It has been another Remembrance Day for another year.  In the course of this year’s services, I was able to hear three different choral settings of John McCrae’s famous WWI poem “In Flanders Fields”, and I found myself musing on how all the settings I’ve heard over the years are maybe too “pretty.” Read the full post

Excelsis: A New Choral Project has now had its first concert.  And I think, though I may be somewhat biased having been a member of the choir, that it was a resounding success. Read the full post

First off:  yes, I know, I have committed the ultimate musical sacrilege – the stones are being gathered, and the pitchforks are being sharpened.  But I really and truly do not like Handel’s Messiah.  (And I’m actually not alone) Read the full post