at the top http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-Rowb
Chris has 25 years experience of teaching and running workshops in singing, voice and theatre. He has worked all over the world as a teacher, director and performer. He runs regular world music singing groups and community choirs as well as working as a freelance workshop leader and performer. Chris is a member of the ...Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network (http://www.naturalvoice.net) and shares their belief that everybody can sing regardless of experience or background. His approach to singing is informal, energetic and empowering.Read More
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Chris Rowbury
More evidence that music is good for you! http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/11/mus
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If you didn't catch the white coat and the stethoscope, you might take Dr. Mike Miller for a middle-aged rocker, roaming the halls of the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
Chris Rowbury is trying to finish writing his Autumn song so he can try it out at a workshop on Saturday. Proving to be tricky! When finished, that will complete my little quartet of seasonal songs in tricky time signatures: 5/4, 6/8, 7/8. You can hear my Spring song by going to the Music tab at the top of my page.
Music and singing are auditory experiences. We don’t need to see the musicians or singers to appreciate their music. So why do we bother going to live music events? Why don’t we just stay at home and listen to a recording? Photo by shaggy359 I can think of plenty of good reasons not to lea...
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Chris Rowbury
Glottal opera! The REAL inner workings of the voice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0d8lVm9
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Glottal Opera by directed by John Fink, produced by Deborah Szapiro, starring the girls from Kaya Juleiaah Boehm, Emma Deans, Alexi Kaye, Sally Stevens
Chris Rowbury
United by song: http://suntrib.com/200911056880/schools/
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Chris Rowbury can now be found on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChrisRowbury (oh, the joys of modern technology!!!)
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inspirational & fun harmony singing workshop & choir leader using natural voice principles – everyone can sing & all are welcome!
If I say ‘choir’, an image will pop into most people’s minds. a bunch of fidgety 7-year-olds screeching out a barely recognisable version of Once in Royal David’s City at the school nativity play a group of loud old white men with fruity voices singing in Welsh rows and rows of posh...
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Chris Rowbury is trying to create some sexy, exciting blurb for Woven Chords' big concert next spring. There are only so many superb, brilliant, wonderful, fantastic, great adjectives in the world and I think I've used them all up over the last ten years!
I wrote a while back about how to be a good choir member. But what qualities do you need to be a good choir leader? Musical director by spoedman) Lately I’ve written quite a lot about leading choirs. I’ve looked at the basic job definition, the roles and responsibilities and the notion of t...
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Chris Rowbury Leading by listening. Leadership secrets from a conductor.
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Conducting a symphony orchestra is a challenging exercise in leadership. Here are four lessons from a maestro to help leaders in any situation.
Last week I wrote about who your choir actually 'belongs' to (Whose choir is it any way?). Does it belong to the singers, the committee, the arts centre, or the musical director? Of course, there are as many answers to this question as there are choirs. But all choirs have a leader (cho...
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Shame it's not a real instrument! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaQYb4Ykh
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Finally, a glimmer of hope! A small step in the right direction to change Britain's draconian laws on live music in small venues http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/oct
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Musicians and venue owners have complained heavy-handed bureaucracy is damaging live music scene
Your church or community centre sets up the concerts. Your committee deals with the finances and the social events. Your musical director teaches and conducts the songs. Your singers turn up every week to create the music.But who does your choir actually 'belong' to?role playingThe different role...
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