Chris Rowbury
@chrisrowbury.bsky.social
Singing leader, a cappella harmony songs from across the globe. Natural Voice Network member. Weekly blog, monthly music round-up. https://chrisrowbury.com | https://blog.chrisrowbury.com | https://chrisrowbury.substack.com
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Don’t forget the basics when welcoming people who have never sung in a choir before - ChoirPlace
[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teachin...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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chrisrowbury.com/song-arrange... The cost of my arrangements is going up for the 1st time since 2019. From 1st January it will be £5 for sheet music OR recorded parts, and £8 for score AND recorded parts together. There are over 110 songs available from a range of cultures in 3- and 4-part harmony.
Song arrangements | Find songs | Chris Rowbury
Buy Chris Rowbury song arrangements. Suitable for community choirs. Tried and tested. Reasonably priced and no licence required.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
chrisrowbury.com/song-arrange... The cost of my arrangements is going up for the 1st time since 2019. From 1st January it will be £5 for sheet music OR recorded parts, and £8 for score AND recorded parts together. There are over 110 songs available from a range of cultures in 3- and 4-part harmony.
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This time of year is so bloody expensive…
Must be those bloody migrants again
Making our food shops extortionate
Rinsing us for heating our homes
Privatising the shit out of our childcare
Creaming off our mortgages and rent
Bastards.
Must be those bloody migrants again
Making our food shops extortionate
Rinsing us for heating our homes
Privatising the shit out of our childcare
Creaming off our mortgages and rent
Bastards.
December 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This time of year is so bloody expensive…
Must be those bloody migrants again
Making our food shops extortionate
Rinsing us for heating our homes
Privatising the shit out of our childcare
Creaming off our mortgages and rent
Bastards.
Must be those bloody migrants again
Making our food shops extortionate
Rinsing us for heating our homes
Privatising the shit out of our childcare
Creaming off our mortgages and rent
Bastards.
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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On December 6th, Saint Nicholas Day recognizes the third-century saint who became an inspiration for the modern-day Santa Claus. St. Nicholas is known for selling all his possessions and giving his money to the poor.
December 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
On December 6th, Saint Nicholas Day recognizes the third-century saint who became an inspiration for the modern-day Santa Claus. St. Nicholas is known for selling all his possessions and giving his money to the poor.
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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How to manage when your choir becomes too popular: waiting list or a new choir - ChoirPlace
[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teachin...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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chrisrowbury.substack.com/p/chris-rowb... My monthly music round-up for December is out now. Includes: Letting go of perfectionism; Music's oldest surviving composition; Music theory made simple; Interview with Eric Whitacre; several Christmas songs of the month; and much more!
Chris Rowbury's monthly music round-up (December 2025) issue #125
Welcome to the December edition of my monthly music round-up.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
chrisrowbury.substack.com/p/chris-rowb... My monthly music round-up for December is out now. Includes: Letting go of perfectionism; Music's oldest surviving composition; Music theory made simple; Interview with Eric Whitacre; several Christmas songs of the month; and much more!
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I couldn't agree more. Also one for @chrisrowbury.bsky.social I think..
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I couldn't agree more. Also one for @chrisrowbury.bsky.social I think..
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Strategies for coping with too many singers in your choir - ChoirPlace
[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teachin...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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This is hilarious and well written...
May 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This is hilarious and well written...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Please read, listen, and share widely. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Can you have too many singers in your choir? - ChoirPlace
[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teachin...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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ChatGPT violated copyright law by harvesting musicians’ lyrics, German court rules
ChatGPT violated copyright law by harvesting musicians’ lyrics, German court rules
OpenAI ordered to pay undisclosed damages for training its language models on popular songs without permission
A court in Munich has ruled that OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT violated German copyright laws by using hits from top-selling musicians to train its language models in what creative industry advocates described as a landmark European ruling.
The Munich regional court sided in favour of Germany’s music rights society GEMA, which said ChatGPT had harvested protected lyrics by popular artists to “learn” from them. Continue reading...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
ChatGPT violated copyright law by harvesting musicians’ lyrics, German court rules
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Nearly two years ago, I wrote about the extraordinary influence of former Tory spin doctor Sir Robbie Gibb on the BBC. It's still a helpful backgrounder for what's going on now. New readers start here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
How the government captured the BBC
A right-wing cabal, largely unaccountable, is waging war on the principles that made our public broadcaster great. It must not succeed
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Nearly two years ago, I wrote about the extraordinary influence of former Tory spin doctor Sir Robbie Gibb on the BBC. It's still a helpful backgrounder for what's going on now. New readers start here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
[my blog on ChoirPlace] www.choirplace.com/blogs/78/263...
How to deal with a toxic choir member - ChoirPlace
[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teachin...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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