Thoughts about composing music for Christian communities today.
Category: John’s Blog
Where do you get your ideas from?
It’s a sensible enough question, and one that every composer is asked – yet none of us has a good answer.
The benefits of a cathedral chorister education
Does anyone know of anyone researching the benefits of chorister training?
Remembering David Willcocks (1919-2015)
I am immensely the richer for having been David’s student, assistant, and friend.
Christmas Quiz 2019: The Answers
So here you are – the answers to my 12 Christmas Quiz questions – some of them quite tricky!
Christmas Quiz 2019
Welcome to my 2019 Christmas Quiz! There will be a new question every day from 1-12 December.
RIP Stephen Cleobury (1948-2019)
A fond farewell to church music’s only knight, an honour he so richly deserved. Nunc dimittis, Stephen.
Putting music at the centre
The wheel of fashion needs a spin to rediscover music as the newest and brightest idea in education.
What’s in a name?
Thoughts on the anniversary of the death of Italian composer Francesco Durante (1684-1755).
Q&A with John Rutter
John answers 10 questions he’s asked most frequently.