by Tony | Jun 17, 2026 | Tony Backhouse
A new score on my Scores page is an a cappella SATB + solo arrangement of ‘All Of Heaven’ as sung by the Cafe of the Gate of Salvation and the Honeybees – a song written by the late Arthur Baysting and yours truly. Arthur was a great friend and a...
by Tony | Jun 9, 2026 | Tony Backhouse
It pains me to report that we’re not taking any singing tours overseas this year… but of course we’re hoping to return to Morocco and Fiji and wherever else next year. Inshallah. There’s a prevailing air of uncertainty that undermines many...
by Tony | May 7, 2026 | Tony Backhouse
Its the Cafe of the Gate of Salvation’s 40h anniversary this year. On the 27th of September 1986, 11 singers met in my lounge-room to try out a couple of songs, and here we are. Well, here I am and here is Tracey Greenberg, the only singer from that first...
by Tony | Mar 30, 2026 | Tony Backhouse
Buckle up, indeed …this will be a tad more epic a tour than on previous years in NZ, running from Dunedin up to Auckland over 5 weeks, and encompassing Geraldine, Christchurch, Nelson & Wellington, with a detour now and then. Its always wonderful to return...
by Tony | Mar 11, 2026 | Tony Backhouse
If you go to my Bandcamp page, you will find some recent additions to my humble catalogue of murky sonic chowders, roulades even Cathy Berberian can’t sing, tumescent mists and so on….including a piece which features a field recording of my friend, the...
by Tony | Feb 25, 2026 | Tony Backhouse
Now that my book Move On Up is out of print, and stocks of my other books are running low, its time to make my arrangements available online; ever so gradually, I’ll add SATB and TTBB arrangements to my Scores page, starting with selections from Move On Up and...
