Songs For All Seasons

So I have been spreading the word about my Beta Choir programme for a couple of months now and I have had some choirs sign up that I am very much looking forward to working with. If you have been contacted by me or have seen my posts and have been sort of vaguely thinking maybe you’d like to sign up for this and get some free music and also incidentally help out this lovely lady composer who only wants to get her music out there (and maybe get published), or are wondering what the heck this is all about, today is the FINAL DAY to sign up for my Beta Choir programme. It closes at 9pm tonight - Sunday 22nd December 2024. Yes, I know it’s Christmas, I know you are busy, but it only takes a minute! And did I mention, FREE MUSIC!! If you haven’t got a clue what I am talking about but would like to know more, click the red arrow below, that will take you to the page with all the information on it. If you...

Happy Winter Solstice everyone! So I have been spreading the word about my Beta Choir programme for a couple of months now and I have had some choirs sign up that I am very much looking forward to working with. If you have been contacted by me or have seen my posts and have been sort of vaguely thinking maybe you’d like to sign up for this and get some free music and also incidentally help out this lovely lady composer who only wants to get her music out there (and maybe get published), or are wondering what the heck this is all about, there is only  ONE  day left to sign up for my Beta Choir programme. It closes at 9pm tomorrow night - Sunday 22nd December 2024. Yes, I know it’s Christmas, I know you are busy, but it only takes a minute! And did I mention, FREE MUSIC!! If you haven’t got a clue what I am talking about but would like to know more, click the red arrow below, that will take you to the page with all the informat...

So I have been spreading the word about my Beta Choir programme for a couple of months now and I have had some choirs sign up that I am very much looking forward to working with. If you have been contacted by me or have seen my posts and have been sort of vaguely thinking maybe you’d like to sign up for this and get some free music and also incidentally help out this lovely lady composer who only wants to get her music out there (and maybe get published), or are wondering what the heck this is all about, I have good news for you – there are only  TWO  days left to sign up for my Beta Choir programme. Yes, I know it’s Christmas, I know you are busy, but it only takes a minute! And did I mention, FREE MUSIC!! If you haven’t got a clue what I am talking about but would like to know more, click the red arrow below, that will take you to the page with all the information on it. If you’d like to read the terms and conditions...

So I have been spreading the word about my Beta Choir programme for a couple of months now and I have had some choirs sign up that I am very much looking forward to working with. If you have been contacted by me or have seen my posts and have been sort of vaguely thinking maybe you’d like to sign up for this and get some free music and also incidentally help out this lovely lady composer who only wants to get her music out there (and maybe get published), or are wondering what the heck this is all about, I have good news for you – there are still three days left to sign up for my Beta Choir programme. Yes, I know it’s Christmas, I know you are busy, but it only takes a minute! And did I mention, FREE MUSIC!! If you haven’t got a clue what I am talking about but would like to know more, click the red arrow below, that will take you to the page with all the information on it. If you’d like to read the terms and conditio...

So I have been spreading the word about my Beta Choir programme for a couple of months now and I have had some choirs sign up that I am very much looking forward to working with. If you have been contacted by me or have seen my posts and have been sort of vaguely thinking maybe you’d like to sign up for this and get some free music and also incidentally help out this lovely lady composer who only wants to get her music out there (and maybe get published), or are wondering what the heck this is all about, I have good news for you – there are still four days left to sign up for my Beta Choir programme. Yes, I know it’s Christmas, I know you are busy, but it only takes a minute! And did I mention, FREE MUSIC!! If you haven’t got a clue what I am talking about but would like to know more, click the red arrow below, that will take you to the page with all the information on it. If you’d like to read the terms and condition...

So I have been spreading the word about my Beta Choir programme for a couple of months now and I have had some choirs sign up that I am very much looking forward to working with. If you have been contacted by me or have seen my posts and have been sort of vaguely thinking maybe you’d like to sign up for this and get some free music and also incidentally help out this lovely lady composer who only wants to get her music out there (and maybe get published), or are wondering what the heck this is all about, I have good news for you – there are still five days left to sign up for my Beta Choir programme. Yes, I know it’s Christmas, I know you are busy, but it only takes a minute! And did I mention, FREE MUSIC!! If you haven’t got a clue what I am talking about but would like to know more, click the red arrow below, that will take you to the page with all the information on it. If you’d like to read the terms and conditions, click the...

  So I have been spreading the word about my beta choirs programme for a couple of months now and I have had some choirs sign up that I am very much looking forward to working with. If you have been contacted by me or have seen my posts and have been sort of vaguely thinking maybe you’d like to sign up for this and get some free music and also incidentally help out this lovely lady composer who only wants to get her music out there (and maybe get published), or are wondering what the heck this is all about, I have good news for you – there are still six days left to sign up for my beta choir programme. Yes, I know it’s Christmas, I know you are busy, but it only takes a minute! And did I mention, FREE MUSIC!! If you haven’t got a clue what I am talking about but would like to know more, click the red arrow below, that will take you to the page with all the information on it. If you’d like to read the terms and condition...

So I have been spreading the word about my beta choirs programme for a couple of months now and I have had some choirs sign up that I am very much looking forward to working with. If you have been contacted by me or have seen my posts and have been sort of vaguely thinking maybe you’d like to sign up for this and get some free music and also incidentally help out this lovely lady composer who only wants to get her music out there (and maybe get published), or are wondering what the heck this is all about, I have good news for you – there is still a whole week left to sign up for my beta choir programme. Yes, I know it’s Christmas, I know you are busy, but it only takes a minute! And did I mention, FREE MUSIC!! If you haven’t got a clue what I am talking about but would like to know more, click the red arrow below, that will take you to the page with all the information on it. If you’d like to read the terms and conditi...

