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Notes from the rehearsal room: tuning, text, repertoire and the traditions behind the choirs I work with.

  • More than a nice noise

    Perfectly tuned chords and matched vowels are admirable, but singing has to mean more than that. The principles I work by.

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  • Selected forthcoming engagements.

    A work in progress…. Saturday 31 October 2026 – The Thomas Hardye School Theatre, Queens Avenue, Dorchester – Workshop – Weymouth Choral Society – A Little Jazz Mass (Chilcott) & Rutter Requiem – 10h30 – 16h30 – for further details email info@weymouthchoralsociety.org.uk Saturday 14 November 2026 – The Parish of Wyke Regis, All Saints with…

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  • Mark burstow

    Choral Conductor/Clinician/Historian/Arranger/Composer Mark Burstow is a choral conductor, teacher and musician based in Dorset. He is Musical Director of Parnham Voices and Director of the Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus. He also directs Bella Voce, a chamber choir based in Poole, and teaches singing and choral music at Parkstone Grammar School. Mark’s work centres on the…

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  • Hello World!

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