Swallow
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Bob Chilcott has become one of the world's most widely performed composers and arrangers of choral music. His compositional output reflects his wide taste in music styles and his commitment to writing music that is both singable and communicative. He has been involved in choral music most of his life he was a chorister and then a choral scholar in the choir of King's College, Cambridge, and was a member of the British vocal group The King's Singers for whom he made a number of popular arrangements of well-known songs from all genres. As well as being a full-time composer he is also a highly acclaimed choral conductor. He has been privileged to conduct many choirs all over the world. He is Principal Guest Conductor of The BBC Singers and in 2019 he was appointed Principal Conductor of Birmingham University Singers. His music has been widely recorded by many choirs and groups including The King's Singers, Tenebrae, and The BBC Singers.'[Chilcott's] enthusiasm for young and amateur choirs amounts to a passionate mission, and he works consistently to promote choral music world-wide . . . As much of it is in unison and always very melodic, even an inexperienced choir could manage it, perhaps taught by rote.
Music Teacher July 2000
'Chilcott has always been an effective writer of songs for young people's choirs and two more publications, The Swallow, a sweetly melancholic setting of a traditional Newfoundland melody and Green Songs, four environmental numbers with words as well as music from the composer, bear out his reputation . . .
The Singer Oct 99