Ongoing
The Forres Big Choir
Yes we are meeting again in person and we are VERY HAPPY!! At the moment we are meeting at St Leonard's Church Hall, Forres from 7.30pm to 9.30pm on a Thursday Evening. See our website for further details
Website > www.forresbigchoir.info
Video: "Singabahambayo Thina" (On Earth an army is marching). Bill Henderson leads this South African freedom song that has been in the community choir repertoire for many years.
Part of the Forres Big Choir 10th birthday Big Sing, January 2014.
‘Sounds Deep’ Men's Choir
Tuesdays during school terms
St John's Church, Forres, 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Male community choir
With David Harrison & Bill Henderson
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Website > www.soundsdeep.uk
Article
Brian Eno
Singing: The key to a long life
“ I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness, and a better sense of humor. ”
“ I believe in singing to such an extent that if I were asked to redesign the British educational system, I would start by insisting that group singing become a central part of the daily routine. ”
> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97320958
News
Choirs Restarting
Sounds Deep will restart on Tuesday 16th April and the Big Choir on Thursday 18th April
A big thank you for all who supported the Village Carols 2023, which raised over £1,000 for the Moray Food Bank.
Singing on Eigg 2024
This week in May 2024 will be our 16th year of this singing holiday on the wonderful Hebridean Island of Eigg, one of the Small Isles; a week of singing, walking, laughter, merriment and, of course, delicious fully-catered vegetarian food.
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Info> Photos of the 2016 holiday ...
Singing on Skye 2023
Hearts Around Ukraine
You can now watch a video of the concert at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-1wnPXhf8I To date approximately £5k has already been raised.
https://fundraise-for-ecologia.raisely.com/heartsaroundukraine to make your own donations to these very important causes.
Sounds Deep @ Eden Court
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to watch a video of the choir singing at the Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. This will open in a new browser window, you will need to click on the play button in that window for the video to play.
Vote the Ba****ds Out
After a few brief practice sessions a small group of us sang this song on the eve of the UK general election 2019 in the room we had been hiring for this purpose. On this night it had actually been laid out as a polling station in advance of proceedings the following day. It seemed a totally appropriate place for us to be singing this song. We only regret that it did not have the desired effect, not even locally. But it was enormous fun. With thanks to Stephen Taberner of the Spookymen's Chorale who created the original - with an admission that we have changed the lyric ever so slightly but not in any way to lessen the strength and intention of the song.
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Musical opportunities
I use music in many different settings to create community, to foster harmony, to bring people together, and above all I encourage people to use music as a tool of empowerment and self-discovery.
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