Most exciting poll since Bainton vs Harris

When you’ve nailed the solo in A Spotless Rose and you take a moment before you go back to the choir stalls

When a singer asks the conductor if this will be the tempo in the performance

First rehearsal back

A big warm welcome to all you choral music fans! We’ve a very exciting new podcast series coming this September, where a special guest talks us through their ideal Choral Evensong. Want to know more? Head over to our Spotify account for a short intro! 🎼💒 open.spotify.com/episode/5abCwA…

Cantoris Bass, Decani Tenor

Alice Mary So I’m sensing a new World Cup of Evensong focused on Agnus Dei movements Patrick Allies 😉. My own choice to add to all of the above 👆🏾 is Grayson Ives Missa Brevis, sweet in its unaffected simplicity 😊 youtu.be/w5X9BUdZzJc

Organists are like “I’m just going to slip in to something more comfortable” and then it’s their weird little shoes

Visual representation of how it feels to sing the top Cs in the Allegri miserere

“Ok, Tenors and Basses, your turn. My bonnie lies over the ocean. Here’s your note. No talking please, Gerald, save it for the tea break.”

Does your conductor say “let’s just do the first 12 bars again” and then run through the whole piece? If so you may be entitled to some compensation

Church musicians when you ask them to dep for you in August

Choir directors when you haven’t looked up for a whole page

Ok. Still plenty of content to be added and areas forthcoming, but ByrdCentral.com is now live!!!

Just had a rejection from Radio 3

🚨🚨🚨 new competition alert

Voting update: the winner of the World Cup of Evensong Canticles was actually Elon Musk, I miscounted. No further comments at this time.

Fixed it

Patrick Allies

When the organ scholar conducts evensong for the first time