Patrick Allies
@patrickallies
Musician. DPhil candidate at @ox.ac.uk. Visiting Artist and Researcher at KCL. Artistic Director @SiglodeOroVocal.bsky.social Musical Director @ICChamberChoir.bsky.social Views my own. mail[at]patrickallies.co.uk
Think you spend too much time with your choir? Here's a summary of the chorister routine at Cambrai Cathedral in the 18th-century
Heading to Portugal with @icchamberchoir.bsky.social this weekend! Concerts in Batalha, Leiria and Lisbon. Please do share with your Portuguese music-loving friends!
Andy Burnham to star in ENO production of Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen
This is not my friend, this is a member of staff. But can anyone claim they had a better overall experience tonight?
Fancy spending 12 months in the Frog Choir at Universal Studios in Osaka or Beijing?
If anyone is looking to work on their ensemble skills over the summer, we have a couple of bursaries available for this, aimed at people who wouldn't otherwise be able to come. Message me or email patrick@siglodeoro.co.uk for more info.
As a resident, the idea that there's an Islington consensus on anything is so funny to me. There are 240,000 people living here, covering a vast range of demographics. 100 different languages spoken. Some of us don't even support Arsenal!
A full-time role for an experienced organist and choir-trainer! Exciting. Now let's take a look at the salary... ah.
The backwards dates and the random Holbein portrait are just *chef’s kiss*
Pick a Bond villain from pictures you already have on your phone
Phew. Have to admit that a month ago I thought we were going down.
Still occasionally taken aback by the British Library cafe’s approach to pricing