Resources

Our resources are moving from the Digital Academy platform which is now closed. Over the next few months the teaching and performing videos, warm-ups, songs and cross-cross curricular materials will become available on YouTube.

Keep an eye on this page for news and links.

Sample Resources:

VOCES8 Method Parts 1 And 2

Paul introduces parts one and two of the VOCES8 Method, with members of VOCES8, Apollo5 and the VOCES8 Scholars.

Tuning A Chord

Barney demonstrates an exercise to help choirs tune and balance chords.

Warm-ups

Alive, Alert, Awake

One of our favourite warm-ups for schools and choirs is Alive, Alert, Awake.

You can learn this warm-up with Lydia.

The Happy Hippo Hopped and Hiccuped

We love a tongue twister and this one is perfect for schools!

Creative Responses

Music on the Waters

This video demonstrates a creative response to “Music on the waters”, by Jonathan Dove. With members of VOCES8, Apollo5 and the VOCES8 Scholars, Paul Smith demonstrates different elements of the song before the group create music together. The sheet music for the original score is available on the Friday Afternoons website.

Baiskeli

A teaching video featuring members of VOCES8, Apollo5 and the VOCES8 Scholars, showing a ‘creative response’ to the Friday Afternoon song, Baiskeli. In this example, the newly created song is led and arranged by Paul Smith.