I've just noticed the new image that crops up above each of my blogs. How exciting! We were delighted with the result of the latest photo shoot, taken by a friend of ours who is a wonderful singer in his own right and another graduate of King's College, Cambridge. Good to keep things in the family...It's important to specify that we're in Lancashire today, at least in part because my darling wife thought I was driving to Bury St Edmunds (nowhere near as far from East Sussex) and wondered why it took me 8 hours to drive to the church yesterday. Come to think of it, I was also wondering why it took me that long. Good old English roads! However, the trip was made worthwhile by the magnificent church that serves as today's venue. A Grade 1 listed Victorian church, built in the Gothic Revival style, the acoustics are practically perfect for us and we're so enjoying singing here. Amongst the audience members are a few people who were at Patrick's very first concert (which was the same programme as today's) so it's fascinating to hear what they think of his progress and how he's bedding into the new lineup. From our perspective, we're preparing hard for the first recording sessions of Pat's tenure, taking place next week in London, and have hardly come up for breath. It's exciting and energising to be hitting the ground running with the new team. As for upcoming projects, most of our energy is focused on preparing for 2018 but we're also looking into some interesting mixed-media projects involving light shows to complement the music, and also working on new orchestral material. Although the purists will always prefer the KS to be acoustic and without accompaniment, these orchestral concerts are an important part of what we can offer to promoters and concert series. They're great fun to do - so what we'd suggest is that if possible you try to attend an acappella concert AND an orchestral one. Then you get the best of both worlds... ;)
I've just noticed the new image that crops up above each of my blogs. How exciting! We were delighted with the result of the latest photo shoot, taken by a friend of ours who is a wonderful singer in his own right and another graduate of King's College, Cambridge. Good to keep things in the family...It's important to specify that we're in Lancashire today, at least in part because my darling wife thought I was driving to Bury St Edmunds (nowhere near as far from East Sussex) and wondered why it took me 8 hours to drive to the church yesterday. Come to think of it, I was also wondering why it took me that long. Good old English roads! However, the trip was made worthwhile by the magnificent church that serves as today's venue. A Grade 1 listed Victorian church, built in the Gothic Revival style, the acoustics are practically perfect for us and we're so enjoying singing here. Amongst the audience members are a few people who were at Patrick's very first concert (which was the same programme as today's) so it's fascinating to hear what they think of his progress and how he's bedding into the new lineup. From our perspective, we're preparing hard for the first recording sessions of Pat's tenure, taking place next week in London, and have hardly come up for breath. It's exciting and energising to be hitting the ground running with the new team. As for upcoming projects, most of our energy is focused on preparing for 2018 but we're also looking into some interesting mixed-media projects involving light shows to complement the music, and also working on new orchestral material. Although the purists will always prefer the KS to be acoustic and without accompaniment, these orchestral concerts are an important part of what we can offer to promoters and concert series. They're great fun to do - so what we'd suggest is that if possible you try to attend an acappella concert AND an orchestral one. Then you get the best of both worlds... ;)
I've just noticed the new image that crops up above each of my blogs. How exciting! We were delighted with the result of the latest photo shoot, taken by a friend of ours who is a wonderful singer in his own right and another graduate of King's College, Cambridge. Good to keep things in the family...It's important to specify that we're in Lancashire today, at least in part because my darling wife thought I was driving to Bury St Edmunds (nowhere near as far from East Sussex) and wondered why it took me 8 hours to drive to the church yesterday. Come to think of it, I was also wondering why it took me that long. Good old English roads! However, the trip was made worthwhile by the magnificent church that serves as today's venue. A Grade 1 listed Victorian church, built in the Gothic Revival style, the acoustics are practically perfect for us and we're so enjoying singing here. Amongst the audience members are a few people who were at Patrick's very first concert (which was the same programme as today's) so it's fascinating to hear what they think of his progress and how he's bedding into the new lineup. From our perspective, we're preparing hard for the first recording sessions of Pat's tenure, taking place next week in London, and have hardly come up for breath. It's exciting and energising to be hitting the ground running with the new team. As for upcoming projects, most of our energy is focused on preparing for 2018 but we're also looking into some interesting mixed-media projects involving light shows to complement the music, and also working on new orchestral material. Although the purists will always prefer the KS to be acoustic and without accompaniment, these orchestral concerts are an important part of what we can offer to promoters and concert series. They're great fun to do - so what we'd suggest is that if possible you try to attend an acappella concert AND an orchestral one. Then you get the best of both worlds... ;)
