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A lovely review in the December issue of Organists' Review of my book, Evensong - Notes from the Choir, available now from Amazon, other good booksellers, and of course quiresandplaces.com/products/eve...
There's a joke here somewhere about altos, Es and E-mails. Hang on, it'll just take us a (Gibbons) second to find it.
February 11, 2026 at 12:08 AM
There's a joke here somewhere about altos, Es and E-mails. Hang on, it'll just take us a (Gibbons) second to find it.
DoM trying to get the attention of that one chorister
February 8, 2026 at 9:02 PM
DoM trying to get the attention of that one chorister
Help is available.
February 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Help is available.
QuireMemes: for all your Candlemas memes, accept no substitutes.
February 1, 2026 at 10:26 PM
QuireMemes: for all your Candlemas memes, accept no substitutes.
*cracks knuckles*
Folks: we'll get this sorted by Lent.
Folks: we'll get this sorted by Lent.
February 1, 2026 at 12:45 PM
*cracks knuckles*
Folks: we'll get this sorted by Lent.
Folks: we'll get this sorted by Lent.
We did it guys; we made it to the end of January.
January 31, 2026 at 11:17 AM
We did it guys; we made it to the end of January.
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Oh, @merriam-webster.com, wait until you hear about 'excelsis'.
January 21, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Oh, @merriam-webster.com, wait until you hear about 'excelsis'.
this meme is in no way informed by real life personal experience at evensong earlier
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bloody january colds
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bloody january colds
January 21, 2026 at 12:11 AM
this meme is in no way informed by real life personal experience at evensong earlier
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bloody january colds
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bloody january colds
Not pictured: the Macarena.
January 20, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Not pictured: the Macarena.
Ok, so we understand that you don't think it should be an alto solo but you see, we really want it, and so we're taking it. It is now an alto solo.
This is not about solos.
This is not about solos.
January 19, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Ok, so we understand that you don't think it should be an alto solo but you see, we really want it, and so we're taking it. It is now an alto solo.
This is not about solos.
This is not about solos.
It goes, "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhh".
January 19, 2026 at 6:10 PM
It goes, "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhh".
'English Sacred Choral Music is education, and worship, and a celebration of skill and artisanship. It is sheet music wet with drops of music, smudged and loved. It is notes scrawled with humour and frustration. It is community, and it is friendship.'
And hath exalted the humble and meek
Royalty. Celebrity organists. Famous former choristers. Even politicians can trace their lineage back to choristerships. The vein of choral music is rich with dazzling success and rightful pride in th...
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January 15, 2026 at 12:49 AM
'English Sacred Choral Music is education, and worship, and a celebration of skill and artisanship. It is sheet music wet with drops of music, smudged and loved. It is notes scrawled with humour and frustration. It is community, and it is friendship.'
choristers be like
January 13, 2026 at 11:28 AM
choristers be like
Did YOU have a bit of a Saturday night sesh?
Did YOU sleep through all your alarm clocks on Sunday morning?
Are YOU in need of strength after singing a tricky Sanctus & Benedictus?
Then maybe you need:
HOLY INDEED.
The sauce of all holiness.
Available soon.
Did YOU sleep through all your alarm clocks on Sunday morning?
Are YOU in need of strength after singing a tricky Sanctus & Benedictus?
Then maybe you need:
HOLY INDEED.
The sauce of all holiness.
Available soon.
January 11, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Did YOU have a bit of a Saturday night sesh?
Did YOU sleep through all your alarm clocks on Sunday morning?
Are YOU in need of strength after singing a tricky Sanctus & Benedictus?
Then maybe you need:
HOLY INDEED.
The sauce of all holiness.
Available soon.
Did YOU sleep through all your alarm clocks on Sunday morning?
Are YOU in need of strength after singing a tricky Sanctus & Benedictus?
Then maybe you need:
HOLY INDEED.
The sauce of all holiness.
Available soon.
wow e v e r y o n e is in this film
January 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM
wow e v e r y o n e is in this film
Imagine something coming to a satisfying conclusion and somehow thinking there's a surprise extra bit that would not only be deeply unsatisfying but also undo quite a lot of the effectiveness of what went before.
There's a choral example for everything.
There's a choral example for everything.
January 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Imagine something coming to a satisfying conclusion and somehow thinking there's a surprise extra bit that would not only be deeply unsatisfying but also undo quite a lot of the effectiveness of what went before.
There's a choral example for everything.
There's a choral example for everything.
This year, come to Evensong.
January 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
This year, come to Evensong.
January 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
INT: PUB, evening, 5th January.
Precentor: "I can't believe I forgot I need three people to bring in the gold, frankincense, and myrrh for the Epiphany service."
Lay Clerk 1: "Sounds like a you problem."
Lay Clerk 2: "Yup."
Lay Clerk 3: *nods*
Precentor:
Precentor: "I can't believe I forgot I need three people to bring in the gold, frankincense, and myrrh for the Epiphany service."
Lay Clerk 1: "Sounds like a you problem."
Lay Clerk 2: "Yup."
Lay Clerk 3: *nods*
Precentor:
January 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
INT: PUB, evening, 5th January.
Precentor: "I can't believe I forgot I need three people to bring in the gold, frankincense, and myrrh for the Epiphany service."
Lay Clerk 1: "Sounds like a you problem."
Lay Clerk 2: "Yup."
Lay Clerk 3: *nods*
Precentor:
Precentor: "I can't believe I forgot I need three people to bring in the gold, frankincense, and myrrh for the Epiphany service."
Lay Clerk 1: "Sounds like a you problem."
Lay Clerk 2: "Yup."
Lay Clerk 3: *nods*
Precentor:
If you start listening to this recording of Orlando Gibbons' 'This is the Record of John' at 23:58.13 on New Year's Eve, midnight will strike as John says "NO".
Start 2026 the right way.
youtu.be/l7Rj1Z-fqaI?...
Start 2026 the right way.
youtu.be/l7Rj1Z-fqaI?...
Gibbons: This Is the Record of John
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December 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If you start listening to this recording of Orlando Gibbons' 'This is the Record of John' at 23:58.13 on New Year's Eve, midnight will strike as John says "NO".
Start 2026 the right way.
youtu.be/l7Rj1Z-fqaI?...
Start 2026 the right way.
youtu.be/l7Rj1Z-fqaI?...
send help
December 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
send help
This isn't a challenge, precentors.
December 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This isn't a challenge, precentors.
There is a certain inevitability to the 2026 edition of the Amended Oxford Book of the Year collection...
December 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
There is a certain inevitability to the 2026 edition of the Amended Oxford Book of the Year collection...