MrsF

Primary school music specialist. Loves the fab MH benefits and friendships from singing in choirs. #TeamAlto in @ElysianSingers. Proud to lead @QuorumSingers.

[MrsF @MariannaFreeman]

@unoherts It seems to be a fairly regular issue on Monday mornings 🤷

[MrsF @MariannaFreeman]

@unoherts Any sign of the 635 from Watford?

[Dave McPartlin @dave_mcpartlin]

I think I've figured out what's going wrong in schools. One of the biggest challenges facing us (& parents) is the reward environment our children are growing up in. Endless scrolling from as soon as they can control a device. On-demand TV in glorious 4K. Instant feedback & constant stimulation from getting up to going to bed. They're growing up in a different world. Neuroscience tells us that brains adapt to frequent, fast rewards. Children are now hard-wired differently, from birth. School requires patience, effort & delayed gratification. At home, they're don't know how to be bored, they don't need to be any more. They don't communicate in the same way. They don't get excited like they used to. They don't have to work hard for fun in the real world because they can find it so easily online. They've become dopamine junkies & we're on a hiding to nothing - we're not competing with bad behaviour, we're competing with biology (and it's truly terrifying.)

[MrsF @MariannaFreeman]

@unoherts As a new user of the 635, I am shocked at just how unreliable the service is. Unannounced cancellations mean students missing lectures.

[David Benedict 🏳️‍🌈🕎 @eggsbened]

From the tenderness of Tavener’s The Lamb to Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas via shimmering modern classics by Judith Weir, The Swingles and more.
hear @ElysianSingers – I’m on bass – at St.Giles in the Fields
London WC2H 8LG
Dec 19 7.30
Tickets: https://t.co/djfUgXHXxj

[Clare Moriarty @ClareMoriarty]

Everybody needs a fabulous Christmas concert! And our @ElysianSingers concert will be fabulous indeed. Come along, and I guarantee you’ll leave smiling and with a bunch of festive earworms
Thurs 19 Dec, 7.30pm, details here:
https://t.co/Uh6qcnKHK4

[MrsF @MariannaFreeman]

@Nick_Pettigrew

[The Elysian Singers @ElysianSingers]

Written for the funeral of Empress Maria of Spain in Madrid in 1605, Victoria's Requiem is one of the pinnacles of Renaissance music. At this concert of remembrance, we interleave it with intensely beautiful motets by James MacMillan.
November 9, 7.30pm
https://t.co/E5TZVyY7y1

[MrsF @MariannaFreeman]

What an absolute privilege to sing to surprise Nettie yesterday!

[Quorum Singers @QuorumSingers]

For weeks we've kept a secret from Nettie, one of our sops. Her fiancé had asked if we could prepare a song and sing it as a surprise to her as she walked down the aisle. Yesterday was the day that our secret plan came together. Congrats to the wonderful Nettie and Asher! ❤️❤️❤️

[Quorum Singers @QuorumSingers]

We're in the final run up for our Summer Concert at Aldenham Church. We've had so much fun learning the repertoire and can't wait to share it with you on Saturday 13th July at 7.30pm!
#QuorumSingers #StAlbans #Aldenham #Musicals #LesMis #choir #concert

[The Elysian Singers @ElysianSingers]

There are stars, the northern lights, the sun, moon, birds and even aeroplanes in the shimmering, translucent music by @dovecomposer, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Vaughan Williams and more in our next concert.
May 25
7.30pm
St. Peter's Eaton Sq. London SW1W 9AL https://t.co/x5rKuigXaC

[David Benedict 🏳️‍🌈🕎 @eggsbened]

On Good Friday in Leipzig in 1724, JS Bach’s astonishingly vivid St John Passion was first heard. 300 years later to the day I’m singing it with @ElysianSingers at St. Gabriel’s Pimlico at 8pm.
Come hear some of the most exalted music Bach ever wrote. https://t.co/6cZBPFqMZT

[MrsF @MariannaFreeman]

@ruskin147 Pretty much the only reason I come on X is to see photos and videos of #sophiefromromania

[MrsF @MariannaFreeman]

Suddenly find yourself free this evening? Why not come along?

[Beccy Pile @beccy_pile]

So looking forward to this 🙌 🎶
@QuorumSingers

[MrsF @MariannaFreeman]

This really was a lovely event. Thank you for the invitation @AldenhamChurch

[MrsF @MariannaFreeman]

@eggsbened @Bettys Damn! I should have put in an order for a Fat Rascal! A very tasty treat.

[MrsF @MariannaFreeman]

@eggsbened @GavinBryars @DavidComposer @ElysianSingers I hope it all goes well and I'm sure it will!
I've missed singing with you all this term

[Quorum Singers @QuorumSingers]

We've been working hard on some really beautiful music. We'd love to share it with you!

[MrsF @MariannaFreeman]

@TenebraeChoir @JobyTalbot @smitf_london Tickets booked! Very excited!