Choirs were ‘muted’ abruptly in March 2020 and at that point I knew I wanted to continue to communicate with all three of my choirs, almost as if I were still with them in rehearsal. So, for 30 weeks I wrote ‘The Corona Chronicles’ which became individual messages to each of my choirs, as well as musical links to listen to. After that, when I returned to teaching ‘The Corona Blogs’ were born and continued until July 2021, when there was a semblance of us being back together. Both the chronicles and blogs have been collated along with other messages and choir comments to form the collected ‘Corona Writings’.

These are available as a pdf manuscript by email. I had dabbled with publishing them in a book, but I wanted to raise money rather than spend it, hence the pdf.

The writings are a record, not only of my personal journey through the pandemic, but that of my choir members.

I am asking for a minimum donation of £5.00 – 80% of which will go toward fundraising at Fairfield School, Batley. The school caters for students with highly complex needs including those with profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and those with multi-sensory impairments.

Please support the school and read about my own experience and how my choirs kept connected.

If you would like to purchase or donate to receive a copy email me at thecoronawritings@gmail.com for more information.

Thank you for your support.