by Tony | Nov 28, 2022 | Tony Backhouse
There has been a vast amount of interest in our planned 11th Gospel Tour in 2023 — but with the current lack of stability in the world it feels to us to be too soon to take 40 singers into a financially/politically/ medically uncertain situation. So we are postponing...
by Tony | Oct 31, 2022 | Tony Backhouse
Feels good to be working again. October has been a busy month for me, with workshops in Hobart, many rehearsals and a couple of gigs in Sydney. I’ve been back with the Cafe of the Gate of Salvation since July, acting as an interim director and working on new...
by Tony | Feb 11, 2022 | Tony Backhouse
One of the regular participants on my weekly ZOOM singing sessions offered me some unexpected feedback the other night. Since first using Zoom, I’ve been thinking all along that the inability for us to hear each other was a major drawback and that meeting online was a...
by Tony | Feb 2, 2022 | Tony Backhouse
I’ve been in NZ now for nine months, which is nine months too long away from my beloved, who is still in Sydney. I came here in April to spend time with my dear friend Fane before he passed (Fane died on June 17, 2021), then stayed on to work —until lockdown...
by Tony | Oct 6, 2021 | Tony Backhouse
I’ve finally added a new song to my series of a cappella mp3 tutorials: Lord I Know I’ve Been Changed, which features my friend Nicole Taylor from the Napier band No Engine on alto and soprano. This is a slow12/8 song with a bluesy feel (I generally resist...
by Tony | Aug 10, 2021 | Tony Backhouse
I’m running another Zoom session on CHOIR DIRECTING on Thursday August 26 2021, 6pm -7pm AEST./ 8pm-9pm NZ This is for all song leaders AND singers, so please join me for a Q&A around what we get up to when we find ourselves in front of a choir. How do we get the...
