Author: Amanda Pitt

International Women’s Day – Ruth Crawford Seeger

Back in 1994, I was the soprano soloist at the Aldeburgh Festival in the premiere of an amazing, recently discovered piece called Three Chants by the experimental American composer, Ruth Crawford Seeger. At the time, I was completing my MMus

What do I do and why…?

As well as keeping my voice in trim and being involved with some great singing projects along the way – see my website for details! – I’ve been looking after my two children Theo and Caspar.  Whilst doing this, I

Why music?

What would the world be like without music – any sort of music?  Much duller and less interesting, certainly. Silence only has its impact if there is a contrast; music is therapeutic when silence is too empty to bear; it

Children’s choir launched

I help young people in music with the formation of the local church, St John the Divine, Kennington’s Boys’ Choir.  I guide and encouraging the boys into thinking that, at least for them, singing is the easiest thing to be

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