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Émilie Bels

Émilie Bels

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Category:Music

General experience

A list of the choirs I’ve sung in, conducted, and music qualifications.

Music Writing

“Let’s be realistic”: a lazy excuse to set children up to fail?

“Let’s be realistic”“The cute factor is good enough”“This is just about fun”“The choir remains steadfastly

Miscellaneous Music

Vocal Health First Aid

After completing my MMus performance (singing specialism), I unfortunately experienced some severe vocal health issues,

Choirs Music Writing

Restoring (vocal) organs, or a plea to Directors of Music

After years of vocal struggles and a push-and-pull relationship with sacred choral singing, I wrote

Communications Music

YPMVC Social Media

In the run-up to the choir’s centenary concert at the York Barbican, I offered my help to run a social media campaign to boost ticket sales.

Communications Music Photography Projects

🎥 Producing for the Swan Consort

I was brought on as producer for the fantastic Swan Consort’s Song of the Birds project.

Music Writing

Article – Let All The World In Every Corner Sing!

A few months after starting in my role as Schools Singing Lead for the Chapter of York, I contributed a piece for the RSCM’s magazine.

Communications Music Projects

Radiant Dawn – Concert

In January 2025, I co-organised and promoted a concert in York on the themes of light and warmth in the darkest months.

Music

York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir

I was appointed Deputy Musical Director of the York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir in November 2024.

Music Projects Writing

Dissertation – The Effect of Group Singing on Children and Young People

I studied for my MMus at the University of Hull in 2019-2020. While the pandemic halted most activities, including the performance aspects of my studies, it presented a unique opportunity for research into what had become one of the riskiest activities one could do: group singing.

Music Projects

BBC Children in Need

I set up and ran the school choir when I began teaching full-time. That year, the choir featured in BBC Children in Need.

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