Putting together hybrid choir has been an adventure. We’re one term in and it feels as technically secure and fluid as it’s going to get, for now! We thought it might be useful to share the ‘how’ to accompany Stephen’s […]
by Artistic Director and choir leader Stephen Deazley ~ Sept 2021 We last gathered on the stage of the Usher Hall on 9th March 2020, two weeks before a planned epic community choir concert with 450 singers from five Edinburgh […]
We are delighted to report that our Kiltwalk raised donations of £5,350, exceeding our target! The Hunter Foundation pledged to top-up donations by 50%, meaning over £8,000 raised to help us provide high quality, inclusive and accessible music participation projects. […]
We have eight Kiltwalk superstars this year – our team are Ali, Andra, Iain, Liz, Neil, Ruth, Sally and Stephen. We’re delighted to have raised £2,794 so far, of our £5,000 target – thank you for all your generous donations. […]
Many choirs have been meeting online for some time now, and different groups will have found their own ways to navigate the intricacies of Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and livestreaming on YouTube and Facebook. The choir leaders involved in […]
The Love Singing project’s creative process is now well underway. Five new songs are taking shape and the collaborations between our choirs and songwriters are strengthening by the day. So artistic director Stephen Deazley has taken this moment to reflect […]
We’re excited to be taking part in the virtual Kiltwalk weekend again, which runs from 23-25th April! Last year, our team of intrepid walkers raised over £5k, which was so generously doubled by The Hunter Foundation, providing Love Music with […]
Love Singing is underway! Five professional songwriters have been carefully ‘blind date’ matched with five community choirs and we’re delighted and excited to announce we’ll be partnering with a diverse range of organisations and individuals across Scotland, from Moray, the […]
Since March 2020 choirs and singing communities have proved adaptable, willing to address enforced isolation by embracing new technologies, and able to rise to the challenges of messy complicated socially distanced singing. Inspired by this resilience, Love Music, producers of […]
Over the weekend of 11th-13th Sept, volunteers made up of Love Music Community Choir members alongside trustees and staff participated in the Edinburgh Virtual Kiltwalk with great success. Together, though physically distanced, the team walked more than 200km over the […]
