Donald Wetherick

A treat to see Music of Our Time 2024 recordings now on Youtube at @JAMontheMarsh/videos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@JAMontheMarsh…, including my own Psalm 150 youtube.com/watch?v=kRNCUI…. Thanks to @jamonthemarsh, @MichaelJBawtree, @Simon_Hogan, @seam100, and Selwyn College Choir. Great new music!

*𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲* On 20 March JAM launches its season with a celebration of new music for choir, brass & organ. The concert features music by @tarikoregan, Isabelle Ryder & eight successful entries to JAM’s 2023 'Call for Music'. 👉 jamconcert.org/music-of-our-t…

Thanks to all @lfccm for this week of new music for churches. So sad I can't be @StPancrasChurch for 1.15pm communion today with new music by @gianlucapantaleo, @willsimmsmusic, @Joshuaballance, @ukcomposer, Paul Davis, and my own 'Stepney Fanfare'. Thanks to all performers too!

Delighted that @lfccm have programmed my Stepney Fanfare 'When will that be?' (for organ) as part of this year's festival. lfccm.com/whatson/works/…. Thanks to all @StPancrasChurch and especially Andrew Charity (organist)!

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Delighted that #londondocklandssingers will be performing my #MisaLatina on Sat 2 July @AllSaintsPoplar together with Orff’s Carmina Burana. ‘Latin’ as in Tango/Cha-cha-cha btw (with a bit of Salsa). Listen on: soundcloud.com/donald-wetheri… Tickets available: …rminaburana2022.brownpapertickets.com

@StMaryIslington are currently recruiting for a part time (0.5 FTE) Music Director. Details are on their website at: stmaryislington.org/join-our-team. Spread the word!

The first Christmas adverts on TV were out this week. So a composer’s mind turns to carols. My offering is a short and sweet setting of Rosetti’s ‘Love came down’ for SATB and organ. Have a digital listen here: soundcloud.com/donald-wetheri…. Message me if you would like a score!

I've #justdonated to fund the work of the East London Evensong Choir for the coming year.. Donate on @justgiving and help raise £1000 justgiving.com/crowdfunding/e…

A new open access paper from music therapist and PhD student Emma Millard and colleagues - Preferences for group arts therapies: a cross-sectional survey of mental health patients and the general population @BMJ_Open bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/8/e…

I’ve just written a #hymn in 8.8.6.8 metre, and a tune to match. I can’t find any others like it. Is this a first? I’m thinking of calling it ‘Uncommon Metre’…

COVID scores again. Sadly @LDSingers concert on Saturday 3 (not 1) July has been postponed owing to restrictions on #choirs and gatherings. We plan for next year @AllSaintsPoplar! Meanwhile, sign here to allow amateur choirs to meet again: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/5865… @WeAreTheMU

Delighted that @LDSingers will be performing my 'Misa Latina' for the second time (!) on Saturday 1 July @allsaintspoplar, along with Orff's fantastic 'Carmina Burana'. Tickets available from the LDS website soon. Thanks to Andrew Campling and all at LDS. soundcloud.com/donald-wetheri…

An invitation to write for the journal 'Advances in Oceanography and Marine Biology’ arrives in my inbox. Tempting, but I just can’t find the right title. Any suggestions? There must be a music therapy connection to be made somewhere...

A #newhymn challenge: paraphrase a canticle, avoiding biblical names and places whose stories may now be unfamiliar or ambiguous? No Abraham, Israel, David..! Here is such a version of the Benedictus, ‘Give thanks to God’: jubilate.co.uk/songs/give-tha… With thanks to Jubilate Hymns.

Hey, music therapists! Please respond to this important AHRC funded #socialimpactmusic survey: mfsi.limequery.com/918763?lang=en. Researcher @johnsloboda writes: 'It’s really important that music therapist’s voices are heard in this research.’ Add yours! Details at: gsmd.ac.uk/socialimpactca…