#Strangeland music festival 2018 professional#

With a special interest in choral accompaniment, Michael is in demand with some of the leading choirs in the country and works with the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, London Voices, Wimbledon Choral Society and the BBC Singers.

#Strangeland music festival 2018 professional#

Is a pianist, composer and arranger, and Artistic Director of the professional chamber choir Sonoro. These pieces, written at a level that choirs everywhere will be able to sing, will be recorded alongside their ‘choral classic’ and released online. Sonoro has commissioned six composers to each write a new work based on a ‘choral classic’. Upcoming plans include their Choral Inspirations project, with a major tour of workshops and concerts around the UK. “Classical concerts seldom feel so downright uplifting.” The Scotsman Their recent album Christmas with Sonoro was named BBC Music Magazine’s 2018 ‘Christmas Choice’. Sonoro’s debut album Passion and Polyphony featuring works of James MacMillan and Frank Martin was released in March 2018 to critical acclaim. “A huge dynamic and expressive range.” Gramophone Sonoro have performed at major national and international festivals and venues including the London Chamber Music Society series at Kings Place, the Wimbledon International Music Festival, the St Magnus International Festival, Orkney and in St Gallen, Switzerland. “A rich, robust texture, abundant in vibrant colour and undoubted excitement.” The Guardian ‘Sonoro’ in Italian means ‘sonorous, voices that are rich and full’ and Sonoro lives up to that name as a choir with a distinctive and perfectly blended sound. Founded in 2016 by Neil Ferris and Michael Higgins, has attracted attention for its warm tone, rich blend of colours and vibrancy in performance.