I've just noticed the new image that crops up above each of my blogs. How exciting! We were delighted with the result of the latest photo shoot, taken by a friend of ours who is a wonderful singer in his own right and another graduate of King's College, Cambridge. Good to keep things in the family...It's important to specify that we're in Lancashire today, at least in part because my darling wife thought I was driving to Bury St Edmunds (nowhere near as far from East Sussex) and wondered why it took me 8 hours to drive to the church yesterday. Come to think of it, I was also wondering why it took me that long. Good old English roads! However, the trip was made worthwhile by the magnificent church that serves as today's venue. A Grade 1 listed Victorian church, built in the Gothic Revival style, the acoustics are practically perfect for us and we're so enjoying singing here. Amongst the audience members are a few people who were at Patrick's very first concert (which was the same programme as today's) so it's fascinating to hear what they think of his progress and how he's bedding into the new lineup. From our perspective, we're preparing hard for the first recording sessions of Pat's tenure, taking place next week in London, and have hardly come up for breath. It's exciting and energising to be hitting the ground running with the new team. As for upcoming projects, most of our energy is focused on preparing for 2018 but we're also looking into some interesting mixed-media projects involving light shows to complement the music, and also working on new orchestral material. Although the purists will always prefer the KS to be acoustic and without accompaniment, these orchestral concerts are an important part of what we can offer to promoters and concert series. They're great fun to do - so what we'd suggest is that if possible you try to attend an acappella concert AND an orchestral one. Then you get the best of both worlds... ;)
I've just noticed the new image that crops up above each of my blogs. How exciting! We were delighted with the result of the latest photo shoot, taken by a friend of ours who is a wonderful singer in his own right and another graduate of King's College, Cambridge. Good to keep things in the family...It's important to specify that we're in Lancashire today, at least in part because my darling wife thought I was driving to Bury St Edmunds (nowhere near as far from East Sussex) and wondered why it took me 8 hours to drive to the church yesterday. Come to think of it, I was also wondering why it took me that long. Good old English roads! However, the trip was made worthwhile by the magnificent church that serves as today's venue. A Grade 1 listed Victorian church, built in the Gothic Revival style, the acoustics are practically perfect for us and we're so enjoying singing here. Amongst the audience members are a few people who were at Patrick's very first concert (which was the same programme as today's) so it's fascinating to hear what they think of his progress and how he's bedding into the new lineup. From our perspective, we're preparing hard for the first recording sessions of Pat's tenure, taking place next week in London, and have hardly come up for breath. It's exciting and energising to be hitting the ground running with the new team. As for upcoming projects, most of our energy is focused on preparing for 2018 but we're also looking into some interesting mixed-media projects involving light shows to complement the music, and also working on new orchestral material. Although the purists will always prefer the KS to be acoustic and without accompaniment, these orchestral concerts are an important part of what we can offer to promoters and concert series. They're great fun to do - so what we'd suggest is that if possible you try to attend an acappella concert AND an orchestral one. Then you get the best of both worlds... ;)
I've just noticed the new image that crops up above each of my blogs. How exciting! We were delighted with the result of the latest photo shoot, taken by a friend of ours who is a wonderful singer in his own right and another graduate of King's College, Cambridge. Good to keep things in the family...It's important to specify that we're in Lancashire today, at least in part because my darling wife thought I was driving to Bury St Edmunds (nowhere near as far from East Sussex) and wondered why it took me 8 hours to drive to the church yesterday. Come to think of it, I was also wondering why it took me that long. Good old English roads! However, the trip was made worthwhile by the magnificent church that serves as today's venue. A Grade 1 listed Victorian church, built in the Gothic Revival style, the acoustics are practically perfect for us and we're so enjoying singing here. Amongst the audience members are a few people who were at Patrick's very first concert (which was the same programme as today's) so it's fascinating to hear what they think of his progress and how he's bedding into the new lineup. From our perspective, we're preparing hard for the first recording sessions of Pat's tenure, taking place next week in London, and have hardly come up for breath. It's exciting and energising to be hitting the ground running with the new team. As for upcoming projects, most of our energy is focused on preparing for 2018 but we're also looking into some interesting mixed-media projects involving light shows to complement the music, and also working on new orchestral material. Although the purists will always prefer the KS to be acoustic and without accompaniment, these orchestral concerts are an important part of what we can offer to promoters and concert series. They're great fun to do - so what we'd suggest is that if possible you try to attend an acappella concert AND an orchestral one. Then you get the best of both worlds... ;)
I've just noticed the new image that crops up above each of my blogs. How exciting! We were delighted with the result of the latest photo shoot, taken by a friend of ours who is a wonderful singer in his own right and another graduate of King's College, Cambridge. Good to keep things in the family...It's important to specify that we're in Lancashire today, at least in part because my darling wife thought I was driving to Bury St Edmunds (nowhere near as far from East Sussex) and wondered why it took me 8 hours to drive to the church yesterday. Come to think of it, I was also wondering why it took me that long. Good old English roads! However, the trip was made worthwhile by the magnificent church that serves as today's venue. A Grade 1 listed Victorian church, built in the Gothic Revival style, the acoustics are practically perfect for us and we're so enjoying singing here. Amongst the audience members are a few people who were at Patrick's very first concert (which was the same programme as today's) so it's fascinating to hear what they think of his progress and how he's bedding into the new lineup. From our perspective, we're preparing hard for the first recording sessions of Pat's tenure, taking place next week in London, and have hardly come up for breath. It's exciting and energising to be hitting the ground running with the new team. As for upcoming projects, most of our energy is focused on preparing for 2018 but we're also looking into some interesting mixed-media projects involving light shows to complement the music, and also working on new orchestral material. Although the purists will always prefer the KS to be acoustic and without accompaniment, these orchestral concerts are an important part of what we can offer to promoters and concert series. They're great fun to do - so what we'd suggest is that if possible you try to attend an acappella concert AND an orchestral one. Then you get the best of both worlds... ;)
