Chris Foster

Teacher, lay clerk, tenor, accompanist, conductor, foods and drinks, East Midlands by birth.

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

@bbctms Seeing the video of Aggers playing Jerusalem inspired me this morning in my school orchestral rehearsal at 8am. The Magnificent Seven theme has never sounded quite so euphonic. Admittedly, there's no room for a euphonium in the orchestra, but hey ho...

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

Paul Hollywood at the cutting edge of flavour profiling on this week's #GBBO, as he discovers Gochujang ten years after everybody else...

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

Hi @JonesBootmaker I've sent two emails in the last 3 weeks to customer services about some shoes that haven't arrived and haven't had a single acknowledgement yet? #shoes #polished #ignored

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

@wjbdawes You're only ever as good as your last gig, whatever a list says. Hit the livestream for the Top 10 to find out! #Clickbait

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

Graham Norton and Andrew Cotter could potentially be the answer to Eurovision. What the question is, I'll leave to your imagination... Make it happen @MrAndrewCotter

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

And yet funding continues to be cut

[anita holford ✍🏼❤️🧠⌨️ @anitanee]

Does music education really have an impact on school attainment 👩‍🏫?

📊In Hull, they crunched the numbers & found that pupils having music lessons outperformed their peers considerably 🎉

Using progress scores helped address the issue that music attracts high attainers

[Mercia Chorale @MerciaChorale]

Readings and Psalms confirmed for St Albans 17th/18th August. Burning bushes, and much drinking of wine and food mentioned. Suggestions welcome!

Come and sing: no audition, music provided for the weekend and in advance to learn: all you pay for is your own accommodation.

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

Just timed my four minutes of frying to @JakobIng00 doing the 1500m, including walking to and from the kitchen. Perfect timing.

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

Juicy Monteverdi, Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Schubert and Elgar today at Palace Green. @MusicDurhamUni

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

Great be singing at a double @MerciaChorale nuptial celebration today. Congratulations to @JWHallBaritone and @EMDrLM. Lovely to make music alongside his office choir @BBCSingers as well.

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

Another review in for Newcastle's latest CD. 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

Rishi Sunak. #Wet

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

Repetition of year. Oops.

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

And there it is for another year. The whirlwind of thought-provoking reassurance and networking that is the @MusicTeachers_ conference is over for another year. Fab to meet so many first-timers, and catch up with old friends.

[Mercia Chorale @MerciaChorale]

We are looking forward to singing for a weekend in St Albans in August. Come and join us on the 17th and 18th for Evensong and Mat(t)ins. More details available on request.

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

Not one, but two lovely Steinways this morning before 10am for Ravel, Vaughan Williams, Elgar and Schubert @MusicDurhamUni

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

@QuireMemes No Stanford in there this year in his anniversary year. For lo? Also, no Finzi vocal music, so Dies Natalis or LTFFS could be an option. (I also like the naughty early suggestions. Mouton, anyone?)

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

Had a great time covering tonight's rehearsal with @RGSNewcastle Community Choir. Fauré Requiem is always a classic. Lotti's Credo in F, the jury is still out on!

[Chris Foster @Flabbyowl]

Whole blood donation number 38. Finally bleeding my age. #GivingType