Do you want to be the choirmaster who is loved and yet has a terrible choir or do you want to be a leader who does the right thing? Do not answer just yet because it’s a very tricky question. Let’s take alook at this … Continue reading To Be Loved Or To Do The Right Thing?
It’s amazing how singing in a choir has both spiritual and physical benefits. There is an astounding report that claims singing choral music boosts the immune system of cancer patients. Amazing right? Check out the report below. Singing in a choir for just one hour … Continue reading New Study Claims Choral Music Boosts Immune System Of Cancer Patients
“I know i did not come for rehearsals but i want to sing for the mass/service.” Every choirmaster has heard this statement at least once while carrying out their duties. The big question is how do you ensure choristers come for rehearsals and how do … Continue reading The Never Ending Story Of Stubborn Choristers
In the second quarter 2016, lovers of classical music will shift attention to the Nigerian Universities as Classical Showcase Nigeria limited premières the first ever campus classical music contest in Africa. The maiden edition of this contest, (an annual all Nigerian universities classical music contest), … Continue reading “Campus Classical” Music Contest Set To Hit Nigerian Campuses In May
John Blanke English Royal records document the employment of John Blanke, listed as “the blacke trumpeter” and paid by the day by both Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII. A pictorially illuminated manuscript of the Tournament of Westminster on New Year’s Day in 1511, commissioned … Continue reading Black And Proud! Take A Look At Black Composers and Musicians in Classical Music History [Part 1]
This is a beautiful classic Catholic hymn, used by the universal Church for countless decades. It expresses the deepest sentiments of love and piety, but with a dignity and reverence that is seldom found in modern hymns. It is still sung today in many conservative … Continue reading Hymn Of The Day: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All
Ayo Bankole’s musical style takes a line from the cautious approach of Fela Sowande although later in his career he also, like Euba, saw the need to lessen the stylistic bond between his works and European classical music. Like Sowande, he maintained close links with … Continue reading Classical Music Personality Of The Day: Ayo Bankole
Shrieking violins, plaintive cellos, and spooky percussive sounds are surely emanating from your television set, now with Halloween around the corner. These 11 scary movie scores use classical music, or classical composers to bone-chilling effect. (Please note that the video clips may not be suitable … Continue reading 11 Scary Movies Made Even Scarier By Classical Music
This well-known harvest hymn might appear to come from the English countryside, but it has rather different origins. It is the “Peasant’s Song” from a sketch by Matthias Claudius in Paul Erdmann’s Fest (Hamburg, 1782), depicting a harvest thanksgiving in a North German farmhouse. It … Continue reading Hymn Of The Day: We Plough The Fields
Samuel Akpabot was born on 3rd October, 1932, in Uyo, in Akwa Ibom State. At the age of eleven he came to Lagos for his education at King’s College, a school often referred to as the ‘Eton of Nigeria’ and where European music was taught. … Continue reading Classical Music Personality Of The Day: Samuel Akpabot
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