Hello friends Firstly, apologies for being quiet for a few days. I have been away for work - the kind of work they pay me for, not music work. Rude of them I know to expect me to actually work for my salary rather than messing about with music stuff all day, but what can you do? There will be a Song of the Day tomorrow for St. Andrews Day, but I wanted to share some very exciting news I received this week. The world premiere public performance of one of my Songs for all Seasons will be taking place on Sunday 8th December 2024 at 3pm. The Faringdon Singers , of Faringdon Oxfordshire, will be performing " Merry Souls " as part of their Christmas concert! It's a shame I can't be there, but it is a long trek from Blackpool! But, if you are in the vicinity, take yourself down and have a listen and let me know what you think 😊 It is free entry - yes, FREE entry - with a retiring collection for Sanctuary Faringdon which aids asylum seekers and refugees.

The best-laid plans of project managers and composers often go awry, to misquote Robert Burns. I initially believed that four weeks would be an adequate timeframe for choirs to review my proposal and decide whether to join as a Beta choir.  Yet, I certainly didn't foresee that Microsoft would perceive my outreach as spam and ban my email accounts. This unexpected hurdle has left me reaching out to each choir individually, a task that’s proving to be more time-consuming than I anticipated! Moreover, many choirs have shared that they are currently too swamped with Christmas preparations to give my proposal the attention it deserves.  On a brighter note, I have welcomed some enthusiastic choirs who have signed up already. In fact, I’ve even sent out a few songs early for those eager to incorporate Christmas-themed music. Stay tuned for announcements of my music being performed by real-life choirs at actual ...

Oh dear dear dear. Now my personal hotmail address, the one I have had for at least a decade, has been locked!! This is causing me a lot of trouble as I'm having to change all my log ins for EVERYTHING. Who would have thought by sending a few emails out to a few choirs to try and drum up a bit of buzz about my little project they would think I was sending spam. I am very sad. So, again I am changing the contact email address on this site so you lovely people still have a way of getting in touch with me. It is now: juliereilly1972@gmail.com If you are curious about the difference in surname - Reilly is my married name but I will be using my maiden name of Cavanagh on my music, so I set this project up using Cavanagh from the start to avoid confusion.

Microsoft has thrown a hissy fit and has locked my songsforallseasons email address, which is very annoying as I have been sending it as a contact to all my prospective beta choirs!! Hopefully I should be able to unlock it soon - but in the meantime, if you have received an email or message from me and found your way here, please use this one for now: robsia@hotmail.co.uk I'm about to update it everywhere on the website as well.

It's today, it's today, it's today!! The beta choirs application window is now open!! You can view all the information here to apply to become a beta choir - there is an "I'm interested" link to click, which will take you to the Beta Test Agreement. At the bottom of that is a link which will take you the Google Expression of Interest form. I am very excited and eager to welcome my beta choirs to join the project!

Tune : One Day More - Les Misérables (with huge apologies to Herbert Kretzmer) One more day before it starts The application window opens When our choirs begin to join Will you take your place with me The time is now The day is here One day more

  🎵 Two more days to go! Two more days to go-oh Two more days till the application window opens Two more days to go-oh  🎶

I'd like to take a moment to introduce my lovely assistant, Jinx, without whose interest, curiosity and general interference, Songs for all Seasons would probably have been finished a lot sooner! Nevertheless, I wouldn't change a thing!

We're all getting very excited down here at SFAS HQ - just three more days until the Beta choir application window opens! I have my list of choirs all ready to email out invitations to. I just hope it's worded well enough that they don't just think it's spam and junk it, because that would be very sad. If you're reading this and you don't get contacted by me on Sunday, you can still apply! I compiled the list from a website called British Choirs on the Net . A lot of the choirs on there no longer exist as the links were dead. But there may be MANY more choirs who are suitable who are not on there. So if you are reading this and you run an SATB choir anywhere in the world who can sing at a reasonable standard, you are very welcome to submit your application on Sunday! The more the merrier! Just bookmark this page and check back on Sunday for all the details!

Four days to go till the Beta choir launch!  Join the fun - check out our Facebook event:  Songs for all Seasons Beta Choir launch

Beta choir applications will be opening on Sunday 20th October! The application window will run for four weeks and will close on Sunday 17th November at 9pm. Everything is in place, the invitation letter is written, the Agreement and Expression of Interest form are ready. I just have "day job" stuff to do, hence launching it at the weekend! So, it will be coming soon, watch your inboxes!

It has been busy busy busy here at Songs for all Seasons Central HQ (aka, my front room!) The tutorial videos are all uploaded and I have started doing my Song of the Day feature which I am linking to from here and from Facebook.  I have also created an Instagram account and my teenager taught me how to do stories so I could link the story to the videos on Youtube. All of this social media activity is creating some video views, which is very exciting. But the next big step on the project plan is to start the Beta testing phase. This will involve me contacting a bunch of choirs and inviting them to be Beta testers, basically to learn one of my songs and send a video recording back to me along with some feedback.  I was strongly advised to put a Beta Test Agreement in place, which reads a little scary but is basically to protect my copyright and ensure the songs I send out are only used for the purposes I intend them to be used as and not resold or redistributed. So the Ts and C...