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Nikki Chilton
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Northern Irish elder millennial ☘️ General Manager of Choir of the Earth & Choir of the Earth Library | Co-Founder of Earth Choir Academy 🎶❤️

So sing while you have time
Let the sun shine
Down from above
And fill you with songs of love
~ Neil Hannon 🎶
Finished watching Leonard and Hungry Paul this evening and it was such a beautifully told story of friendship, love, grief, family and quirkiness, told with warmth and humour (narrated by Julia Roberts no less!). Watch if you can: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Leonard and Hungry Paul
Quiet lives, big hearts. A gentle, meandering tale of friendship, board games and finding your way in the world. Starring Alex Lawther, Laurie Kynaston and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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No Santa “Ho ho ho’s” for us just yet, but we are YO ho ho-ing our way into the week with a fun warm up! 🎶

Our Musical Director Ben, lives in Bristol... the home of the pirate voice (Blackbeard was from there you know!) & as Ben says, it’s amazing what the voice can do when you distract the brain
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Shout out to Asda Radio 🪩🎶🛒
Welcome to your 40s. The DJ at this grocery store is spinning nothing but hits.
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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“You drive, I’m tired.”
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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A study finds that deep sleep rewires the brain to eliminate anxiety.

My own study suggests that anxiety rewires the brain to eliminate deep sleep.
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I hate this narrative that someone genuinely lovely could never win off their own bat. Richard is nice, he's funny, he's a real gentleman and he's genuine. He deserved to win and owes zero thanks to that horrid narcissist and her minions #bbuk #bbll
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I'm sorry but how is it ok for Caroline to kiss Richard on the mouth without consent - someone she has insulted and bullied - and especially someone who has said they are asexual? Imagine the sexes were reversed. Just horrible. #bbuk #bbll
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Want to learn more about the world of #music? 🎶

Our online 'Around Sound' lectures are a friendly and flexible way to explore it all. From The Evolution of Classical Music to a toolkit every singer should have, head here to look around…

choirlibrary.com/around-sound...

#ChoralSky #OnlineLearning
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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As well as learning and singing incredible works, Choir of the Earth is about friendship. Vanessa is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in this clip she shares what it means to her to sing with people from all across the world, online and at the in-person events we create 🎶

#choralsky #choir #sing
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Can't bring myself to vote to save either of these vapid, self-absorbed, twerk-obssessed dullards, sorry. Can we have a "both" option? #bbuk #bbll
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Grief is weird. Something as mundane as the smell of vegetable soup drifting into the street from someone's house can suddenly make you miss someone so intensely your heart aches.
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Really enjoyed @choiroftheearth.com teaching by @benenglandbem.bsky.social this week, love the challenge of learning something brand new to me #singing
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Our new course, 'The Wedding at Cana' by Patrick Hawes launches at 17:00 GMT today. Everyone is welcome to join the launch here: youtu.be/xHplYpPyYuw
Patrick has been chatting about this incredible work & is excited at the prospect of it being brought to life in this special World Premiere recording
October 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Like singing in a choir? Check out the launch of @choiroftheearth.com 's fab new course where we will be the first choir to ever record Patrick Hawes' The Wedding At Cana - and a special new revised version at that! We're live on YouTube at 17:00 GMT - join us here: youtu.be/xHplYpPyYuw
COURSE LAUNCH: The Wedding at Cana by Patrick Hawes
YouTube video by Choir of the Earth
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October 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Engaging with Monday from a safe distance...

#MondayMotivation

📷 @aintright.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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The people of Ireland have spoken, and I, for one, couldn't be more delighted. Yet again, we have elected a humanitarian with the utmost integrity. Today, I'm proud to be Irish. 🇮🇪

#SpéirGorm
#Áras2025
October 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Does anyone else have a constant earworm of 'Marcus Went Out Today' swirling around their brain? 🎶 #bbuk
October 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
And how could I forget the harp?! 🥰
October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Patrick Hawes beautiful music + stunning guide tracks and solos from Fieri Consort + unsurpassable teaching from @benenglandbem.bsky.social + the amazing community of @choiroftheearth.com + being the first choir to ever record the work = the recipe for a cracking choral course! Bring on Tuesday! 🎉🎶
Sound up for some truly beautiful music, as we count down to the Tuesday launch of our new course, The Wedding at Cana by Patrick Hawes.

One of the highlights is going to be learning its central movement, The Waters of Love. Patrick says it "reflects on the presence of the divine in human love".
October 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
So touched at the thought that our amazing Choir's voices from all around the world are filling this wonderful space in a museum dedicated to a charity that meant so much to Handel. Really quite special!
Hallelujah! It’s a privilege to be part of the Foundling Museum’s latest exhibition, A Grand Chorus: The Power of Music. It explores the life-affirming power of music through Handel’s ‘Hallelujah Chorus’. Ben headed there today & our voices can be heard throughout the museum. Very special indeed 🎶❤️
October 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Some beautiful Brahms to brighten your week!

We've taken the movement ‘Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen’ (known in English as How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place) from our remarkable new recording of Ein Deutsches Requiem, and set it to some stunning visuals. Experience it here: youtu.be/p8uD8m201Dc
Brahms Requiem - 4. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen - Bergen Philharmonic and Choir of the Earth
YouTube video by Choir of the Earth
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October 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Excellent photo placement from @theguardian.com here.
October 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The @goodlawproject.bsky.social and @nionwomen.bsky.social are running a petition for cis woman to sign who are fed up of politicians and the media spouting transphobia "in your name" and "to protect you". If you're interested in signing, it's here: notinourname.org.uk/petition/not... 🏳️‍⚧️
Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
notinourname.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
It will be interesting to see how this policy develops. Vocational training has been unfairly derided for too long, meanwhile schemes like apprenticeships are such an underrated pathway to gain both qualifications and practical experience. University isn't for everyone. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New V-level courses to be brought in for students after GCSEs
Ministers say new vocational courses will simplify the
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October 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM