So excited to have finally arrived in Vienna for our @choiroftheearth.com trip to perform Haydn's Missa in Angustiis at Esterházy Palace this Thursday! Team COTE is powered by caffeine so it seems appropriate that my first task is to try my first Wiener Melange. Prost!

When he was a youngster, Papa Haydn was fired from the choir at St Stephen’s Cathedral in part for cutting off the pigtail of one of his fellow choristers 😬. Now he’s back in his new crocheted form as a tourist! @choiroftheearth.com #crochetedhaydn

Great to hear our Musical Director @benenglandbem.bsky.social on BBC Radio earlier, talking with Jenna about singing, why it makes us happy and of course, about Choir of the Earth 🎶 To listen, start from around 2 hours 11 minutes into the show ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #ChoralSky #Radio #Sing

Brilliant to feature in Choir and Organ magazine, in their fantastic piece about digital choirs 🎶 We're so proud of our choristers who sing with us from all over the world, and our incredible Musical Director, Ben. Read the full feature here: www.gramophone.co.uk/choir-and-or... #Choralsky

This week Papa Haydn makes a triumphant return to the Esterhazy palace along with nearly 150 global members of @choiroftheearth.com to sing his iconic Nelson Mass! In these troubled times, the joy of shared music is the most precious and profoundly important gift we can bring to our world 🌍 ❤️ 🎶

Al Green, who originally wrote and recorded Take Me To The River, got more royalties from the Big Mouth Billy Bass fish than from any other recordings of the song.

My first #The30PlusClub night at #CHSq #Belfast - even got my customary cider and bucket hat (well, @pulsarsi.bsky.social's hat anyway). Reliving my youth and sure Whigfield will be on later! Still remember all the moves to Saturday Night 😂 Great accessibility provision btw! ♿🙌🏻🪩🍻🎶

When your Musical Director banishes the Daleks from rehearsals! 😂 Here’s a sneak peek at how our Ben brings some of his top tips to life - and we love it! The way Ben explains things makes all the difference. To perfect how you sing Messiah, head to choiroftheearth.com and join us 🎶 #ChoralSky

We were wowed by @errollynwallen.bsky.social's work, The Elements, at the First Night of the #BBCProms - especially after @benenglandbem.bsky.social's recent, fascinating lecture series taught us all about The Elements of Music. It's still available - don't miss it! choirlibrary.com/memberships-...

How disability impacts YOU www.youtube.com/shorts/_3fjq...

We renamed today "Tell Your Friends Friday!" 😀 Great job at rehearsals this week everyone... and if you haven't joined us for 'The Ultimate Messiah' yet, there's still time. We'd love to welcome you to this extraordinary course that runs until mid October. Have a great weekend everybody #Choralsky

We are so excited to have A Season To Sing by the wonderful Joanna Forbes L'Estrange in our 2025/26 choral music programme! You may notice a familiar face right at the end of this video... youtube.com/shorts/0grjq...

Yay notifications! The one thing I didn't like about BlueSky was that it was so hard to keep up with your favourite people. Hopefully this will help the platform grow more 🌱

Whether you're singing Handel's Messiah with your local choir for the 20th time, doing Messiah from Scratch® with The Really Big Chorus this November, or you've never sung a classical work before but fancy joining a choir, THIS is where you need to be between now and mid-October! 👇 #ChoralSky #Choir

Why is our Messiah course "the ultimate"? Here’s Musical Director Ben, chatting about the living score created for it. Ben will use this on-screen as part of the teaching. For a small cost, you can also have it in your hand, on your digital device. Join us & master Handel's masterpiece from July 1.

“If you’re a singer, you’re going to want to be part of this”. 'The Ultimate Messiah' course starts on Tuesday. We also have Carolyn Sampson & Jennifer Johnston as our soloists. Come & learn online, record your voice & be part of it? We’d love to welcome you to our global supergroup! #choir

I have never felt more seen than by this subtitler 🥲

Have you seen Choir of the Earth's 2025/26 music programme yet? Don't miss a beat - join the online choral revolution at choiroftheearth.com!

🌍🎶 Happy World Music Day! Jump on over to Radio Choral on YouTube and sing along with amazing performances from your favourite international choir! It's full of choral music videos from rock to baroque, so no matter what mood you're in, there's something for everyone! www.youtube.com/@RadioChoral

Y'all on Rightmove need to up your game! youtu.be/ypSSov5Nv3s

So sad to hear that Brian Wilson has passed following a battle with dementia. The Beach Boys, and Brian's songs in particular, taught me from a young age to love harmony and polyphony before I ever knew what those words meant, and I'll be forever grateful. youtu.be/NADx3-qRxek

A wonderful article about Antifragility and the Global Choir, featuring a certain international Choir some of you may know! Huge thanks to Dr Kate Laverty for these fascinating reflections on what we do and how we're redefining choral singing for the 21st century! www.linkedin.com/pulse/antifr...

Absolutely gorgeous programme with @benenglandbem.bsky.social at @homechoir.bsky.social today to kick off #LonelinessAwarenessWeek - and powerful messages about loneliness too. Do check it out and do like and share it - you never know who it might reach who really needs it. youtu.be/5Y7DhdguzCg

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...

First proper holiday with @pulsarsi.bsky.social since before Covid, in that there London. We saw @totoroshow.bsky.social last night and just got hammered at a bottomless brunch at Piano Works, so having a great time! 😁

The best fun you can have sober with your clothes on (they insist on both). Seriously, the lads here are brilliant - they know exactly how to safely adjust the experience for me in my scooter while not patronising me or treating me differently. Great craic and definitely worth having a go! 💥🪓🪓🪓

Off to get caffeinated and then throwing some axes at Black Axe Throwing Co at Cityside in North Belfast (my home turf). So nice that people are throwing axes in a controlled manner there now rather than petrol bombs! #Yeooooo 🪓

Only cried twice at Dear Evan Hansen, which I'm taking as a win. Fab cast! Then back to the Lobby Bar for a Guinness and singing-along-too-loudly to the brilliant duo performing there. Apologies to the other patrons for "Woooo!"ing so loudly but to be fair they played B*witched and The Cranberries 🤷🏻‍♀️

Having a belated birthday weekend in beautiful Belfast. It's so nice to be "home". We're staying in the Europa (fancy!) and just getting settled for curtain-up at the Grand Opera House for Dear Evan Hansen. Even got a free coffee from a lovely man in Pret! Hope you're all having a great weekend!

The amazing @homechoir.bsky.social is working with @talkclubcharity.bsky.social on a brilliant online choir project called Sing Your Heart Out. We're recording Stop Crying Your Heart Out by Oasis to raise awareness and funds for men's mental health! Read more and donate: homechoir.org/sing-and-send

The amazing @homechoir.bsky.social is working with @talkclubcharity.bsky.social on a brilliant online choir project called Sing Your Heart Out. We're recording Stop Crying Your Heart Out by Oasis to raise awareness and funds for men's mental health! Read more and donate: homechoir.org/sing-and-send

If this is you, don't forget to send your vote my way... www.tinyurl.com/audience-prize #NovaConsort #Capybara #ChoralMusic #Choirs

Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

Incoming!

📰🎶 Want to know what's going on in the choral world? Why not pin our Bluesky Choirs list, with around 200 global choirs and counting! bsky.app/profile/did:...

As a big film music nerd, I absolutely adored today's Deep Dive talk at @homechoir.bsky.social - get yourself over there for half an hour of fun and good learnin'! youtu.be/01-3eYtn6oU

Last year, the brilliant @homechoir.bsky.social recorded one of my Granda's favourite songs to help raise money and awareness for @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social. It's one year today since we lost one of life's truly good men. Please listen, sing along and celebrate his life with us: youtu.be/yBvd13ON6wk

Happy New Year, everyone!

Having not read the sentencing remarks, I’m cautious about rushing to conclusions, but on its face Feathers McGraw appears to be a prime example of the rampant sentence inflation that has led to chronic overcrowding in our zoos and the unedifying spectacle of animals being released early.

photoshopping the muppets onto iconic album covers: thread

Join @choiroftheearth.com in a few minutes for their brilliant performance of Bach's Magnificat youtu.be/XgAw4Zhyq3I

So proud of @choiroftheearth.com and this big, beautiful rendition of Patrick Hawes' Quanta Qualia, which is made up of recordings that from people around the world sent in to us between 2020 and 2024. That cello line from Laura Peribañez Artero is just lush 😍 Do listen and give it a wee like! 👍

🎄🎶 It's officially Advent, which means it's time to break out the Festive Favourites playlist on #RadioChoral! Enjoy gorgeous music by @bobchilcott.bsky.social, @johnrutter.bsky.social, Britten, Vaughan-Williams and more, performed by our amazing global singers. Enjoy! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

If you can already feel the tension in your shoulders when you hear Band Aid and Bublé for the billionth time, here's an audio palate-cleanser. music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

There seems to be an increasing number of bot accounts joining Bluesky at the min. I know we're doing the whole "one big happy family" thing over here, but be careful who you follow back. If they joined two days ago and already have thousands of followers despite posting nothing/AI nonsense, beware.

Now THIS is an infographic. Sheer election nerdery and I am here for it.

Every now and then you come across a story that shows exactly how music can help spread love and kindness around the world. We hope Valentina feels the warmth and well wishes of those who performed or listened to her song, even though they may be thousands of miles away ❤️🎶