Aileen Walker, who sings alto in the GSA Choir, writes about her experience of rehearsing The Alphabet of Jasmine – composed by Dee Isaacs, with lyrics by Gerda Stevenson. Music touches the emotions. Poetry too. Singing in a choir, I find, is at times almost spiritual. And when the subject [...]

Before the first note... There is huge excitement in writing a cappella (unaccompanied) music for a choir of this size. My entire compositional career has been about making work with and around communities, making work that reaches in and out. Over the last few months I have been in conversation [...]