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Blogposts featuring recent writing and opinion pieces, on choral music, jazz, popular music and LGBTIQ+ activism. Also podcast, social media and TV appearances.


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'I have a Women’s group which some students who prefer different pronouns ...'
The Launch of the Global Alliance of Queer Choirs
The Launch of the Global Alliance of Queer Choirs
Delighted to be a grant juror for LMCC's 2021 grant awards. I learnt a lot!
Delighted to be a grant juror for LMCC's 2021 grant awards. I learnt a lot!
Looking for new choral repertoire and tips on virtual rehearsals? Try 'Friday Afternoons'.
Looking for new choral repertoire and tips on virtual rehearsals? Try 'Friday Afternoons'.
'Music Theory is Racist'
'Music Theory is Racist'
'Mutual sonic pleasuring': a GALA Choruses conversation with Juia Balén.
'Mutual sonic pleasuring': a GALA Choruses conversation with Juia Balén.
Exactly a year since Quiet No More NYC - reflections.
Exactly a year since Quiet No More NYC - reflections.
My 1990s session work, AKA 'Whitney and me ...'
My 1990s session work, AKA 'Whitney and me ...'
12 years of 'Big Gay Sing'
12 years of 'Big Gay Sing'

One of the most fun things about my old job, and possibly …

‘It took a song to bring people together’ ...
‘It took a song to bring people together’ ...
'Excellence is a form of protest' ...
'Excellence is a form of protest' ...
Appearance on Mimi Chan's 'Culture Chat' Podcast
Appearance on Mimi Chan's 'Culture Chat' Podcast
'In My Pyjamas' - music and people with dementia
'In My Pyjamas' - music and people with dementia
And this is why music is so, so important in the world.
And this is why music is so, so important in the world.
Belatedly, my July 2018 appearance on 'Capital Show', Mexico City
Belatedly, my July 2018 appearance on 'Capital Show', Mexico City
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'Dreaming Together': Mexico City and Puerto Vallarta Tour, July 2018
'A different Kind of Goosebump ...': my chapter on LGBTQ choral singing in the new Oxford Companion of Choral Pedagogy
A shout out to older LGBTQ people - the need for intergenerational thinking
A shout out to older LGBTQ people - the need for intergenerational thinking
Our response to the Orlando tragedy ...
Our response to the Orlando tragedy ...
Gender binary in the transgender voice
Gender binary in the transgender voice
'Choral Music in the Digital Age' at St John The Divine.
Why I do what I do ...
Two new causes for optimism
How is conducting a chorus like leading an organization?
This is why music education is so important
'My growing frustration with Gareth Malone ...'
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‘Music levels the playing field’
‘Music levels the playing field’
Pivot through song ... NYCGMC at the US Embassy, London.
Pivot through song ... NYCGMC at the US Embassy, London.
NYCGMC hosts 'Four Choirs and a Cathedral'.
NYCGMC hosts 'Four Choirs and a Cathedral'.